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...hearing therapist. They rarely encounter patients with my type of tinnitus. Since 2012, I have been habituated to my tinnitus and take clonazepam as needed—usually for one or two days a month, then I stop. I consider myself habituated. For a better understanding of what I mean by...

@BrysonKingMe, if you are down to that low amount of Clonazepam and you want to come off, I'm rooting for you mate. Pick a day, jump off, and replace with a good high dose Magnesium glycinate. You say you took it daily and for 4 years. To get an insight: Did cold turkeying Clonazepam ramp up...

Are you guys still taking Clonazepam 1-2x per week? I was prescribed 0.5 mg to take on days when I have to commute to the office. Meanwhile the Mirtazapine I thought was helping has actually begun to exacerbate my hyperacusis at 22.5 mg. I was doing better on 7.5-15 mg with 100-300 mg Gabapentin...

I know what you mean. I've only been taking Ativan (less potent & lower shorter life than Clonazepam) once every three days, and I feel like it's already less effective, but the worst part is that when my tinnitus is a squealing single tone, it's even louder than it used to be, and that's...

Were you doing fine on Clonazepam but just wanted to get off of it just to be off, or was it causing problems?

...because it was causing stomach issues and didn't help much, aside from aiding sleep. Now, I basically just look forward to taking Clonazepam twice a week, but then I have to deal with the crash and subsequent depression the day after. It's like riding a rollercoaster every week, and it's not...

My experience is that Clonazepam is not anywhere near as effective as it first was years back. I take a daily dose. My psychopharmacologist insisted I do this, otherwise she was going to cut me off. I was in early days and in crisis so I unfortunately didn't just do my own thing and take as...

...helpful, although he had no idea of tinnitus. It's well below par in the UK. No, let me phrase it differently. It's SHITE! I have Clonazepam to hand. Knowing this has preserved me, reducing my symptoms in less than 24 hours. Other than that, Mirtazapine for sleep and daily low doses of...

Do you get no temporary relief from anything else besides Gabapentin? Alprazolam, Clonazepam, Cyclobenzaprine?

Thank you so much for coming back to share your update. I won't be taking the Clonazepam + Gabapentin combo.

I just wanted to update you: Clonazepam is amazing. I didn't want to take it, but I had a rubbish day, and my head was roaring. I wasn't sure it would even do anything because, in the past, I had Diazepam, and it did nothing. I thought, at best, it would maybe make me not care about the noise...

Clonazepam and Xanax are similar but Clonazepam is longer lasting, I have had good results with both though, although Xanax seems to be more addicting or harder to taper if needed from what I have heard. Xanax is typically effective for four to six hours, Clonazepam is supposedly effective for...

That's awful... All the drugs I've been put on, the only one to help my tinnitus is the Clonazepam.

...easily cope with it when it's moderate. If it's severe for more than 2 to 3 days, it can affect my ability to fully focus on things such as reading or watching TV. It can reduce by itself but when necessary, I take Clonazepam to calm the tinnitus down to more tolerable levels or complete silence.

Just be extremely careful. 3 times of Clonazepam per week means you have some Clonazepam in your system 24/7 due to its very long half-life. It's a slippery slope when you build tolerance, effect reduces, and you want to start taking more. Or you might end up like @BrysonKingMe and many others...

Because of the potential "side effects", some of which can be fairly catastrophic.

Clonazepam is no longer amazing. I couldn't stick to "once or twice a week," and it's lost effectiveness. The first time I took it, I fell asleep in the afternoon, which I haven't been able to do since before this started. The second time I took it, I had a couple of drinks, and I remember...

...then it's only Diazepam, as it has a very long half-life. They would never prescribe short-half-life medications like Lorazepam or Alprazolam. Clonazepam also has a long half-life, so it is less addictive and has efficacy in tinnitus treatment. Zopiclone is also only prescribed for a few weeks.

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...

...met in all her years practicing as an Audiovestibular physician. She then said she would never give up on treating me. I was prescribed Clonazepam, and it helped me immensely when nothing else would. I was advised only to take it when the tinnitus was severe. I found my audiologist, who was...

Pass me Clonazepam.

...led me down the polypharmacy trap, which I believe has caused all of this. Medication History with Stable Tinnitus (December to March): Clonazepam (0.25 mg), twice daily for one week, with no taper in December. I developed noxacusis on the second-to-last day of using this. Clonazepam...

...this and consult with your GP." Well, he’d recently prescribed me a box at my request, so I have it in the draw. I took a whole 1 mg of Clonazepam tonight, it’s definitely losing its effectiveness compared to initially; worked for a couple of hours, then just made me super groggy and...

Yes, I saw Dr. Bance. He suggested, given I'd had some success with Clonazepam, to try a 3 month course of 0.5 mg a day. He quoted the fact many are on it all their life for epilepsy with no issues. However, he advised his preferred routes of Gabapentin and Carbamazepine. You may recall I have...

It's changed a lot. Some sounds faded but not all. Clonazepam helped a ton when it happened, it cut the volume by 90%. It happened in the chamber, and didn't go away until I decompressed and had Clonazepam. That was probably several hours later. It sounds like a slow ramping up of random...

