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How often does Clomipramine (Anafranil) cause tinnitus or hearing loss? Has anyone with pre-existing antidepressant-induced tinnitus tried it? Clomipramine is considered one of the best treatments for OCD. I am almost giving up SSRIs given the events mentioned on my previous post. I read a...

Has anyone here tried Rexulti (Brexpiprazole) as an add-on to their treatment? If so, I would like to read about your experiences and thoughts. About my Luvox experience: I decided to updose Luvox (from 100 mg to 125 mg) again but am now taking the extra dose in the morning. By the 3rd day I...

Does Clomipramine also do that?

I have already been on Pregabalin for more than a year. Is it an option to do a direct switch or would I need to taper Pregabalin anyway?

Can low doses of hydrocortisone cause or worsen tinnitus? An integrative doctor prescribed bioidentical hydrocortisone in low doses (7.5 to 12.5 mg) to help with my fatigue due to low cortisol levels (for example, my afternoon saliva cortisol test was 20 and the standard lower boundary is 50)...

You seem to understand a lot about how antidepressants work. Mind helping me with some doubts? I am on Luvox, which has an affinity of 5,786 on 5-HT2C. I am considering taking Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) to help with benzo and Pregabalin tapering. Searching on Google I found that PEA...

Mind sharing how did you quit Lyrica (Pregabalin)? I am on 200 mg and I have taken Pregabalin for about 2 years to help with benzo withdrawal. What was your tapering scheme and how easy was it?

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with low cortisol during the afternoon and night by an integrative doctor. She prescribed hydrocortisone, in low doses due to my high sensitivity from benzo withdrawal. I don't like the idea about using corticosteroids for months (even if it was 12.5 mg max) but I...

Is there any form of Folate or alternative to it with similar benefits that is tinnitus safe? A functional doctor prescribed me Folate due to other reasons and now I don't know what to do.

Were you taking antidepressants when you took Saffron? I decided to eat fish with Saffron because the spice seems to be stomach friendly and I wanted to try. I already knew it could increase Serotonin but I always avoided the supplement and didn't bother trying a bit in my food. I woke up after...

Anyone here used Sucralfate? I read about it on a book about healing gastritis and I am considering taking it.

I wonder if Finasteride is worth taking while tapering a benzo. Other threads on this scared me. The degree of Male Pattern Baldness I am now facing is making my self-esteem low. Any alternatives to Finasteride?

I updosed Luvox yesterday from 100 mg to 112.5 mg and I am having a tinnitus spike. In your experience, does such a spike go away with time staying on the dose, or is it better to get back to 100 mg as soon as possible? Maybe I should give up on SSRIs.

Anyone ever tried Sucralfate? I read about it on a book about treating gastritis.

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

I have. I am currently at 100 mg of Fluvoxamine. I did the swap from Sertraline which caused two tones of tinnitus: one at 50 mg and another on 150 mg. I only insisted because I thought that it might be something that had always been there but I never paid attention. I entertained this thought...

You are right, in the end it's a matter of trial and attempt. I am now over the fence if I try to taper up Luvox very slowly or if I swap to Clomipramine. I wish there were other alternatives for OCD that don't affect serotonin though. Do you also deal with OCD? What medication is working for...

I was on Clomipramine before I switched to Sertraline in the past. I decided to change due to the fatigue but if it doesn't increase the tinnitus, then maybe that's an option. But aren't tricyclics very ototoxic? After the onset, it seems that I am very sensitive to increases in serotonin: 1 mg...

I hope people with OCD can relate, or others can help me here. I think I am going to increase my SSRI due to debilitating OCD even with it spiking tinnitus. I hope that if I do this, the tinnitus goes back to the baseline with time. The two times I tried updosing Fluvoxamine, it temporarily...

Can Cinnarizine also help if you have muffled hearing in one ear? An ENT prescribed me it for this reason and not for tinnitus, so I got a bit skeptical. I am also on antidepressants and other drugs so I don't entertain too much the idea of taking it.

