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I started taking 3.75 mg of Mirtazapine for sleep after the ear vibrations began. Otherwise, I try to avoid any medication as much as possible. Mirtazapine may be the cause of the musical ear, since auditory hallucinations are listed as a side effect. Everything else I took was before starting...

This happened to me as well. After taking Escitalopram for one week, I woke up with tinnitus and a feeling of pressure in my ears. I saw an ENT doctor that same day. The physical examination showed nothing unusual, but tympanometry revealed negative pressure, which usually indicates Eustachian...

It was Escitalopram, an antidepressant in the SSRI class.

Not much, actually, because both of my parents had been taking the same antidepressant for many years. They would even stop for a few days and then start again without any issues. So I was confident it wouldn’t harm me—but it did, even though I only took it for a week.

I’ve been suffering from this for two years. It was triggered after taking SSRIs for a week. For the past year, I’ve completely isolated myself at home and have worn earmuffs all the time, even while sleeping, because the distortions over external noises bother me. But it hasn’t improved...