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Where did you get your information from because I have a medical source that says the incidence of tinnitus is over 1% while taking the drug. SSRI discontinuation syndrome can also cause tinnitus. https://www.drugs.com/sfx/citalopram-side-effects.html Common (1% to 10%): Fatigue...

Of course earplugs can cause tinnitus and so can hearing aids when improperly used. Earplugs do block earwax from escaping your ear so it's probably not a good idea to wear them 24/7. They also raise humidity and can cause mold/bacteria growth near the eardrum which can cause tinnitus due to...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3719451/ It seems like it's the natural course of otosclerosis of the stapes if nothing is done to stop it.

Yes acute events do have a good chance of diminishing. If you were in orchestras and bands without hearing protection then unless they played quietly your ears have not been fairly protected from loud noise. Anything over 85 dBa can permanently damage your hearing.

There's two issues just looking at the abstract of the study. It might've been for people with tinnitus only coming from one ear. While the procedure might work for tinnitus coming from one ear it might not work for both ears. Also the follow up time. People who don't have tinnitus right...

If right after the event your ears were muffled but not as muffled anymore then it could've been tonic tensor tympani syndrome not hearing loss. Unless there's some unique situation there's no way that the event you've described can cause a significant amount of hearing loss. It could've been...

Your tinnitus was unlikely to have been caused by that event. Many musicians get permanent tinnitus due to chronic exposure to loud music over a period of years. When people get tinnitus they typically think that the last event caused it and if only that event didn't happen then they wouldn't...

Xanax doesn't help tinnitus overall. It makes it worse when you consider the tinnitus getting off it. When you take Xanax the effect of GABA is increased which causes the body to compensate by increasing glutamate over time to counter the effect. After 6+ weeks tolerance starts to build up...

From what I understand your body begins to develop tolerance to benzos. I don't think they were approved by the FDA for long term use.

Yeah it is worth looking into especially since you have no hearing loss. Look at this success story. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/it-wasnt-tmj-it-was-just-a-misaligned-jaw.3858/

Hearing aids are more likely to have issues with feedback at higher Hz. Also almost no one has tinnitus frequencies above 12khz or needs to hear sounds above 12khz so with a small market it makes sense that there isn't one but it would be nice if there was a hearing aid out there.

It did start for some reason. Did you happen to go to another ENT for another opinion? Do you happen to have hearing loss/hidden hearing loss? Many things can cause T such as a metabolic disorder, iron deficiency, kidney issues, misaligned jaw, etc... I think it's worth doing more...

What actually causes tinnitus isn't known yet. There's still multiple theories and tinnitus is likely the result of brain reprogramming. Since there is nothing in the pipeline for FDA approval that can actually cure tinnitus the bare minimum is at least 10 years. I'm thinking it will take...

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/it-wasnt-tmj-it-was-just-a-misaligned-jaw.3858/ https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/seems-a-miracle-cure-tmj-splint.11835/ https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/chewing-biting-jaw-tinnitus-doctor-update.5293/#post-53182 I would go a maxillofacial dentist...

I bet that you were told multiple times that your T is temporary and that there's nothing to worry about. In fact so little to worry about that you don't need to get treatment because it'll go away. If you went to another doctor you'd get a different reason such as medication and then if you...