Recent content by DaneV

I have had tinnitus for over 8 years now. Like many, I struggled at first but habituated after a couple of months, making tinnitus a non-issue in my life. I think there were months in a row that I didn`t even think about tinnitus during this years, even though I could hear it when I listened to...

It`s not the drug causing your tinnitus, it`s the drug not being your system causing it. That why it lasts so long after quitting. It has been 5 years since my Klonopin withdrawal and like I said, everything went to normal after a couple of months. This also went for my other withdrawal symptoms...

Thankfully, today has also been good. Tinnitus seems back to baseline and hyperacusis was completely gone today. It seems like there is a fair chance I have been panicking for nothing.

Yes it will get better. Your brain`s inhibitory system has been downregulated due to your benzodiazepine use. When you quit, the nervous system becomes overactive, causing withdrawal symptoms. The auditory part of your CNS is no exception to that. Benzodiazepine withdrawal does not cause any...

I think for about an hour on 80-90% of the iPhone volume. I do this all the time without any problems, but usually I wear over the ear headphones. This time I wore this in-ear headphones, which I will never use again after this incident :)

Stupid, I`m not sure.... I was just not aware of my "ear condition" anymore and I did what many people do so often. If I could go back to that moment I would have done it differently, but that goes for countless things in my life. To give a little update; today has been quite problem-free for...

I Developed Tinnitus after taking Lexapro in april 2010. It started with a low-volume ringing, but escalated to a 24/7 loud noise in the weeks following the onset of the tinnitus, even though I removed the initial stressor (the drug). A couple weeks in, I also developed a sensitivity to daily...