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...sleep rather than helping. It wasn't a good experience. I'll give it a little longer. Ativan (Lorazepam) is the benzo he prescribes, not Clonazepam. He specifically told me he doesn't prescribe Xanax. I'm skipping it today for the third day straight, although my tinnitus is squealing, and my...

@grate_biff, does Flupentixol have a bigger volume reduction than Diazepam and Clonazepam for you?

...for 11 years and it helped a lot. It stopped working a year ago. My tinnitus has remained variable and manageable. When required, I take Clonazepam to calm it down for 1 on 2 days. My tinnitus began to increase in February 2024. Since I have had tinnitus a long time, I know it extremely...

Hey. You are going to put yourself into interdose withdrawal taking it like that. You cannot take these pills like Aspirin. Do research on it if you haven't heard about it before. Most my tinnitus related problems came on because of something similar, but with antidepressants instead...

What was your initial dose of Clonazepam when you started the taper?

...you. Avoid all loud places and try to continue with your normal activities in low to moderate environments. Personally, occasional use of clonazepam has been helpful for me. A potentially better approach might be to consider the NeuroMed combined approach based on Dr. Hamid Djalilian's...

...stabbing hyperacusis pain, although I must mention that I was also and still am using 20 mg of Memantine per day, and occasionally 0.5 mg Clonazepam. I have also been following part of Ziem's neural protocol for 2 months now. The effect lasted for a couple of days before fading out, but was...

My psychiatrist said that would be our next move, switching from Ativan to Clonazepam if I find no relief from my current set up. However, I will say yesterday was my busiest auditory day in over 2 weeks. I drove in a car 4 times (short distances), was around my niece and nephew for a short...

Does it calm your symptoms or just make you stress less?

Hi everyone! I need some advice since my physician wasn't much help. I've been taking Klonopin for about 2 months, .5 mg in the morning and .5 mg at night. I don't want to make tinnitus worse by withdrawing too fast but I also want to stop taking it as soon as possible. Does anyone have any...

My ENT doctor prescribed me Clonazepam in 2008, with the advice to only take it when the tinnitus is severe. The dose is 2x 0.5 mg tablets. It reduces my tinnitus over 12 hours to tolerable levels or complete silence. The doctor mentioned not to take it too regularly as dependence can set in...

My ENT consultant advised me of the risks of dependency if Clonazepam is taken regularly. Fortunately this hasn't affected me in 12 years and hopefully this will continue.

Yes, I get through about 45 mg diazepam a month and 5 mg of Clonazepam.

That's about what I get in terms of duration of effect. 36 hours.

Why the Aripiprazole if you don't mind asking? I read that it can help with OCD.

That's great news man and you've tapered the Clonazepam from 1.5 mg to 0.5 mg which is a big cut. It seems there are effective treatments already, it's just a case of having a willing and capable MD to go through the evidence and carefully assess each patient!

...injections to the outer ear with the drugs Lidocaine -- which by the way has been shown to give temporary tinnitus relief to some -- and Clonazepam (I've no background in pharmacology). Anyway, nuff said. Here's the link (his username is @Chinmoku)...

How did you get the doctors to even listen to you or do anything but brush off the tinnitus as a symptom of anxiety? Who came up with the idea to try those 3 drugs at once, you - from researching on your own and having to ask the doctor - or these doctors who actually went to medical school...

@linearb takes 2 mg Clonazepam and 600 mg Gabapentin. First thing in the morning with a glass of water. Hope I saved @linearb some time as I see he gets asked this a lot.

It could be a bit of a journey tapering off daily Clonazepam, but a worthy endeavor most likely. There are good resources out there for tapering schedules, and from 0.5 mg you shouldn't have TOO far to go. Experiences seem to differ significantly. From no problem to quite bad. I can relate...

I am confused, last Monday Dr. De Ridder told me that someone can build dependency, but NOT tolerance to Clonazepam. I am surprised as many people on Tinnitus Talk talk about needing to up the dose for it to stay effective. I have recently been taking 0.5 mg every other day for sleeping, but...

