Recent content by Paul674

I am currently struggling with depression, anxiety and insomnia after getting tinnitus 6 weeks ago. I have been prescribed Mirtazapine and have taken it twice and it works really well. The problem I have is that I have read accounts of the withdrawal from this drug and it seems terrifying. I...

Fair play. My problem is that I have a long history of insomnia which means sleep was never a strong suit...and now this. Even with 7.5mg of zopiclone I only slept 4 and a half hrs last night. I am now getting that feeling of panic anxiety about even going to bed, and all the time that bloody...

I have looked at Lenire on this forum. The response seems mixed - I'm just not convinced at the moment. It's about a 3 hour drive to Dublin from where I am - so yeah that's a big plus. I'll be interested to see how it does in wider trials when it goes to Germany. I am trying not to hope that it...

My problem is sleep - if I can get to just six hours it would be fantastic. I can deal with the permanent hiss in the day but I can't survive on 3 or 4 hours sleep a night. Bring on the Zoplicone

That's interesting. I was thinking of using Remeron, another tricyclic. I read somewhere that it was the only tricyclic that didn't have a risk of making tinnitus worse. Of course if you dig far enough there are invariably cases where it does. My state of mind is such that I really need...

Hi everyone, Many thanks for coming back to me. I'm in a very low place at the moment and I really appreciate your responses. . This is what I joined this forum for - something positive. Last night I had another bad night. I eventually caved in at 4.40am and took 3.75mg of Zoplicone - got a...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask for some advice. I recently contracted tinnitus - from a guitar amp my wife bought me for Christmas. It was a small desktop amp, and I played it on 16th December (obviously) too close to my ears. Two and a half weeks on and the hissing in my ears hasn't...