I don't know what country you're in but in the UK it's usually Diazepam or nothing. Clonazepam rarely is prescribed. Xanax is actually banned in the UK.

Have you tried Nortriptyline?

I'm pleased the Clonazepam is helping. Its seems opinions are divided here. Around 1/3 do not get any benefit from it. Some do great long-term on it daily, whilst some get in a mess. This is why, like most diseases, there will never be a tinnitus cure as we are all different. Instead, there will...

Anything that affects blood flow can affect tinnitus. Guanfacine gives people hypotension at first.

Nick, I just saw this, but I can 100% say my noise exposure had absolutely nothing to do with my tinnitus, but you would (and I did) think that because of the timing of it all. The tinnitus was from the benzo, and the insanely severe pain hyperacusis I have now is from the benzo as well. I had...

Hi @Lins12 -- Just to let you know if you're not aware of it, but Clonazepam and other benzodiazepines can cause or exacerbate tinnitus. Not saying people shouldn't use it if they absolutely need it, but sometimes people use it without it being an urgent necessity, and then develop a dependence...

I have weened down to 0.5mg Clonazepam and 600 mg Gabapentin since starting the Pramipexole. Mine was noise induced. I was singer for a thrash metal band and my left ear got blown out being too close to an amp over 3 years ago. It has been a journey for sure. I wear Widex Zen’s 24 hours a day...

...I was hopeful about Flupirtine since a couple of users reported positive results just with one dose, but oh well. I'm considering Clonazepam since my sleep is totally gone. I'll see if it helps with my visual symptoms as well. I will consider other stuff after a benzodiazepine. I hope I...

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

...loud noise (I used to be a raver, not anymore of course) so there is definitely damage, but I have no clue where the damage is. You say Clonazepam pushes it to the background, I wonder why that is (I have taken Clonazepam and Deanxit for a short while, but I don't think it pushed mine...

Only Mirtazapine. I do have a prescription for Deanxit, Aripiprazole and Clonazepam but not been agreed by my UK doctors.

...supplements, patches and potions. Not a penny. Counselling can help with the distress, as well as an antidepressant like Mirtazapine maybe. As for volume reduction, Clonazepam and Gabapentin help some. The former is dependence forming. Depending where you are, you could enrol in a clinical...

Forget all the other treatments; it's the above cocktail that's helping. I use Clonazepam once, maybe twice a week. My hearing aids, vitamins and relaxation techniques are all helping WHILST I've taken it.

It sounds almost the same as mine. I can mask it a bit with a white noise masker in my ear, but not always. Once a week I take (a treat for myself) Clonazepam 0.5 mg. It takes my tinnitus perception away for almost a whole day (8 hours). I take this time to relax and do some homework. Greets, W

I have exactly the same experience—great days and a normal life, but at the end of the day, when I lie in bed, the tinnitus becomes so frustratingly annoying. I never got tested for COVID-19 when I had a throat infection, which was followed by an ear infection with a lot of fluid in the inner...

@CL Rangerman, have you tried Clonazepam? Something that works for many with severe tinnitus... You must look at all options. Hearing aids? A combination approach is best so if you have hearing loss, then hearing aids is worthy of a consideration. Magnesium can improve sleep. A combination of...

...years and I'm used to it. However, something strange happened in February, the tinnitus kept increasing and wouldn't calm down. I took Clonazepam which usually reduces the tinnitus over 12 hours to a more manageable level or complete silence. I knew something was wrong because the Clonazepam...

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

@BrysonKingMe, I agree with you. I also took Clonazepam and it was a terrible drug. I did not know about benzodiazepines until after I started the drug prescribed by my doctor. Your assessment of what it does to the central nervous system is correct. I think my tinnitus initially started after I...

...only as prescribed by the doctor, along with all the other warnings. Apparently, the FDA approves Lorazepam for up to 4 months, but that dependency can happen in days or weeks. Clonazepam is apparently approved for only nine weeks. Of course, it's more potent per mg and has a much longer...

@Nick47, is this combination for tinnitus?

So why aren't ENTs talking about it, why aren't we on it?

...If you’re in the USA, you can look these up to check their legality and availability. Three weeks ago, I had a severe spike and took Clonazepam to help suppress it. I also started using isolate dissolved in propylene glycol. To use it, dilute your isolate to 75 mg/0.5 ml of propylene...

Hi @Nocca, I should start by saying that I am very anti-benzo, as I’ve been living with nearly two years of severe tinnitus caused by Clonazepam. Some days, my tinnitus is so loud that I can hear it even while standing next to a busy road. Because of this experience, my views are definitely...

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...

...to do so; it is so variable and unpredictable. I’ve tried various medications, including Mirtazapine, Carbamazepine, Gabapentin, and Clonazepam. All but Clonazepam have done nothing or temporarily made it worse. I’ve tried the usual range of supplements too, to no good positive effect. I...

Two years of pain hyperacusis (noxacusis)?! Cured with noise generators. Funny, people with noxacusis say you can't cure it with sound therapy. Makes people worse, in fact.

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

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

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...