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The doctor prescribed it to me. I took 50 mg per days for a few days, then 25mg for a few more days, then 12.5... If I remember correct, it was for like 10-14 days total.

Prednisone. 50 mg pills. From memory, it had a better effect on 'me' when taken overnight, along with some sleeping pills...

That was a long time ago... I did take some cortisone and it helped a lot. I eventually got my 'normal' audition back, but that ear has always been more fragile since then. A few months later, I had to take a very large dose of antibiotics (to treat a possible Lyme disease), and after like 1...

Yes, I've ruled out that possibility with time! ;)

@Jkph75 I too have an unxplained white spot in my brain (only one spot though, on the right part of my corpus callosum) visible at MRI. They found it and monitored that for 6 years now and it doesn't grow, so they rule out MS at the moment. But this is still unexplained... Have you or your...

I'm under 3g of Valtrex daily since ~ 10 days. I "think" I'm starting to feel a bit better... Never really had vertigo (only a few seconds long episodes at various times of my life) but a lot of Ts since 6 years, high and low pitches, and a full feeling + endolymphatic hydrops in my right ear...

@Margus Thanks for the follow-up; I might ask my doctor to try this med...

@Coyotesheaven That's very interesting... That is exactly my problem too! I'm known for low white cells (~ 3) and platelets (~ 80 000) for 20 years now. Doctors just can't find the cause, and believe me, I've been tested through out! Let me know what you find please, we can work this...

@Coyotesheaven I stoped any Lyme antibiotics treatment. After my sudden hearing loss, I was so afraid that I decided to stop everything for a while. I took a lot of prednisone during many months and it didn't trigger or aggravated any Lyme symptoms (while it is supposed to), so who knows if...

Sounds familiar yes, but I had my sudden hearing lost around 3 weeks after I started the treatment, and I was at that moment under 300mg Doxy + 3000mg Amoxi as well. My naturopath was clear regarding this treatment when I started: don't go too fast! And if something bad is going on, stop...

Hi, I'm curious to have more info and opinions about Nicergoline / Sermion. Any regular users here that could comment?

Barrett, I'm very sorry for your problems, and I sincerely hope you’ll get better in the next weeks. Foam ear plugs are normally for single time use. Never clean them with alcohol (or even water) or they lose their properties anyway. Wash your hands before touching them. I'm not sure if it's a...

I'm in the process of trying that: http://www.menieresfoundation.org/johnsregimen.htm You might want to contact the guy as he updated his regimen... I hope it will work for both you and I... Best of luck.

@danni1979 , ask for anti anxiety meds like Xanax. Use it for a SHORT period in order to take control. Then I would suggest you try a diuretic med... Good luck.

100mg per day?

Never heard about 'pre' cochlear hydrops. Do you feel ear fullness? If you have hydrops, you should have dizziness and/or hearing fluctuation and/or ear pain-fullness... If I was you, I would definitely try a low dose of diuretics. I would maybe also try a low dose of SERC. I read it helped...

Hi Joanna, I'm sorry for your problem. I'm dealing with similar problems since a few months (thought the cause is most likely different than yours), but I think I can help. What you hear is called diplacusis. This is most likely due to inflammation, your doc got it right. Have you been exposed...

How is the Ginko helping you? How's your hearing today?

Hi thanks for asking... I've been through very hard times lately... Please, let me explain, I've seen some improvement about 15 days after the hearing loss. I was on a 10 days oral cortisone 60mg (taper to 30mg) treatment, started at day 5 after the loss. For some reasons, the improvement was...

My cochelea outter cells tests are not very good... I'm still wondering if a long term usage of Valtrex could have have damaged them... More info / opinions ?

Awww poor you .. :( .. I'm very sorry. I always try to stay under 60 to 70 db nowaday... I always have ear plugs wth me... I'll take your words. Thanks, and wishing us all a cure ASAP....

I have some molded -25 db musician plugs... I also use some pharmacy -33 db (the purple ones) and I put them as far as I can inside my ear, touching the ear drum. But sometimes, I also need over the ear protection. I already have a pair of those...

Thanks for your post... Do you think Ciprodex could be the cause of your very high frequencies lost? Or mostly the prematurate exposure? Believe me, I will protect my ear as much as I can! (I already do all I can though...)

Hi Ben, and thanks for your post and suggestions. I've been taking NAC since February at about 1000mg per day (even went to 2000mg per day in August cause I had a big contract with long hours of music exposure (with extra protection though)) and haven't noticed ANY difference on my T or general...

One more thing to note: I've had very heavy vertigo symptoms on my second day on cortisone... During one or two hours, I had to go to bed, and my eyes were moving sideways out of control... I'm better now, but every now and then during the day, I have some mild vertigo symptoms again...

Sept 1, I started an antibiotics treatment for Lyme disease (which my doctors have been suspecting for years to explain my T, and many other symptoms I have for 5 years now). The dosage was Doxycycline 100 mg 3 times a day, then on Sept 15, add Amoxicillin 1000 mg 3 times a day as well. I've...

5 days on prednisone 60mg. I hear a bit more basses, but it still feel 'out of phase'. I don't hear over 12khz. There's no improvment in the highs. Will I find back my previous audition? What are my chances? How much time should I give it? Any personnal experiences?

Thanks Rina... You made me cry... Best wishes to you too. xx

OK, things went out of control.... :( :( :( Last Wednesday (Sept 23), my right ear started to sound strange and at the end of the day, I had a very annoying full feeling, and was no longer hearing under 300Hz and over 10KHz. Something BAD was going on... I stopped ALL the natural supplements...