Thank you, @Nick47! I was reading about NMDA receptor antagonists and how they could potentially help with tinnitus, and I know Ketamine falls under that umbrella. It’s unfortunate that Bupropion can aggravate tinnitus. Our community cannot win on anything.

My taken-as-needed cocktail: 1 Deanxit or 5 mg Prochlorperazine 300 mg Gabapentin 0.75 mg Clonazepam 8 mg Betahistine My daily cocktail: 22.5 mg Mirtazapine 300-600 mg Gabapentin 600 mg Alpha-Lipoic Acid Dr. Dirk De Ridder's daily cocktail: 0.5 mg-1 mg Clonazepam 1 Deanxit 2 mg Aripiprazole...

Do you have TTTS, and if yes, has anything you have tried helped out with that?

I agree with literally nothing that guy says, all my misery is due to Clonazepam so I am a bit biased and would say taper off completely and only use for extreme situations. Once I'm off I will never touch a benzo again.

...consistent results within two weeks of regular use. On some days, the improvement was so significant that I was shocked. I am still using Clonazepam twice a week, Gabapentin before bed, and a low-dose extended-release Melatonin. I’ve switched from the Lamberts brand Alpha-Lipoic Acid to...

...bad I don't think I can go on much longer. The tinnitus is just too reactive and hyperacusis too sensitive. I've had too much damage. The Clonazepam doctors and mom pushed me on only made me worse. My only choice is to take more Clonazepam. It's ringing so loud, too loud to comprehend. Love...

...the only benefit I found for Gabapentin is that it gave me better night sleep. Literally, the only drug I’ve tried that does anything is Clonazepam, and obviously, that comes with its own lovely list of caveats and side effects. Sorry to hear you are suffering so much @beefling. It’s been...

Yep, screwed here because of being pushed on Clonazepam. Now I'm dead on it and really dead off it.

...despite asking for it. 0.125 mg is a very low dose, so it may be the Gabapentin doing most of the good work. Plus, if you upped to 0.5 mg Clonazepam with Deanxit and it did have less effect on you, I expect Gabapentin is doing most of the work. I don't know if Gabapentin can be taken with...

:huganimation: @BrysonKingMe, it will improve, it must! You will be glad you didn't take your life but endured the suffering. You stopped taking the Clonazepam on Monday? I hope the reactivity lessens in a couple of weeks.

Did you visit Dr. Dirk De Ridder? I visited this week and he prescribed Deanxit, Clonazepam and Clonidine. I will try them. Any feedback about these meds?

Yes I still take it. I can compare it to my previous set which was Sulpiride with Paroxetine. Mimicking Deanxit works better for me. Clonazepam did no good for me, I stopped it after 1 month.

I would think that the Clonazepam would lessen and not increase your tinnitus. If you go through withdrawal from Clonazepam, it might result in an increase. I am down to .375 mg of Clonazepam (down from 1 mg at night). I went from 1 mg, to .75 mg, to .5 mg, to .375 mg I will move to .25 mg at...

Clonazepam does nothing for my tinnitus, and neither does Lorazepam. Am I the only person in the world who doesn’t get relief from tinnitus with benzos?

It's what I take. 30 mg. No noticeable impact on tinnitus. It helps sleep. I would rather be on no medication but not if my life is even worse. I still take 2 mg Diazepam most days and Clonazepam once a week.

Hi, I am very lost and would need some advice. Hopefully from people who has gone through withdrawal too. After getting my lovely t back in 2013, I was immediately put on rivotril (klonopin) 1.5 mg day, but I felt that this dose was too high and reduced to 0.5 mg in less than a month, this...

I took Clonazepam daily for about 3 years around 2000-2002. I didn't get tinnitus until Feb. 4, 2018 (a day that will live in infamy for me). Sorry, but I since I have virtually no knowledge about BDNF medicines, I can't give an informed opinion. As far as other supplements, I don't see why...

Even the manufacturers and the package inserts say you shouldn't be on benzos for more than 10-14 days. Your doctor is a very good one; they know their stuff unlike most others. Even though your situation is dire because of tinnitus, benzo addiction could make your tinnitus seem very mild...

