Recent content by ramza97

I've been struggling with hearing and balance issues ever since coming off Zoloft. I’ve had basically every symptom on the vaccine side effect list (ear fullness, muffled hearing/loss, multi-tone tinnitus, and multiple bouts of wooziness/off balance plus one episode of vertigo back in 2017). I...

My ears are pretty clear of wax. I have tinnitus, which began after I had been on Zoloft for 5 years at full dose, and stopped taking it for a few months (in 2016), but went back on a full dose again, added Remeron. A few months later tinnitus started in response to coffee and cigarettes, and...

Normal volume music in my car and sound on my laptop sounds loud. I had ear pain as well for a couple days but has since subsided. I am not sensitive to everyday sounds, however. Am I developing hyperacusis?

I should note I added 22.5 mg Remeron after going back on Zoloft in 2016. Not sure whether its the Zoloft or Remeron which is the culprit.

I started having ear pain and sensitivity to normal volume music (in my car). It's greater on higher pitched sounds. Do SSRIs cause hyperacusis? I had been on Zoloft for 5 years at full dose, and stopped taking it for a few months (in 2016), but went back on a full dose again. A few months...

My tinnitus began as a simple ringing, then added a dozen or so odd tones, sounds, and distortions (amplified by background noise) over the last 2 years that haven't gone away. Now I hear them over music, which has ruined music for me. I'm having a hard time accepting the loss and it's harder...

I'm pretty sure it is, when it began and every time it got worse I had had either caffeine, cigarettes, or alcohol the day before. When I stopped all substances for a year and a half it never added a new sound, but when I picked up caffeine and alcohol again in Jan this year, it added crickets...

I've heard tones and stuff in the presence of background noise for a while now but only now did I start hearing it over music. I'm becoming super depressed over this. It's my fault, every time I used caffeine or alcohol after a while my T added a new sound, I still kept going, using as little...

I should add it varies from song to song, and is mostly over the ambient parts, with beeping just one of the worst ones, and reverberating tones a more common one.

I just started hearing all sorts of tones and beeping over my music. It distracts completely from the music. Anyone else have music ruined for them and how did you learn to enjoy music again?

I have a follow up question: if the brain rewires itself, will fixing the ear damage 'fix' the brain rewiring?

I have tinnitus from screwing around with various ototoxic psychiatric drugs (Zoloft and Remeron). I started hearing beeping over my music and it just devastates me. I was wondering if anyone knew if medication induced tinnitus is damage to the brain or ears (or both) and how it differs from...

Anyone else dealing with this type of sound? Mine gets louder with background noise. I struggle to sleep with irregular sounds.

does tinnitus fluctuate though on its own?

I don't have depression and the meds aren't necessary...I just want to know if my theory sounds plausible and whether the meds are actively making things worse. I spoke with a specialist and he said tinnitus doesn't get worse on its own...so there must be something that is making it worse.