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Hey @Jammer, I'm really sorry to hear you have had so much taken from you; this condition can be really brutal. I, unfortunately, like you, became dependent on benzodiazepines. I am not sure how you've been trying to taper, but I really advise you to research the "Ashton Method" and, under...

Hey, what I meant was my frequencies dropping by 10-15 dB on top of my original audiogram, e.g. going from 10 dB to 20 dB on certain frequencies. AIED and hydrops can have very similar symptomology. I'm not really sure what you want me to say, there was a tonne of cross-over symptom wise so...

Uhhh, I didn't taper Clonazepam. I was taking doses all over the place. When I tapered I just stayed with Valium, started at 20 mg and worked my way down 1 mg-0.5 mg a week. As far as the doses of Clonazepam are concerned, I was taking doses as high as 10 mg and as low as 0.5 mg. It was an...

Better man. Like I still struggle, but overall things are definitely looking up. I also started taking HCTZ, which is a diuretic and it seems to have helped immensely, likely meaning I have Hydrops.

Hi everyone, if you are new to this forum or tinnitus, please don't read this, I don't want you to think what happened to me will happen to you. I have been coming off benzodiazepines and I messed up my withdrawal several times and now as a result have very intrusive tinnitus and it doesn't...

Yeah, I remember reading your story when I first joined Tinnitus Talk, Blue, I don't know if you really remember me but both you and Vicki were kind and supportive which I am forever thankful for. If I may ask, have you ever tried LDN (Low-Dose Naltrexone), and also I wanted to ask if you find...

Hey guys, so I've obviously been on these forums for three years now since my tinnitus went from being stable to unstable due to microsuction. I have spent thousands of dollars on doctors' appointments and different drugs and I think I have finally come down to the conclusion that I possibly...

Hi @linearb, I really appreciate the response. I know you have quite an extensive history with Clonazepam and so I don't mean this to come off as disrespectful at all, but are you sure that Clonazepam actually hits GABA-B receptors in humans? I know in rat dissections there is evidence but that...

Hey guys. I wrote back in November about tapering off Benzos. I went from 15 mg of Valium down to 7.5 mg of Valium. Doing so, I had a bit of loud tinnitus but nothing crazy. However, around the start of March I had several family members die and a vengeful ex causing chaos in my life and so I...

Also don't forget to bring up any side effects you experience just so people can have a better understanding.

Yeah, it does also seem to reduce reactivity.

Yeah I honestly just thought I would try it for the sake of it. I wasn't super hopeful but it seems to have done something, from my understanding it can't make tinnitus worse as it's not a side effect so it seems like you might as well.

Yeah Keppra helped with just how I react to noise, it just straight up doesn't hurt as much, also only side effect I experience is sleepiness which has improved over time. I have both pain and sound sensitivity and my LDLs were pretty low last time I got them checked.

Pretty sure my doctor wants me off the benzos so I think I might just learn to live with this new noise instead of going further down the benzo hole.

When I was young and first got tinnitus at 14 I got put on Fluvoxamine and it actually lowered my tinnitus. Years later I took that same drug and it actually worsened my tinnitus. So yeah this shit really makes no sense hahaha.

Hey guys, I was taking Clonazepam 2-4 mg once every three to four days for about six weeks. I stopped taking it and then immediately experienced pretty pronounced withdrawal on the 3rd day, thus I reinstated on 2 mg and tapered over about two weeks with the last four doses being Valium. I...

Its odd explaining suicide to medical practitioners because I think that they think for people with tinnitus it's coming from this highly emotional self-destructive and spiteful point of view, where in reality it's just like a logical conclusion. Well that's how I always looked at it, just a...

He'd definitely be a Souljagame.

I've had tinnitus for 12 years. Do I get a big medal and get to call everyone else pussies and boss them around now?

Like WNGs have helped me a lot with my hyperacusis and tinnitus, but I feel like I am honestly the minority.

Jazzer you are one of the loveliest people I have met on this forum, I am so incredibly sorry for your loss.

Man the problem with you Michael is that you are so unbelievably stubborn in your beliefs and it doesn't matter how much empirical evidence you are shown you somehow become even more resolved in your ignorant and sometimes destructive beliefs. A perfect example of this is how microsuction is...

