Was It COVID-19 or Benzo (Xanax) Withdrawal That Made My Tinnitus Worse?

How are you handling tinnitus today? Still catastrophic for you or just debilitating but you can somewhat manage?

 

I understand your desperation. I felt so restless when I had COVID-19 that I took Alprazolam to sleep. Also very high doses of vitamin D (vitamin D is not supposed to be bad, but in high doses can cause ringing in the ears - I still think the main culprit was the benzo).

I'm not familiar with some of the supplements you've taken. I do see a lot of good stuff for the ears (Zinc, Melatonin, and Selenium). CBD has mixed results though. Some people swear by it, others say it exacerbates their tinnitus.

Glad you have a steady normal tone. Unfortunately, I don't. For a few days I might have almost complete silence, other days a sandy noise, other days like frying bacon, other days like a hissing, and the days that I dread the most are the ones I hear the electric wires coming from my head. But like I said, it has gotten somewhat better with time.

 

Brian, how long did you wait until you got the 2nd shot?

I'm in a similar position, got my 1st shot and now have Dexamethasone ready, but am thinking to just stretch out this for a long time until I get shot 2.

All the vaccines, all of them, are based on the S protein ACE2 domain. Until that's tweaked for the shell or other viral bits, I don't see tinnitus side effects going away.

Everything from everyone seems to keep pointing at within 3 days of the 2nd shot, which is when IgG to the spike protein absolutely skyrockets in concentration. If any of those IgG's are autoimmune prone to ACE2, well...

I can't see a way of avoiding it except a better way to predict and make these mRNA vaxxes to limit the chances of their production.

There's no guarantee another vaxx won't have some other odd immune cascade which makes people get blind spots (increased BRAO)! We're all stuck.

 

Oscar, how is your tinnitus after Omicron? Hope you're doing fine.

 

Hey man, my tinnitus remained stable luckily.

 

Hello. I hope you're well. Regarding your Klonopin, would you be kind enough to share your dosage, taper method and if you used benzos in the past?

Love and respect,
Stu

 

You won't be getting a response...

In Loving Memory of Brian Jordan Pariente (Brian P)

 

Thank you for the update, I had no idea. So tragic. I'm so sorry to those who knew him.

 

Well shit, that's disappointing and scary to hear about.