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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...

@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.

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

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...

...stable tinnitus. I’ve tried every supplement and sound therapy known to man, but the only things that have had any effect for me have been Clonazepam, Gabapentin, and Lidocaine patches worn on the back of the neck. Both drugs are a bit of a serious step for managing tinnitus, and many GPs may...

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

Yes, my situation was quite unusual. I had catastrophic hyperacusis. I kept my storm windows closed in the summertime because I couldn’t handle the noise from distant air conditioners, which sounded as loud as Boeing 747s to me. I even installed heat pumps in my house, but I could only operate...

Month 3 Update: I'll keep it short. Still taking a low dose of clonazepam (0.3 mg + 0.3 mg). Tinnitus: It's relatively stable. I have some good days and some that are a bit worse, but overall, it's moving within a narrow range. Sleep: No problems with sleep. There have been a few days when I...

I'm interested in what country he is in. Can you imagine something like that happening in the UK? You've definitely started something with these patches. I'm getting bombarded with messages from people asking about them and buying them. I used just a quarter of a patch, and it still seemed...

...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...

...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...

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.

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...

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!

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

...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...

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?

...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...

...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)...

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...

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?

: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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

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...

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?

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...

...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...

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...

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

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...

...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...

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!

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

For a couple weeks I took ~0.4mg for a couple weeks(quarter of a .5mg tablet during the day while waiting for my paxil to kick in, and a half tab at night), then I cut back to just .25 at night for the last 2 weeks. I just sent a message to my primary care physician, and am waiting to hear back...

...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...

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.

...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...

I've recently entered the worst setback since this all began a year ago. I am worse than onset. 2 weeks ago I felt pretty good, now every impact and sudden sound, loud or soft makes me want to hide in a closet. My T is screaming loud. NO loud noise exposures...but my facial.nerve pain returned...

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...

Yeah the COVID-19 vaccine worsened his tinnitus. Klonopin (Clonazepam) taper caused the nasty tones. He said he was somewhat doing better before the Klonopin too. He was allowing time to heal, kept getting worse and acquiring new tones. After having a small better period he got a helicopter tone...

It's either on or off for me. No in between.

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?

...that this was likely caused by an effect from multiple withdrawals known as kindling. I acquired tinnitus in the summer of 2017 and took Clonazepam for four months, a few times a week. The total amount of Clonazepam that I took, over the course of four months in 2017, was less than many...

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...

Me too.

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...

Wait 12-24 hours.

2-3 1 mg doses of Clonazepam a month for about the past four months and you believe you are having withdrawal? What makes you think they are related @GoatSheep? Do you feel any better if you take some Clonazepam?