There is this really stupid myth perpetuated on this website about how reactive tinnitus is hyperacusis, and the dude that spreads it has 0 scientific basis for this so called "theory" of his and yet it is preached like fact. If there is anything I have learned about this condition is that...

Yeah, nah I totally get it, I took Valium for two weeks at the start of the year, only 5mg a day and I had a fucking horrible withdrawal. These drugs are dangerous. And sorry, I should have made my point on Gabapentin more clear. I am honestly just real worried about trying new drugs as it...

Yeah I totally understand your point, benzos are incredibly dangerous, I know you have had you own struggles with them and fully understand that they are something that need to be respected but for someone like me it's great because I only need to use it probably once every three weeks or so, as...

Hi everyone, I just thought I would share my experience with you guys as some of you with a more aggressive form of tinnitus like myself may find it helpful. For some context, my tinnitus tends to worsen quite easily from noises tending to be above 100 dB. As I've learned, I'm just a bit more...

Hey all, hope everyone is doing better. I have a question, does anyone know if hand clapping is loud enough to cause hearing damage? I have a friend who I love who after every joke claps his hands super loudly, my ears don't ring, but it doesn't feel comfortable. Recently I was in a small...

Yeah like there was a measurable drop in my hearing so it made sense to give it a go, and yeah it's probably just rebound neuroinflammation when you stopped taking it that caused the tinnitus to ramp up, and yeah I tapered but honestly I have just stopped cold turkey in the past and I have been...

No I don't, it is a stress hormone, it's normal for it to cause those kinds of symptoms. Some people just react differently to drugs.

Basically, because prednisone is just an artificial form of the stress hormone cortisol it can make you emotionally all over the place, it can really ramp you up, most people on high doses experience symptoms of hypomania, it also causes insomnia and just kinda just makes you feel like shit in...

Would you guys have any recommendations for how I should do it? Just like keep halving every day till there is nothing left?

So I had an exposure to a balloon pop which caused hearing loss so I took Prednisone and to mitigate the side effects I was prescribed Valium. I took both for two weeks. I was on 5 mg of Valium a day. I have stopped it now and I have a huge headache and my tinnitus has really ramped up...

Hey guys, it's been a while since I've posted here as things have been good, however I think I might have suffered a big setback 3 days ago. I was at work (I work as a medical receptionist) and a kid ruptured a balloon about two to three meters away from me, it was like unbelievably loud, like...

God damn, this is so upsetting. Goodbye Allan, I am so sorry that you are gone.

I also agree with Greg, I reckon get a blood test if you can, like obviously you should consider taking them if you start rapidly deteriorating but maybe wait? I would just hate to see you get worse, especially after that damn MRI incident, but also I hope you don't get really sick from an...

I've been going back to the gym to try and lose all the weight I gained from prednisone and I have noticed something quite worrying. Every time I do something strenuous like squatting I find that around two to three days later my ears become incredibly sensitive to sound and my ears just feel...

Yeah my legs were fucked, I was in so much pain. I think Prednisone is not useless but I also think that people need to be more wary of the side effects.

Pretty sure they only tested it in those people because they were already receiving a cochlear implant so their ears were effectively already fucked and there was no real risk of causing further loss.

Hey Telis, when you fasted, were the effects long term? Or did your tinnitus come back when you stopped fasting?

Hey Telis, I don't know about the legality of this, but what about something like Ketamine? Also have you ever tried oral Prednisone to stop the constant worsening? Have you tried wearing masking devices, I've started doing it and it has helped a little bit with me learning to just cope with...

Exactly what I mean. And you know I hear a lot of doctors say this and I think it's because it's normal to feel shit for the first 4 weeks upon starting an antidepressant, you get a lot of transient symptoms, but there is nothing to really suggest that tinnitus is one of these transient symptoms...

Oh this literally happened after only two doses of 25 mg and then immediately stopped.

Yeah, it's so odd, like I am very confused and have thought about it a lot, but from what I can tell it doesn't actually increase extracellular serotonin levels in the brain, