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Yeah, it's insane how meds can affect it. I'm prescribed Prozac for depression and anxiety, but I'm too scared to take it because I'm afraid about how what it might do to my T and VS. I'm just a jumble of nerves right now and I hate it. :(

I actually started taking Prozac (fluoxetine) for my obsessive compulsive disorder at the beginning of May. I began with a daily dose of 10 mg for two weeks, then increased my dosage to 20 mg on May 14th; roughly four to five days before I started to notice my symptoms. With that being said, I...

Due to Prozac (and propranolol) my eyes became blurred and at the same time I got tinnitus. I have a congenital cataract and this was made worse. I don't have glaucoma, but I do fear the worst especially as I am still on the SSRI. SSRIs should be banned. They do more harm than good in the long...

When my ultra high-pitched tinnitus first hit, it was so devastating that I had to depend on benzo like Ativan and an antidepressant like Prozac plus sleeping pills to survive each day. Being a prior victim of PTSD (from witnessing the tragic accidental death of my only son at 5 years old), and...

...Psychotherapy Community's insistence of the efficacy of TRT and CBT is their last attempt to claim relevance. Ever since the introduction of Prozac in 1987, their influence and feasibility has shrunken to the point where they are virtually marginalized with so many "methods" discredited...

...amitriptyline just for sleeping purposes (did nothing for depression). Then when I completely broke down mentally, my Doc wanted me to try Prozac. I decided against it because I didn't want to risk the tinnitus getting any worse, plus the list of side effects looked vile. I asked to try...

...I agree with Glynis' comments above. Yes, neck problems can definitely be a cause of tinnitus, and you are wise to get it checked out. The Prozac could also be a possibility. In my case, it was a blood pressure drug that increased my tinnitus and also caused pulsatile tinnitus to begin. I...

...T and severe hyperacusis turned me into a mess and it was a dark, dark period of my life. Like you, I found I need to use some meds, Ativan, Prozac, and sleeping pills to survive each long, dark day. I never thought I could survive my condition. But today I am back to normal and living an...

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with you. If it's any consolation I've been on Mirtazapine for 3.5 years, since my first onset with hyperacusis led to a nervous breakdown and suicidal depression/anxiety which left me non-functioning. I've had no issues with it at all and I think it is generally...

Fear of ototoxicity was definitely a factor in my hesitancy to taking antidepressants, or any new medication, for that matter. One of the symptoms of my OCD was constant researching on the internet, and I irrationally put too much emphasis on ototoxic medications. We all know that the list of...

Hi @usaknowles#1 I am relatively new to T also, so can't advise you too much, but know exactly how you feel. There are many wise experienced people on here who definitely will be a help. In the meantime check out the success stories, they certainly helped me, also...

Dr told me to see if things get better on prozac and in about 3 weeks go see her. Another week to wait. The 25 hour flight to and from oz has not helped as well.

How long did your previous relapses last before habituating?

Hi Penelope, the exact same thing happened to me, i was trying to cope without meds and was suffering so badly with anxiety and depression that i gave in and went to my GP and he gave me propranolol for anxiety and citalopram for depression, he said they were not ototoxic so i started taking...

...In contrast, Camu is actually an excellent preventative against cataracts and glaucoma, according to Gary Null. In addition, like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and most other pharmaceutical antidepressants, St. John’s Wort is an MAO inhibitor. Therefore, St. John’s Wort should not be taken along...

Quit letting doctors force you into doing things that you intuitively feel are not right. That would be a good place to start. It seems their input so far has only made matters worse. Which is understandable, because their practical knowledge of tinnitus is SO limited. I'd start tapering...

Hi all, I'm going through it at the moment. My tinnitus was triggered by ototoxic meds - Prozac, Zoloft, then Effexor was the one that left me with ongoing tinnitus, after half of one tablet. Insane! In April I had emergency spinal surgery and started on Lyrica. Initially 75 mg x 2 daily, then...

.....you can take one dose in the evening and see how it works ..make sure you don't drive after taking it . There are meds like buspar ,Paxil , Prozac ..they all help with anxiety . I haven't read up on these drugs but on these boards some folks got T after taking some of these meds . There...

...I've taken Fluoxetine many years ago with no problems other than some emotional bluntness and my Doctor is switching me to that. I know it's Prozac, but if it weren't for the internet I'd never hear about any horror stories. All antidepressants come with some risk. This is a bit of an...

...for a specialist so I hope having to wait so long wont make this even worse? The anxiety is definitely making it so much harder Ive been on Prozac even before this happened and was feeling better but this extra anxiety is making me feel so much worse and always on edge/panicky. Thank you all...

