Recent content by ChiggyT

The SCM and neck stretches have really helped me. I have no real clue about how my tinnitus started, only that it began two weeks after recovering from COVID-19. The ENT seems to think it was related to this infection but because the neck stretches make it better, I am thinking otherwise...

@Greg Sacramento, thanks for the above. I've tried to find the specific post/article you kindly gave to Travis. I will keep digging... This is now day 7 of 30 mg on Nortriptyline, down from 40 mg. Overview of symptoms below: Tinnitus - no change. I had a spike yesterday whereby no neck...

@bobthebuilder, I went to acupuncture today and he said it might also be the case. I've dropped it to 30 mg to see what happens. Given the neck muscle stretches are giving some relief, hoping that and the drop in dosage will help. Problem is the neuropathy kicks up a few gears when I do drop the...

Apologies @Greg Sacramento, got home late from work yesterday so didn't get a chance to do the above. Both shoulders are pretty even in curve and the shoulders are both pretty even. My outseam is about 98cm and inseam is 86cm. Hopefully this helps... I have moved to 30 mg Nortriptyline, will...

Thanks @Greg Sacramento, I'll try this tonight after I get home. I may have figured out why my gums are receding: lack of saliva (I have been getting an extraordinarily dry mouth). Because of my general neuropathy, I've been reading up on different nerves in the body and how...

Update: I was wrong; it's definitely the neck exercises that is helping so far. On Friday & Saturday of last week, I didn't do any exercises and the high-pitched tinnitus in the left ear came right back. By Saturday evening it was a 7 or 8/10. I continued with neck exercises of (1) looking...

I have OCD and went through two bouts of CBT, in 2014 and then again in 2019. Your OCD will consistently have you looking for danger and threats. I remember when I was in the middle of my OCD when I used to think I was an alcoholic when I only drank 1 beer a week, but my friend had a problem...

Hi all - apologies for the radio silence, I wanted to provide an update after a few days... Since Monday afternoon, my tinnitus seems to have calmed down, in terms of volume and pitch. I am well aware that tinnitus fluctuates a lot in the early days, but I have narrowed the reasons of this...

Ironically these are the reasons why I am taking it! I was on Amitriptyline before but it made be far too groggy and feel like a zombie. Think I should pare back?

@ZFire, thanks for the above. It's been a week now since I've been on 40 mg of Nortriptyline. The nerve issues still seem to be peaking through, I've been getting pins and needles and vibrations in my right foot, and burning up my right leg, and numbness down my right arm. Perhaps it takes a...

Thanks @Greg Sacramento, there's definitely some stress involved in all of this (but it's not the reason for it). I am mapping a plan of action: 1. Try acupuncture tomorrow. 2. Neck stretches to loosen and strengthen the SCM. Rotate each side for ten seconds, and tilt each side for ten seconds...

Thanks again @Greg Sacramento, your help is really appreciated. I don't have my MRI for another two weeks unfortunately so will have to wait and see. The fact that previous MRIs showed nothing doesn't give me high hopes, but we'll see. Over the past 48 hours I've also now developed...

Thanks @CC_16 and @bobthebuilder. Have either of you had experience with Nortriptyline? The only reason I don't think it's the meds is because my neuropathy has kicked up again, I'm getting similar symptoms as I was before, hence the reason to increase my dose to 40 mg. Whilst it's true the...

@CC_16, yes I've heard that too but my GP has told me it shouldn't be the Nortriptyline that is causing this. Also, given it's not just tinnitus I am experiencing but also crackling ears when I swallow and tight shoulder/neck muscles, I'm thinking it may not be the drug that is causing the...

Hi @Greg Sacramento, thanks for the above. I am waiting on a brain MRI and auditory tests with my ENT. I am also going back to a neurologist to see what other tests we can do. I am also going for acupuncture on Tuesday to see if that helps. I have indeed been told the reasons for nerve-related...