I would say that your chances are very good! If I was you, I would try to avoid loud music, yes, but also any loud noises (city noises, cinema, or restaurants, etc.) for while, and buy ear plugs. Put them when you feel it's loud over you. Also, as you're pretty young, chances are you don't have...

I'm at the beginning of a 2 months treatment of Doxycyclin AND Amoxicillin. Doxy = 100 mg 3 times a day, and Amoxi = 1000 mg 3 times a day, as well. Are my ears more fragile? Should I take NAC, and if yes, what doses? Thanks!

Well, sorry, I wasn't sure what you meant exactly... My ears are sadly not perfect anymore, but I think I'm not too bad at all for my age, especially with my professionnal background. Believe me, now it's NEVER more than 70 dba in my studio. Most of the time crusing in the 55-65 range... I'm so...

Sarcastic or serious here? I never said 'perfect', I said 'normal range', that I 'believe' to be from 0 to -20. That being said, I would be curious to see the results of let's say a 6-7 years old child, that is known to have good/normal hearing.

I agree on that. But I'm -15 db, which I believe to still be in the normal range...

I'm 41, having bad T since more that 4½ years now. I'm a professionnal musician and studio owner/producer for 25 years. I always took care of my ear, but they've seen some loud music, sometimes, but not as much as one may thinks... Believe it or not, but my audiogram (Medium Frequencies AND High...

For me, things went back to normal 4-5 weeks after my 'injury' with saline water. I took prednisone and antibiotics (eardrum was a little reddish). I've been REALLY scared. I won't try this kind of treatment anymore, that's for sure. I would like to know how to identify a T caused by allergies...

Wow... Congrats! I wish I could be like you... :) xxx

What did you do to help?

Just checked and it's only one sound. Like a single bass note 'won't' sound like 2, just one, but flat. When I listen to a solo bass track, I almost don't hear anything under 300hz (like if I listen to a song, the bass sounds like 95% panned left, while it's dead center), and I hear everything...

Hard to tell, but sounds like one.

Last Thursday evening, I played double bass with my earphones at a moderate level (well a bit loud for what I'm used too, but not 'that' loud, according to my girlfriend). After a few minutes I kinda heard a distortion in my right ear. I thought my apple earbuds died, but I soon realised that it...

@Karianne , how are you today? :)

I'm interested too! A doctor that is a very good friend of mine just talked me about that today. I might try it...

I'm no doctor, but I'm 110% sure that the stress/anxiety can lead to T. I think that about 100% of the people suffering from Ts got them aggravated by stress, so I'm sure it might be a factor even for someone who don't have T. There might be other physical/neurological/psychological reasons...

@luckyman316 , so how are you doing? How did turn your Lyme test?

A little update about my case... After 10 days from my 'trauma' to my left ear with a sinus irrigator, I've taken the cortisone and Azithromycin as prescribed, and I seem to have recovered most of my 'normal' hearing and the 'full' feeling is gone. For sure, the bass, lo-mid, and high-mid range...

Interesting... I'll try those 11 advices and see if it helps me! Thanks!

Great news Michael! I'm very happy for you! How many MG of NAC do you take daily? Am? Pm? Evening?

@Kaelon , thanks very much for your great and detailed reply... I felt a lot better reading it. Still, I've had my doc to prescribe me Prednisone (50mg for 3 days, then 25mg for 4 days). I started as soon as I can this morning, which is 40 hours after my 'trauma'. I REALLY hope this is only...

So I did most of these steps, including step #7. Started last Friday (Jan 23). Things were great on the first days; I had 2 great days (24 and 25) with considerably lower Ts! I was very happy I found this thread... On Jan 26, things went back to 'normal', more Ts. But I decided to continue...

Hello @Karen , thanks for your message. I want to try N-Acetylcysteine next, and maybe Ginko, but I was wondering how many days/weeks is needed to feel a difference...

10 days on Magnesium 250mg twice a day, and vitamin B 100 complex (once in the morning) and still no improvement. I feel some very occasionnal mild pain in my left kidney from time to time, and my urine is VERY yellow, almost fluo, and it smells very 'funky' all day long... Should I stop?

I'm on Valtrex for more than 10 years now. I did try to stop a few times but my problem always reapears after a few week so most of those years, I took (and still take) 1000mg every 2 days. It works better than 500mg each day in my case (doctors don't know why, but some agree that it's...

Hello @Lake Girl , I hope you're doing better... I found your original post (and read it all) cause I was looking for a connexion between Ts and Valtrex. I'm taking 1000mg each 2 days for about 10 years now (don't ask me why, but 1000mg every two days works better for me than 500mg each day)...

After all I read, I'm also trying to stop it... From .250mg twice a day to 0! I'm on this drug for 2 weeks only and I can feel the adictive feeling already... Tough. My Ts are back to previous level. Hard, but I try to deal with them...

Thank you so much for your support... I like this forum, it's full of helpful people here!

I have T since March 2011, yes I've been through many things including a therapy. But my T has gotten worse since mid Dec, and with a new distinct one in my right ear, so that's why I'm really anxious now.

Thanks for your reply... Yeah, I have to agree that my anxiety is very high :( ... I'm having a hard time dealing with it since a few years... I've had better periods... I'll keep taking the vitamins and magnesium for a few more days/weeks and I'll see.

Two days ago, I started Magnesium 250mg twice a day, and vitamin B 100 complex once in the morning. Now, I'm feeling worst than ever! Could it be related? Should I stop, or just go on and things will get better? Opinions please?