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Yes, I got a spike the first day I took it.

Antidepressants don't cause tinnitus?

Hi there, unfortunately no. But that doesn't mean your case will be the same as mine. In the beginning stages when I took Prednisone it did not aggravate it. Only last spring, after sound exposure, it made it worse, but so did Cephalexin, an antibiotic. I've had recent noise exposure and...

@Lane, ok, it’s been two weeks and it hasn’t come down. I knew better then to continue to shovel with the snowblower so close but I didn’t want to be rude and just leave when he came to help.

Hey, I do have hyperacusis and it's a bitch. I took Prednisone before and it made it worse so I stopped the treatment. Do you have measurable hearing loss?

Can you try and mask the tinnitus with sound? Either with YouTube or on your phone. I know it's not fun to do. I wish there was something I could do or say, I know what you are feeling and going through. Nothing seems to help when in this state. Is there someone you are close to you can talk...

I think tinnitus is enough to make anyone anxious, even without a history of anxiety. When we tell people what tinnitus is, to those who don't have it, they say they wouldn't want it and couldn't stand it if they got it for some seconds. So that says something.

A man came to help me with my driveway after a snowstorm with his snowblower and I did not protect my ears. I already have hearing loss at 50 dB at 6000 Hz. I never imagined the noise could get this loud and high pitched. I'm struggling. Back to a few hours of sleep and panic. I was finally...

With my experiences, I had to learn to listen to my own body and how I'm feeling, not what doctors told me and believing them. If you feel that a certain medication is exasperating your condition, or contributed to it, trust that. I am taking Ativan for the anxiety and Zopiclone to help sleep...

I was taking Celexa when my tinnitus started. The tinnitus was mild at the time. For me personally, I noticed some antidepressants made it worse so I’m very careful now. I will know not long after I take a tablet if it’s louder. I think it’s different for everyone. What bothers me might not...

It is not your imagination. I’ve been dealt the anxiety card too often. I’m so sorry you had to experience this well too often complaint from seeing a specialist. Book an appointment with an audiologist when you can for clarification of your symptoms. And get this, I went to emerge once and had...

For me, stress has always exacerbated my tinnitus, but not caused it. Stress can do many things, effect many parts of the body, even kill. If they can make medications for "imbalances" in the brain, then I don't understand why they can't just make a medication to calm the firing neurons from the...

@Forever hopeful, I used to take Advil but stopped after being told that it can aggravate it. But the Naproxen did worsen it I could tell after 20 minutes of taking it and was on it for over a week. I'm on day 3 of not taking it and it's still quite bad. I'll never touch it again.

Anyone have worsening tinnitus, hyperacusis, hearing loss after taking Naproxen or Dilaudid? I ended up in the hospital last week, kidney stone ugh... I was prescribed Naproxen 500 mg twice a day and Dilaudid 1mg for when the pain got really bad. Ever since my tinnitus and hyperacusis are...

@Brian P, what is going on with your hearing from the meds? I used Ativan to ease the anxiety but it wasn't working as good and did not help with the noise levels. I find since trying to taper it is much louder but I've been exposed to loud sounds too in recent months so it's hard to say. Hang...

@Brian P, yup the first month is awful. I'm still on .5 mg and still having mishaps. And yes you literally do freak out, it feels like death and psychosis literally! But I have to get off these. My psychiatrist was useless. He said what you said, to try Valium. I took one dose and still felt...

I'm trying to get off Ativan. I'm now on week 4 and yes my tinnitus is much worse and the withdrawal is bad. I cut the pill from 1 mg to 0.5 mg after 2 years.

@PeteJ, I've been trying to get on disability since 2018. I'm in the final stage of appeal with the tribunal set for September 28. I would have had my hearing with the tribunal much sooner but this idiot psychiatrist my doctor referred me to has missed a handful of appointments and dates that he...

You doing better?

I'm very sorry to hear that you are struggling like this. It is a massive battle, especially when it gets louder due to environmental sounds. I suffer with the same problems. As we all know, in time the anxiety, fear and insomnia dissipates but it's to get through that struggle. Sleeping with...