Would doing a Tympanometry with vibration be enough to diagnose ETD? And also, do you think Tympanometry with vibration only is safe in terms of hearing safety? I read a bunch of people reporting that Tympanometry is bad but I guess that there is a lot of confusion regarding these test names...

I am starting to suspect I might be dealing with Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and I wonder if I can precisely diagnose it without a Tympanometry? Does anyone know if that is possible? Or is Tympanometry crucial for it? I have already done a Tympanometry once before (or maybe Acoustic Reflex...

Did you end up taking Lansoprazole? What was your experience? I am considering taking it.

I am not lucky lately I guess. 5 days ago I had an episode of hypoglycemia induced by stress that caused severe dizziness and the day after it my tinnitus started feeling more piercing. As NAC is a powerful antioxidant, should I in this case continue to use it? I've read that it can hinder the...

Anyone here that takes Glycine together with an antidepressant? I saw by searching on Google that it interacts with Serotonin so I wonder if it's safe to use if you are under an antidepressant, especially if you have SSRI induced tinnitus.

Thank you! I wonder about the long tail/rare cases that present persistent anhedonia or histamine intolerance and I get a little scared, but I am considering continuing NAC as it seems to help me.

I hope this thread gets more interactions. Thanks for sharing your experience. Are you under any antidepressant?

Does anyone here take Inositol who is currently also on an antidepressant and whose tinnitus was originally induced by an antidepressant? I am over the fence about trying Inositol as I am taking Luvox and I am almost sure that Sertraline caused my tinnitus.

I hope you are right about this not being a long-term spike. I was stupid. I got over obsessed with the cancer thing given that I smoke a few cigarettes sometimes and the stuff about recycling I mentioned above. I will taper off NAC I guess. Like, two weeks tapering with 600 mg cuts. There are...

Does anyone here take Taurine who is currently also on an antidepressant and whose tinnitus was originally induced by an antidepressant? Searching on Google I found that Taurine interacts with Serotonin so I wonder if I should try it while on Fluvoxamine, when two tinnitus tones appeared...

Yes, a psychiatrist was OK with keeping the NAC supplement as an additional OCD treatment but, to be honest, his knowledge about the supplement seemed superficial, like based in few Google searches. Reading out that NAC can hinder the gene expression P53 that is responsible for recycling cells...

Update: I stopped the daily use of 1,800 mg of NAC today cold turkey and in the same day by the night I got a spike. Bad idea, I stopped it due to the cancer associations that scared me. I don't know if it's a coincidence or if I should have tapered the NAC. I feel guilty. I will pray to God...

Lane, thank you for the concern. It's really nice of your part to point this. I am now at 1,800 mg daily but I tapered up from 600 mg. I am taking because it supposedly helps with OCD and I don't want to updose Luvox. I am having a spike right now but it's difficult to pinpoint the cause: I am...

I've been taking 2400 of NAC for almost 2 weeks for OCD and to help with my benzo taper. I don't think there has been any spike associated with NAC, and I've been on multiple meds for a while (Luvox, Pregabalin and Diazepam).

This clinical reports are interesting! Thank you for sharing them. Before this I just saw the two papers on Inositol of the same author saying that associating with a SSRI wasn't effective. But this reports give hope. The thing I am over the fence is something that is mentioned on the post...

Considering this and given what you know, do you think adding NAC when you are on antidepressants could be unsafe tinnituswise? I found this: N-acetylcysteine blocks serotonin 1B agonist-induced OCD-related behavior in mice I am trying to find out something to help me deal with OCD and my...

Thank you for sharing this. The major issue is that my tinnitus was induced by SSRIs (Sertraline) and now I wonder if I should max the dose out. Everytime I tried updosing Luvox, I got a spike long enough to make me go back to the previous dose for it to subside. I wonder if this person you...

Yes, I did consider NAC! As I am tapering Diazepam, I bought a bottle (actually it's not my first one) of NAC and it seems to help. Maybe I should use higher doses such as 1800 mg or 2400 mg. My only concern is if it can cause cancer or anything serious if used daily in the long term.

My OCD is so brutal these days that I am starting to consider that the updosing route is not that bad. Is there anyone with severe OCD that can give hints or opinions? I am not interpreting anything here as professional medical advice.

In theory, would those undergoing benzo tapering or benzo withdrawal be playing with fire taking this?

Some news: I switched to Luvox (I am on 100 mg) and it didn't seem to change my tinnitus. BUT, when I tried to updose to 125 mg with my doctor, my tinnitus got more intrusive and I gave up and got back to 100 mg. I am sure that Sertraline caused my tinnitus, as I tried 150 mg before this swap...

I am confused about something: intratympanic steroid injections have the same side effects as the oral steroids? I have been very anxious lately due to benzo tapering and some stuff so I don't want to overload my system with stress... and stress itself could cause tinnitus, right? Are...

Isn't Ibuprofen ototoxic and can cause a tinnitus onset? I like Aspirin but I was looking for a more safe profile tinnitus wise and then I found about Nimesulide. About COVID-19, I wasn't infected afaik. Maybe I should check more about Ibuprofen.

Any reports on Clomipramine improving tinnitus? I have OCD and thus would be convenient for me.

A doctor prescribed Nimesulide for me due to some headaches and possibly COVID-19. I tried the search bar here and found nothing, nor did I find anything online regarding Nimesulide causing tinnitus. But googling, I found this: Otoprotective Effect of Nimesulide: Biochemical and...

Can we build dependence on NAC? Any possibility of tinnitus getting worse than your baseline when you stop taking NAC? I have been taking NAC for more than a month and am wondering if I should stop due to two concerns: if it's habit forming/causes dependence; if it can cause serious issues like...

Any experience with Curcumin while on a SSRI? I take Luvox and I wonder if the effects of Curcumin on serotonin could be dangerous in my case.

I am considering LLLT in a nearby town. I would need to rent a place on Airbnb or something due to the distance. Can LLLT help serotonin/antidepressant induced tinnitus or is there at least a theoretical justification for this to help with antidepressant induced tinnitus? I ask because my...

As I am dealing with benzo brain, I try to avoid stuff that boosts glutamate. It seems like too much glutamate is found in some people of the autism spectrum and there are plenty of symptoms associated with excess glutamate. Check this out: https://tacanow.org/family-resources/glutamate/ In...

But would you say I could hinder the recovery from my current spike, damaging myself in a permanent way, if I do these things tomorrow?

So, I'm going through a tinnitus spike caused by a firecracker 6 days ago. Do I need to avoid anything anti-inflammatory for like a month because it could help making the spike NOT permanent? Would it be reckless to have 2 or 3 glasses of wine and a couple of cigarettes this weekend? Would I...

I wonder if there is a solid basis for the Wi-Fi stuff. I get a bit worried as I work with my router in front of me. What is the theory behind it? Has anyone's tinnitus got better by avoiding Wi-Fi?

How about mild hearing loss, like 10 dB? Because I am afraid I might have lost some hearing lately, but nothing dramatic.

Are steroids worth trying for a tinnitus spike, if there is no change neither in your normal nor high frequency audiogram?

Do you think that people with tinnitus or hearing loss are more fragile than "normal" people in the sense that continuous 91 dB for 2 hours is a NO-NO for them despite it being allowed in the table NIOSH table below? NIOSH: Reducing Noise Exposure: Guidance & Regulations I don't know what to...

Have you done blood work or tests for autoimmune diseases? I ask this because I have seen some people have success with LDN tinnitus-wise but they also deal with autoimmune issues. I did some specific tests to test for autoimmune issues but they didn't detect anything in this sense I guess.

That is great! May you have even more improvements and healing! Mind sharing what caused your tinnitus and if you have anything autoimmune?

How loud is your spike? Is it "only" a spike or do you also notice some hearing loss? How quickly did you start the steroids after the spike started?

I am over the fence because it's been 3 weeks after I was exposed to some loud noise. My tinnitus seems more piercing, like it was a 4, and now maybe a 5 or 6. Maybe it's stress, maybe it's temporary. I don't notice changes in my hearing but a new audiogram presented 20 dB loss at 14 kHz and 16...