Yes, I've thought this for a while. Possibly low doses of: Nortriptyline Flupentixol Gabapentin Clonazepam Cyclobenzaprine All have shown success in some patients, so it is possibly a better way than a high dose, single medicine solution. At least that way it may break up the signal better as...

Uhhh, I didn't taper Clonazepam. I was taking doses all over the place. When I tapered I just stayed with Valium, started at 20 mg and worked my way down 1 mg-0.5 mg a week. As far as the doses of Clonazepam are concerned, I was taking doses as high as 10 mg and as low as 0.5 mg. It was an...

Many lives have been lost and ruined by benzos; especially tinnitus sufferers who made the mistake of being on Clonazepam daily. I am stuck at 1.5 mg daily and I have worse tinnitus than I could have ever imagined being able to live with. I wish more people were like you and advocated for...

All I know is I'd still have a livable level of tinnitus and some sound tolerance if I hadn't been pushed to take Clonazepam everyday. You probably build tolerance and get worse. I would stay away from all drugs if I were you. If you can live without drugs and eat a low inflammation diet and...

Thanks very much for your honesty. If I understand correctly, you were on daily Clonazepam for 4 years? It's strange as the ENT in Harley Street London pumps that stuff out for fun for severe tinnitus. I think Diazepam is the lesser of two evils?

...What's weird is I've tried Melatonin before and, although it did make me admittedly quite tired, I just couldn't get to sleep without the Clonazepam (was like my brain refusing to shut off despite the fact that I was exhausted). I'm assuming Trazodone works on a different mechanism than GABA...

Hello Nick, I had positive experience with Clonazepam 0.125 mg + Gabapentin 300 mg per day. I tried this for a short period, like 5 days, and it works. I was tempted to try the Deanxit + Clonazepam combo prescribed to me so I stopped the Gabapentin and switched to Deanxit. I upped my Clonazepam...

...Acousia Therapeutics is currently working on Kv7.4 openers. Combined with XEN1101, could it achieve a similar performance as Retigabine? Benzos don't really improve my tinnitus much I think, but I only have experience with 0.5 mg Clonazepam. I haven't really investigated this KCC2 angle yet.

Brian P seemed to have quite a few demons haunting him that pre-existed tinnitus. The Clonazepam adverse reaction could be causal but it must be considered within a network of his other issues.

...discussed an episode of vertigo after trying to mask overnight with rain sounds (hyperacusis is a problem, yes). I mentioned steroids and Clonazepam which I have seen mentioned on Tinnitus Talk. Right now I cannot do Tinnitus Retraining Therapy because my ears are so sensitive to noise (I am...

Yes, sounds very much like what I had. Luckily you stopped the Clonazepam shortly after taking it. I unfortunately found the most incompetent doctor in my entire state and have been dealing with that head noise for about 18 months now. In addition, I went through a complete fucking nightmare...

My doctor is also a psychiatrist, so definitely has experience with benzos, which makes his comment more confusing.

Is Clonazepam different from Lorazepam? Lorezapam does nothing for my tinnitus.

...for four decades) suddenly changes, and it has had a huge mental toll, and I struggle to cope. Have you any tips for coping strategies? Clonazepam does affect the distortions in a positive way, and I'm trying to use it 2-3 times a week, max. I'm trying to persevere with mindfulness-based...

They are VERY different. Xanax (Alprazolam) has a half-time of approx 11 hours (range is between 6 to 27 hours half time, sometimes more in obese patients). Klonopin (Clonazepam) has a half-time of 20-50 hours!

I asked my doctor about Clonazepam and he refuses to prescribe it unless it's for epilepsy or end of life. He said it's much more addictive than Alprazolam which surprised me.

Yes, I've followed your difficulties, buddy. You're just about off the Clonazepam now? Yes, Clonazepam and Alprazolam seem the main stay of treatment. A shame, but at least a couple of choices nonetheless. I have noticed Cyclobenzaprine and Flupentixol do benefit some people a lot?

Gabapentin at night or during the day, or split? I was taking it right before my hyperacusis onset (concert) and at the time it was prescribed for anxiety. Now it is prescribed for my hyperacusis, lol. I can't tell if I love or hate Gabapentin. Is the Deanxit to help with coping or does it...