Yes, I have this problem too. It only started when my tinnitus got worse! It's like a snapping sound in my eardrums everytime my feet get off the ground while jogging. I get thumps in my ears too every so often.

Yup, tinnitus is a ruthless bitch! I don't understand why they always want to medicate us with antidepressants. It does nothing for the noise and hearing loss. So the problem is still there.

You are not a coward.

Yes I have the same fears and afflictions. These acts have caused my tinnitus to increase. I have to stay away from anything that is moderately loud. It's an added stressor to this condition.

@pleasejuststop, I'm so sorry to hear you are struggling the same. Yes I've heard all those lines from doctors too. Many people live with it, how come they can work and you can't, noises shouldn't make it worse unless its over 85 dB for hours at a time, you have an anxiety disorder lol. And it's...

I took one dose and it permanently spiked mine. I'm not a fan of these brain pills for hearing loss and tinnitus. For me it makes it worse.

I took one dose of or this medication as my doctor thought it would help and it spiked my tinnitus permanently! So I never took more then one dose. I don't know the drug well enough to know how it can help or make things worse as everyone is different. I've been on Ativan for over two years and...

It depends. A lot of people it stays the same, maybe fluctuates a bit but as long as your not exposed to severely loud noises you should be ok. But it can get worse, unfortunately there are no guarentees with this condition.

@Ava Lugo, I'm not able to completely mask it but I try the best I can to make it more bearable. I went on a carnival ride over the weekend without earplugs and it's gotten worse... of course. Thanks for the reply.

@dan, I'm in New Brunswick.

I want to kill myself. I can't stand these high pithed noises and the sensation of hearing loss. I can't work. I can't get welfare and was treated nasty by them. I can't get disability. This fool of a psychiatrist still hasn't written my letter for disability after seeing him for a year and a...

@kingsfan, I was on 50 mg for 5 days, then was supposed to go to 25 mg for 6 days after that. I stopped yesterday after 2 days on 25 mg as it spiked my tinnitus and hyperacusis big time and it hasn't settled yet and I don't think it will unfortunately, back to the habituation process shit...

I'm on day 9 of Prednisone and my tinnitus started spiking on the second day with an increase in hyperacusis. I'm so scared it's going to stay this loud. I can't handle it! And the side effects could make me kill. It makes my balance issues much worse, too. The last time I took steroids, they...

I can't work anymore.

My tinnitus has been much louder since the 2nd vaccine. I noticed a spike in my left ear on the evening of the vaccination but now it is louder in both ears, and hasn't subsided yet. I got my second shot on June 1st.

No.

I want to talk about the experiences I had when all this started. Doctors look at me like I'm crazy and blame everything on anxiety. I went to the ER when I found my tinnitus unmanageable in the beginning. The doctor told me that there was nothing wrong with my ears and that anxiety was the...

I would not take the chance. The damage can become cumulative over time. The worse the tinnitus gets and hearing loss the easier it is for these types of sounds to kill off the damaged cells in the ears. The result will be louder tinnitus and further damage to your hearing. Wear plugs all the time.

@Matchbox, yes, I tried tapering the Ativan. It took about 2 months to just reduce from 1 mg to .5mg but then the tinnitus got worse so I went back up to 1 mg. I told my ENT last week that I wanted to take another round of Prednisone because my tinnitus has been getting worse since February but...

@NTV, I asked her if she had it and she said no, so I told her not tell me how I should be feeling and functioning. She told me my reaction to it is not normal and there must be some deeper issues lol.

I've been suffering with tinnitus since 2010 but I was able to cope. In 2017 I made the stupid mistake of going to a beer garden and I've been going downhill since. Any loud noise makes it permanently worse, and since last summer I've had hearing loss in both ears. I've missed so much work...

I'm in the same boat. No hearing loss to mild hearing loss in the high frequencies and it's gut wrenching. I do have severe anxiety becasue of it I can't cope with the noise and hyperacusis. I've been taking ativan for a long time but it's not working as good anymore and i'm now addicted to it...

Do not use Celexa. My ears started ringing 6 days into treatment and I stayed on it for 6 months and the ringing never stopped. I tried going back on it twice after that and each time it exacerbated the tinnitus noticeably. But when I stopped it went back to baseline. I will never take...