...life trapped by the A & P attacks which I was sometimes powerless to stop by my will power, then depression set in. I had to use SSRI AD like Prozac & Tricyclic AD like Amitriptyline to help cut off the edges. But honestly, I find the outdoors the best medicine. Things like hiking, camping...

...loss in the mid-range frequencies and she didn't seem too concerned about that. Neither did she seem too concerned that I had recently been on Prozac for several months. I cannot say for sure whether I would have been ruled out if I was still taking Prozac but I didn't get the impression that...

...prescribed as a first line of antidepressant in the USA any longer because the side effects are notably worse than that of the current SSRI's (prozac, lexapro, zoloft etc) and withdrawal can be a problem. However, it is thought that the older generation tri-cyclic's work better for T...

...Others like sleeping pills. There are anti-anxiety meds, such as Xanax and Clonepin. There are SSRI anti-depressants, such as Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac - but these can have side effects. My ENT doctor told me the best medicines for tinnitus are Xanax and Elavil. I haven't personally tried...

Yes, I was on both medications. I feel they may have interacted with one another. Whatever, one or both were almost definitely the cause of my tinnitus. I really don't know what to do! I fear things are just worse and worse.

Sorry but there's no way 5-HTP caused all those effects for you just after one dose. You experienced: -placebo & -nocebo

Pretty easy to throw health care professionals under the bus. Aside from sharing of anecdotal accounts here, about all we have and in fairness to them, they have very limited good advice when it comes to tinnitus in part because it is so heterogeneous in origin. Even with definitive subtype...

When choosing a AD just remember that SSRI's mess with your sex life Benzo's don't, usually.

...Psychotherapy Community's insistence of the efficacy of TRT and CBT is their last attempt to claim relevance. Ever since the introduction of Prozac in 1987, their influence and feasibility has shrunken to the point where they are virtually marginalized with so many "methods" discredited...

Hi @Nesty, sorry to hear that you are having a hard time at the moment. It is hard to suggest a particular antidepressant, though there is anecdotal evidence on here about certain ADs, as you will have seen. In terms of length of time needed to be on them, that is also hard to say. However...

I have learned the hard way to not take Benzo's on a daily bases,i take them very occasional and try not to be dependent on them.They try to tell you THEY KNOW what effect it has on your brain,but that's rather a guessing game than actually knowing.I fully understand why people need them but i...

...the only supplements that actually helped me and I tried dozens (Markku has a pic of all my supplements). For me 5HTP worked great. I was on Prozac and then Lexipro for a while and neither did anything for me. I dumped Lexipro against the wishes of my GP and I took 5HTP instead. It took a...

...taper it off under the supervision of doctor. If you really can't function any more, and meds are the only options, why not? I took Ativan and Prozac daily for at least 6 months during T & H attack and phased them off slowly without any trouble. But they saved my life during the darkest time...

This is interesting and might shed some light on how prozac interacts with tinnitus -- and maybe why tinnitus sometimes shows up as a side effect of SSRIs? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18187934

@Ken219, I'm sure it will work for you again. At my onset I tried to handle it for a month but was getting only 2-3 hours of sleep a night and working full time. I was a mess. I found this site and took the advice of the members. I got a week's worth of 10mg Ambien--that helped me sleep up...

...I carried them in my pocket in case I needed them back then. It is addictive, so use it only as required. For longer term, I took AD like Prozac & Amitriptyline. They can be stopped anytime. They helped my panic reactions back then. But I guess the best medicine for me now is just 2 folds -...

...for what you will, it's just my personal experience so far. So yes it seems like 5-HTP does have side effects, none of them seem as severe as Prozac though which increases the risk of suicide especially in young people under 25, seizures, mania, serotonin syndrome, etc. Also if you had so...

...you read billie48's success story "From Darkness to Light - How I recovered from Tinnitus & Hyperacusis" you will see that He also used an AD (Prozac) during his darkest period. Also, take note that in the following paragraph things began to turn around for the better for Him. It was the...

...to these conditions was the prescribed treatment. Then, when the pharmacological revolution started in 1987 (with the introduction of Prozac), this treatment has been marginalized and now nearly nonexistent. No psychiatrist in the Chicago area would, for example, treat depression with such...

...in addition to its anticholergenic activity, so using it routinely over a period of time is not entirely dissimilar from taking an SSRI like Prozac. All of the sleep-producing action of Tylenol PM comes from the Diphenhydramine. Thus, if you are taking this as a sleep aid and not as a...

Have you ever tried St. John Wort? Safer than a benzo and has been shown to be as effective as prozac without the nasty side-effects. It's a natural SSRI.

