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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...

Tried it, I couldn't handle it, even at the smallest dose imaginable, my whole day was ruined from being a walking zombie on that stuff. I even people who can handle it.

Sorry, not following the reference or statement. You have to forgive me if I should, at 66, I sometimes feel like I come from a different world.

I gained a lot of weight on Nortriptyline back in the 80s. I don't know if that's common but it was quite a lot. I tried Remeron not that long ago and I couldn't tolerate the drowsiness. I tried really hard to make that one work but I was a zombie. Elavil might be a possibility. I did read that...

Hi there, It's been a while since I posted... believe it or not, there is a life after tinnitus. I have a question though. I've been on Zoloft for depression for a long time. In the past few months, my insomnia has become the worst it's ever been so my doctor is wondering if the Zoloft is...

Thanks Bill. Exactly what I asked for.

I took Amitriptyline for 2 days for insomnia at a relatively low dose of 25 mg. It didn't help with the insomnia so I quit it but 2 or 3 days later, I noticed tinnitus in my good ear. I've had tinnitus in my bad ear for some time but never in my good. I'm just wondering if this will go away...

Are there any antibiotic ear drops that are safe? My GP prescribed neomycin, polymyxin and hydrocortisone drops for my ear that had an earache in it a few days ago. On day 3, tinnitus started. I'm really afraid to take them (drops). She said my eardrum looked normal. She removed some wax...

Hi, I don't get to this forum very often these days, off to even more interesting and disturbing health issues it seems like deafness and heart problems. Anyway, I took Augmentin 825-125 mg or a sinus infection over the weekend. I only took 3 pills. 1 on Friday night and 2 on Saturday. I woke up...

I can't see the original video. I'd like to though to see if it has anything new on it that I haven't already seen. Have any of you tried these? They are in the process of developing a hearing aid right now and I'm very interested in that.

I was on it years ago. I gained a lot of of weight on that drug and it didn't do anything positive for me otherwise.

I probably should give my hearing history. I started losing hearing in my late 40s, 16 or so years ago, for unknown reasons. It's sensorineural hearing loss. I started having tinnitus around 11 years ago. The tinnitus started in my right ear which had the worse hearing, again for unknown...

Hi, I haven't posted here for a while as I've become pretty good at dealing with my tinnitus. I had an experience yesterday though that is throwing me for a loop and I could use your feedback badly. Until 2 years ago (2014), my hearing loss was pretty stable. It was very gradually getting...

Hi John, I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. I hope you will be encouraged by letting you know that I am much better. It took time, 4 to 6 months I'd say. I did have some additional hearing loss but it's unclear if it occurred with the original episode I speak of in this thread or a...

I experienced an increase of T when my Zoloft dosage was increased. It bothered me so much that I asked to try Effexor instead. I had been on a low dose of Zoloft for years and it had never bothered me much and I had never associated it with T before. Effexor seemed to not bother my T except in...

Hello, I'm on Effexor for anxiety and depression. My doctor told me that tinnitus is not listed as a side effect of Effexor. Doing my own search, it appears tinnitus is a side effect although not common. I've experienced a rise in tinnitus using both Zoloft and Effexor as the dosage increases. I...

Hi Beth, I wanted to ask you a question about Effexor. You mentioned that it increased your tinnitus or your perception of it. Did that go away when you came off of it? Thanks.

Thanks Nills and Beth. Yes Beth I did get your message. Thank you so much.

Hi Nucleo, it did take a long time to resolve as I said above, but what you say is somewhat reassuring. It just happened so suddenly and the night after I had accidentally had taken too many drops of Cipro. I guess I will never know for sure. First I thought it was the Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and...

Clindamycin and Cipro ear drops. I know if you search, these won't come up as ototoxic but I really, really wonder. I had an audiologist and I think a neurologist who said clindamycin is nasty medicine. I think it depends on the individual a lot as to whether a medicine effects your...

