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Yes, I had the same side effects. So I went off it, only for my tinnitus to be then caused by a too bigger increase in Prozac and Propranolol. I would take the akathasia over the tinnitus any day. But it was still horrible.

I truly do feel your pain as my t's were fairy manageable up too around a year or so ago. I went to a head srink and got a proscription for Prozac to try to calm my nerves but the fifth day after taking that junk mj t's hit the roof. So I dropped that stuff like a hot rock! I still have the...

...on cholinergic receptors, but diphenhydramine specifically also exerts action at serotonin receptors which is not entirely dissimilar to Prozac. So, if you want to try to ferret out what's helping you, you could: #1 take a newer antihistamine which does not have serotonin effects (I believe...

...had a few relapses and it makes me mad. I had a good run the last ten years. Now it is back again :( I started taking, from past experience, Prozac, Xanax, and Ambien to sleep. It helped me last time. Does anyone have any thoughts to my approach? I'm open to anything. I have habituated before...

...could lead somebody to lifelong debilitating tinnitus and/or other auditory problems. Not trying to tell you what to do, but you may want to check out another thread on this topic, where I made THIS POST, which describes some of the (infuriating) history of the whole Prozac approval process.

I feel you. I'm afraid what that type of stuff will do to T. But also antidepressants and most drugs affect me, and most of my family member, really weird. My sister was worried that if I went on them when I was suicidal I'd actually go through with it that's kind of what they do to the family...

I need the tinnitus volume to reduce! That's what I need!!!! Else, I just need a method.

...and I’m sorry I will do my best. My tinnitus began in 12/2017 and it was not loud until 2 weeks ago it began to be much louder because of prozac and I switched to remeron and effexor. Today I woke up and I heard the tinnitus much much louder which caused me to have panic attack and I went...

So will Frequency Therapeutics help in my case, i.e. is it a synaptopathy drug? And presumably coming off of Prozac will help rebalance my neurotransmitters, or would it make things even worse? And what do you consider appropriate withdrawal in relation to Prozac?

...pitched scream woke me up, and instantly I would have to reach for my sublingual Ativan pills by the bedside to calm the nerves. I also used Prozac, an SSRI, to help with my depression and to reduce the intensity and frequency of the panic attacks, as Ativan, an addictive benzo, should not be...

Yeah, I mentioned a liquid form earlier. problem is that many doctors won't prescribe it as it's way more expensive. I would ask about it, but I'm now living back abroad. Really unsure what to do for the best really. Cant live like this much more. I still haven't tried mindfulness and...

I'm not going to do it quickly. Just miss 30 on one day for 4 weeks or so and then do the same on another day until im down to 20 across the board. If I had a liquid form or a tablet form it would be easier as I could cut up the tablets etc, but I have capsules.

As a 30 year sufferer and having experienced several setbacks I feel for you. My tinnitus never went away. I habituated to it. It usually takes 12-18 months but I do habituate. It is a terrible cycle but you can habituate again! Xanax, Prozac, Ambien help me.

I work in emergency communications, so we aren’t allowed medical marijuana even with a prescription, and have to have scripts for everything else. I’ll look into it though. Prozac worked really well for me in the past. I’m just super nervous about this dose increase.

How rigid are you guys being when it comes to taking medication that have the potential to be ototoxic? I've been prescribed 20mg Prozac but have been reluctant to try it. Maybe it's a stretch, but my fear is it could damage support cells or generally make it harder for these future drugs to...

...DO NOT TAKE 5-HTP with an SSRI drug(Prozac[fluoxetine]), 'can be deadly. I don't know if it is safe to take a GABA supplement with a GABA drug like Lorazepam; check with your doctor about any drug/mood supplement combo before using.

Well, I'm also on Prozac for depression and Buspar for anxiety, both of which I believe do the "heavy lifting" for my anxiety and depression. I don't know if I could accurately nail down the efficacy of the Remeron for those issues, as I was prescribed it for insomnia. I can't imagine it hurts...

One of my doctors said that Amitripyline is one of the best for tinnitus. I have to agree with Dez Dog's statement: The problem with tinnitus is our reaction. If these drugs can reduce the tension and anxiety, then we reduce our negative reactions.

Sometimes, symptoms can be hard to diagnose. For example, do you know how they diagnose swollen lymph nodes? The only way to 100% rule out lymphoma is to biopsy the nodes. If not, they would just use ultrasound which is much less invasive but not reliable. I have read real life stories of...

...long term if needs be. He even said some of his patients have used it for many years. So I followed the plan. Ativan to put off the fire until Prozac finally kicked in to stop the panic attacks, at least the more severe symptoms of those attacks, and that helped me to cope with the attacks...

You might want check out the recent NYT article on antidepressants. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/health/antidepressants-withdrawal-prozac-cymbalta.html "The drugs initially were approved for short-term use, following studies typically lasting about two months. Even today, there is...

"Doctors and patients have for some time been reporting mild tics and jerks in SSRI users. The tics are usually overlooked, but can develop into tardive dyskinesia (manifested by a freakish "involuntary tongue" that darts out of the mouth, twitching or "running" legs, jerking or wildly swinging...

...With Mirtazapine 1 dose did it for me. I recently compared 10 different ADs on eHealth website because I also need one and surprisingly Prozac had the lowest score I could find for aggravating/causing tinnitus out of the 10. 0.6 out of over 52.192 people. I’m sorry you’re going through...

I think you are right, it took me about a year and a half to habituate back in 2012. But even though I am more experienced now, I feel that I am not as strong (mentally) as I was nine years ago. I'm still exhausted and scared because of the anxiety/insomnia/headache episode I had in January and...

Is there anything I can do to reduce it? I'm on Fluoxetine (Prozac) currently I've gone through a few and Prozac seems to be the one so far (haven't been on it long) that's helping me, well not affecting my tinnitus anyway. Yes I hear the humming everywhere, less when I'm out, though maybe...

The Zoloft was also not working for my depression anymore. We switched to Prozac because it was an easy switch before switching to other drug families but since it's so similar to Zoloft, I don't know it it's going to work. I've only been on it for a few days. I know sometimes, because we are...

...joints would start to get really sore to the touch. Tried a couple of drugs( I think it was Xanax and then Buspar??)but then was given Prozac and when it kicked in she was totally different. Her symptoms kept getting much better. She still takes a low dose but that is what worked for her...

Just chipping in here to say I've been taking fluoxetine (prozac) at 20mg/day for the past month and a half and have already seen a great improvement in my mood. Tinnitus is the same as ever, which for me was a great relief as almost everything I read online indicated that fluoxetine could cause...

@Martin69 Here goes..To me my tinnitus is bad. 40mg prozac .25 xanax morning. Evening 5-6 PM .25 xanax, Bedtime 10mg Ambien 1,5 xanax. And time. I won't give it a time but it can be a few to many months. So far this has worked for me. Not liking all the meds but it is the only way I keep some my...

There is a difference between antidepressants (Lexapro/Cipralex, Zoloft,Prozac, etc) and antianxiety drugs (Xanax, Ativan, Clonazepam). Antidepressants will take several weeks to work after they get to the right dose but the anxtianxiety agents will work quickly but are only a 'stopgap'. I keep...

Hi Baris, will look into your app. Looks good. So what does 90% recovery mean? Did the sound go down or do you habituate and just don't care? Anything special you did?

...years, everything started 3-4 years ago.) After being diagnosed with depression by my medical doctor 3-4 years ago, for 6 months I used the Prozac drug prescribed by him. At the end of the 6th Month, the side effects of the medicine started to appear as vertigos and headaches, and...

Nobody will be able to answer this question, no DR, no psychiatrist, that is because medications have different side effects on all of us. I was given an antidepressant medication 20 years ago when I first got tinnitus, it did not exacerbate my tinnitus but it caused me other unpleasant side...

Yes my hyperacusis and noise distortion has settled for which I am grateful. I cannot really recommend any antidepressants though as they can be a hit and miss for many and also cause more issues. They have been the cause of tinnitus for some people on Tinnitus Talk and I had a bad...

Welcome to the forum. Drug side effect is a highly personal thing. I didn't use Sertraline. I used Prozac and luckily I didn't have bad side effects from it. You may try to search the forum with Sertraline or Zoloft if there isn't enough response here in the introduction which may not have...

...fibrillation, 325 mg for a few months when I should have been taking 81 mg (my mistake). I was also trying to wean myself off of 28 years of Prozac use for my O.C.D ... Other meds I was on -Atorvastatin for cholesterol 40 mg (causes tinnitus, on it for 5 years) -Metoprolol for heart 50 mg...

It's Pure O, I think. I have some kind of distressing thought (that doesn't seem voluntary, it feels like it's being shot into my brain) and I'll think to myself "That's not true, and here are the reasons why." And then my brain will say "No, you're just in denial." And it just keeps going...

Hi John, I am on medication, i.e. prozac (40 mg), but it's not doing much except keep my serotonin levels up. But I'm depressed on top of that, if that makes sense, and do not want to up the dose as I don't want to compromise my ears further. Once bitten, twice shy. I am stuck in a cycle, and...

I wish I had done that. I thought by asking the dr multiple times about side effects that I would get the right answer. How wrong I was!!! And am i regretting it now!!! GPs it seems know little about side effects.