...in a statistical sense. As for antidepressants, there is anecdotal evidence that some tricyclics (e.g., Elavil) and some SSRIs (e.g., Prozac) can sometimes aggravate or induce tinnitus. This side effect is typically temporary, however, and usually subsides after cessation of the drug. -Golly

...loss of loved ones, untreated sleep apnea, extreme, extended stress, anxiety & panic disorder, etc., etc. Hope your T is from a treatable cause that may not be from drug interaction. I have use Prozac on and off for years. It is a SSRI but it has no effect on my T. Good luck. Take care. God...

...the prescribed drug(s) temporarily. As I posted earlier, you can always switch to the more natural alternatives. I had to depend on Ativan, Prozac and sleeping pills just to survive the initial period of intense suffering. Will power wasn't enough in my case to stop the anxiety and panic...

Hi there, My tinnitus was caused by depression medications, I tried three in three weeks with my GP. The first SSRI was Fluoxetine (Prozac), which caused tinnitus after 2 days of use so I stopped after researching and finding out about ototoxic medications affecting the ear. Then I was offered...

Thank you @Stu1983. I started taking Venlafaxine in 2015 after developing some imbalance problems very similar to MdBS. I just hope it doesn't come back as the Venlafaxine seemed to stop it but from what I read, Venlafaxine is out of your system inside of 1.5 days, so I'll find out soon...

Sounds like you haven't tried anti-convulsants. You might want to look into them. In fact some people's tinnitus has been lowered by them (though not all). Lamictal (Lamotrigine) is a mood stabilizer that has an anti-depressant effect. You have to titrate slowly (due to a rash - doc could...

I haven't; that sounds interesting! Do you have a link handy? I actually take lithium orotate occaisionally, though that ends up giving you a lithium dose that's pretty consistent with what you get from the water supply many places in nature. Taking pharmaceutical doses years ago had...

...solution is through the natural method of increasing tryptophan intake and the other through the use of anti-depressant medications such as Prozac. This is where the story gets very interesting. There is a class of pharmaceutical medications called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor...

...a plethora of side effects that antidepressants and antipsychotics have. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/5-htp-benefits Also coming off Prozac is no joke but I would advise for you to try 5-HTP, it for example has the same mechanism of action as Prozac increasing serotonin as a natural...

...do have a place in the world. It's the long-term use that could make things far worse and I'm not talking just about t.&h. now (the case of Prozac and Eli Lilly). They say suicide, I say murder. + physicall dependence, being unable to come off them when you want to (can't do 'cold turkey')...

Same boat as you (somatic tinnitus, no high frequency hearing loss). Pretty sure mine was triggered by 5 days of taking 10 mg Amitriptyline, which the doctor assured had no side effects. I stopped the medication as soon as tinnitus started but it never went away. Very frustrating that this isn't...

...loss in the mid-range frequencies and she didn't seem too concerned about that. Neither did she seem too concerned that I had recently been on Prozac for several months. I cannot say for sure whether I would have been ruled out if I was still taking Prozac but I didn't get the impression that...

...out later that it was in my HEAD !!! this is when I freaked OUT !.. I had this for 4 years , then after 2 years of Prozac it got down , but last August 2015 it came back hard .... some days its bad, some others its lower ... Nobody , or No doctors are...

...Does AUT-0063 do either of those things? If not, it's completely unreasonable to suggest that the drugs are anything alike. Benadryl, Prozac and LSD all exert action at 5-HT2 receptors. Are these drugs similar? If you had a runny nose, would you be comfortable taking some LSD to treat it?

...I lost about 23lbs in weight (the only upside!). By Christmas I felt unable to function and believe I probably had a breakdown. I was put on Prozac and started to feel better after 4-5 weeks of taking it. As my mood improved so did my sleep. There were delays in getting my masking devices...

...end. I thought no way I could ever overcome them and that I might be insane or even suicidal. I had to survive each day by meds like Ativan, Prozac, sleeping pills...Every day was a miserable long day. My life was seemingly ruined in total darkness of tinnitus and hyperacusis and I feared so...

...that are really upsetting. My therapist thinks I have OCD, which is the last thing I need right now. I want to try Psych Meds because Prozac helped me in the past, but there's no telling how it'll affect my tinnitus and comorbidities. I want to move out because my family is driving me...

...depression, with their generic names followed by brand names in parentheses, include: Citalopram (Celexa) Escitalopram (Lexapro) Fluoxetine (Prozac) Paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva) Sertraline (Zoloft) Paxil CR is an SSRI that provides controlled release of the medication throughout the day or...

Thanks for that. One concern I have is that 5-HTP has been reported to have many side effects of its own and that it can make OCD and depression even worse. Another concern is that trying to come off again might actually kill me! Last time it sent me pretty much manic and I think it has all...