I had a terrible spike following a virus and antibiotics that were wrongly prescribed that lasted for months. I'd say it took about 5 or 6 months for things to calm down. Since tinnitus is so subjective, it's really hard for me to say for sure if I habituated to the louder sound or if it...

Hello and thanks for your help. I've read other posts that say if you have to be on an antidepressant, Zoloft is not a bad choice. I've been on it for two years. 2 weeks ago I had to up the dose due to anxiety and depression. I've noticed an increase in my tinnitus though and I'm more worried...

Thank you for your reply. Sorry I've taken a while to get back here. Your suggestions seem spot on.

Hi all, I started singing with the band at my church this past January. I have a moderate hearing loss and tinnitus and wear hearing aids. This has been the first time I've sung with electric guitars, drums and general amplification. A couple weeks ago, I noticed that I was hearing some tinnitus...

Wow, I would be really interested in this trial if I didn't wear hearing aids. I'm desperate enough to even think about lying but I know me, I always tell the truth in the end. :-( I could decide to not wear them for 6 months and they would then consider me for participation. I would be as good...

Thanks for replying. It's still scary for me to take it. My doctor who prescribed it must think I'm a nut case. I wonder if other people here feel like they've had so many traumatic encounters with the medical profession including tinnitus visits where 95% of the doctors you see can offer you...

Hello everyone, I haven't dropped by in a long time due to other more pressing health issues. Yes, it's true, you can have more pressing health issues but I know last year at this time there was nothing more important than the never ceasing noise in my head. I know I should give an update and I...

Hello everyone and thank you for the responses. Thanks Karen, I think I have taken Azithromycin without problems before. I actually did have an allergy test for ampicillin last summer. It had been about 20 years since I had had a reaction. The test was negative for ampicillin reaction. The...

Hi, it's been a long time since I've been here. There's nothing like another health crisis in another part of your body to take your mind off of tinnitus and that's where I've been. I'm actually doing very well with the tinnitus. My story is that my tinnitus spiked last January in response to a...

Hi again attheedgeofscience. Thank you for the clarifications and additional information. I've made copies of everything for my files so I can read through it as time allows. I read the Australian SHHH link and was very impressed by the audiogram of the man who went to Malaysia at Cyrocord for...

Thank you attheedgeofscience for all the amazing information. It's a lot to take in so I copied much of it into my HearingLoss and Tinnitus folders. Unless my financial situation changed dramatically, I need to keep my eye on clinical trials. A 20 to 25 db increase would make a world of...

Please keep us posted. I have significant hearing loss plus the T and this would be so wonderful.

I first got T 8 or so years ago and I can tell you that once I had completely habituated, it didn't bother me at all at night. Now, I'm dealing with new T sounds and volume and I'm having to habituate again. At the moment, it does bother me at night but I hope to get to the place I was with it...

Kevin, I haven't been around that much lately because I've been doing better with my T. Not that I still don't have my moments. It's hard to answer your questions because a lot of time has passed since I first heard the morse code sounds. I think you hear them so loudly now because you are very...

Tandpiano, I don't know how, but I missed this post until tonight. This is such a blessing to me and I'm so glad I stopped by here this evening to help someone else. Little did I know that I had such a beautiful and uplifting message left here for me by you. Thank you so much for this prayer. I...

Hi kevin, I know exactly what you mean by the morse code sound. I had it all the time when I first got tinnitus 8 or so years ago. Over time, I got completely used to it. In fact, I habituated to it so well that I found it amusing to listen to at times. I know if someone had said these things...

How much melatonin do you take and when? I've tried it but it didn't help much. Maybe I wasn't taking enough or it wasn't the right time.

What do you guys do when your T wakes you up early in the morning? At first, I could take a klonopin and sleep through the night but pills aren't working anymore.

I think horses are extremely theraputic! I take riding lessons once a week and wish I could be with horses more. I've never been aware of my tinnitus at the barn and certainly I never am while I'm taking a lesson. I have way too much to think about to be listening to my tinnitus. Wish you young...

I have had some very good days since I started to follow Dr. Nagler's advice as carefully as I can (for now). I'm getting ready to go out of town so I'm a little scattered at the moment. I can tell my T to take a hike and get on with something else most of the time and I've been amazed at how...

Wow, that's some powerful advice there dude. I'll take your dare!

I was taking clindomycin, ciprodex and mometasone but I've reason to think now that it may not have been the medications but the virus I had that made my T worse. Thank you for your encouragement. It is time for me to tell my T to get lost. Dr. Nagler has suggested some tools that will help with...

Just a note about Wellbutrin, the first audiologist I visited for my hearing loss asked me if I had ever been on it. She felt I was too young to have a hearing loss and was looking for answers. That raised a definite red flag because I had been on it. I'd be very cautious about that drug...

Thanks MikeA, interesting thoughts.

Hi Dr. Nagler, I know you must receive a lot of messages so I thank you for reading mine. Last night was tough. Nights often are but last night was wicked. I wondered if you could shed any light on this problem and a couple of related questions. My tinnitus becomes louder at night the moment I...

I wish I understood the role of sleep and lying down and T. Mine becomes louder the moment I take my hearing aids out to go to bed but I can take them out during the day and not have that effect. Last night, it was really horrible and scary. I woke up several times hearing a virtual electrical...

I know developing tinnitus is a lot like going though a grief experience. After all, you've suffered the loss of something. First there is shock, panic, anxiety, then regret and anger too. You're stressed and you cry. You want to go back to before this happened but reality and time won't let...

Zoloft has helped me. I've always been on a pretty low dose. I've been off and on it a few times. I don't remember what I was taking when I first developed T. It's been too long ago to remember but anyway, I restarted Zoloft sometime in Sept. 2013 and the T didn't increase when I went back on...

It's great that you can ignore the sound in quiet now! That's where you want to be. Thank you for your reply, it's encouraging, and encouragement is what I need now and then. I'll be doing fine and then I get weak or tired, whatever, and then I need the strength of others.

Hi, I'm doing much better since my tinnitus became worse this past January but I still struggle with it. Sometimes I just feel angry and I grieve that I have a new and more annoying tinnitus to live with. I think about the meds I took that brought this on and just wish I had never taken them. I...

Billie48, I love you. Where you live would be a beautiful place to be.

Christine, Thank you. Good words for me.

Don't get me wrong here because I do want and need to hold on to my faith but I've had a rough couple of weeks and I'm having a hard time hearing this right now. The tinnitus has been giving me a really hard time. I was doing pretty well with this new tinnitus around the beginning of the month...

Maithe, I can relate to your situation somewhat. All of my problems started with a bug that gave me congestion and an earache in my left ear. That was back in December. I still have on and off pain, pressure in the ear, and somedays I feel off balance and slightly dizzy. I've had 3 doctors look...

I bought a sleepphone headband on ebay to give it a try. It wasn't a big investment so I figured I could see how it does. If I don't like them, I'll try the pillow phones next. The Resound hearing aids with direct connection to all the apple devices would be great but really expensive. I have to...

If you figure this out, would you let me know please. I tried listening to the sound of a waterfall last night but it seemed too much and made things worse. I think if I could find some headphones I could wear in the ear and still sleep on my side that would help. Soft rain would be nice.

Hi, How do you find a baraotrauma specialist? Some of my symptoms seem to fit this problem. Thanks.

Hi citigirl, Yes I do know that hormones can effect T. I just had my hormones checked and I'm making a change to see if that will help. My Gyn seemed so useless other than she was able to write me a new prescription. She sent me the results of my blood work and said, "if you think the hormones...

Jim, I already have hearing loss so I sort of know where you are coming from. One of my fears when my tinnitus got worse in January was that I was loosing more hearing. The first thing I did was to have my hearing tested. Fortunately, there had been no change. I think you need to work with an...

Thanks Deb. I'm semi-retired. I paint and write for money (hardly make any with that lol) I also pet sit. I'll schedule a check up. I'm not due one until June but maybe we can find out if anything is out of wack.