Why not take an antidepressant that's been shown to be helpful with tinnitus, like amitriptyline or nortriptyline? Kill two birds with one stone?

...pre T. took it 10 years ago. really helped me understand depression and how to recognize it better so it doesn't take control. I'd stick with prozac. Zoloft had side effects. Prozac work perfectly. Just don't take too much or it will increase your anxiety. did you try the things I suggested...

Did it go back to your normal level when you got off the meds?

...didn't give me a fair fighting chance as panic attacks set in without me even being fully awake and I had to reach for meds like Ativan and Prozac. I had pills of Ativan with me in my wallets all the time, wherever I went, as I almost had no control on panic attacks. Prozac helped moderate...

...on my neck right now. It has been stiff for years. Some days the range of motion is so limited, because it starts hurting. It was either Prozac or withdrawal from benzos or Anafranil. I jumped back on both when the tinnitus started. So I honestly don't know if I ever gave my brain chemistry...

...tinnitus, I joined ATA and read up on what helps with Tinnitus. Tried Bio-feedback, cognitive theory, etc .Reluctantly I went on medications. Prozac 40mg , Xanax .25 morning, .25 around 5PM, ambien 10mg, xanax 1mg to sleep. Once I habituate it was maintenance of .25 morning and .25 5PM...

...a decade before it became common medical knowledge. The ulcer drugs were one of the biggest money-makers for the pharmaceutical companies and the end of the ulcer drugs has been credited with the pharmaceutical companies shift towards marketing drugs for mental illness like ritalin and prozac.

I feel your pain and been in your shoes for over 32 years. At times meds can be quite helpful in our lives, we need to do our best to see if the meds can annoy our tinnitus or not. Work with someone that can help you with your options. I use to get infections and then was given meds. I was...

T 24 years a few relapses. To habituate I take Prozac morning xanax 3 times a day. Sleep 10mg of Ambien. . After full habituation .25 xanax and prozac am and .25 xanax at night. That is maintenance for the rest of my life. No ill or side effects. This is my experience on how to cope with T.

Welcome to the forum. I took prozac back then when my tinnitus was new. It didn't make it worse nor help lower it. It does it job for my mood. By our notable member @glynis will be better able to address this as she has been helped by anti-depressant in lowering her tinnitus. Anyway, if your T...

...subject that is reliable? Oh yeah- something else to add. Can't tell if its related- both times I have woken up very early and had very loud tinnitus until I fell back asleep for another few hours. But this is the second time I've tried 25 mg or greater Prozac and had a spike in tinnitus volume.

@T Toledo OH, good to hear you're seeing improvements. I have a couple of questions: -Do you have hyperacusis? -What kind of tinnitus do you have? Is it the type that is electrical feeling and high frequency? I have the electrical, piercing tinnitus that causes sensations of physical pain in...

...as that's how they are taught and they believe in pharmacology as if it were their god. So they won't have anything said against their lovely Prozac or whatever. Plus they may be members of associations etc that are funded by drug companies. EDIT: This is not to say that all drugs are bad...

Believe I got mine from Prozac or benzos withdrawal. Definitely in the head sound. It was so bad I reinstated the benzo which helped for a bit. Didn't get ride of it. Definitely went off the Prozac and never went back. Now I have switched to Valium and slowly tapering. About a year and I will be...

Not a bad idea! The whole world could benefit from some COVID-19 immunity. Maybe then things would all go back to normal? ;) I do recommend that you stop using the Magnesium Oxide and elect for a better alternative. That is almost universally regarded as the worst and least bioavailable form...

Prozac is used for OCD, have you tried that?

During the third week of taking Pristiq I got severe tinnitus, and that's when I stopped taking the drug, because it was obvious that it caused it. All I want is to know what happened to my brain that caused the tinnitus. I'm guessing the drug was ototoxic and damaged my auditory system...

Hi Eleanor, Thanks for your response! I use an app called Relief that I play at night as I sleep. I mix in rain with some ocean sounds (very mellow) and it helps to keep the tinnitus in check as I sleep. I have read so much conflicting info on Remeron/Mirtazapine... some say it helps tinnitus...

...and not yours. You may not have side effects using the drug and may enjoy the benefit of seeing the treated symptoms getting better. Regarding Prozac, I have no adverse side effect from it and I discontinued using it without side effects. I have asked my family doctor who is a very...

...and I was worried I would lose my job which of course only excacerbated my stress levels so it was a vicious cycle. I was wary of taking the Prozac as one of the side effects is insomnia and I obviously did not want to make it worse. I went back the to the GP and she told me that I should...

Amen. Addiction psychiatrists told me that only now they are starting to see the long term effects of pregabalin. It was marketed as a wonder drug initially. For me it turned out to be an ongoing horror story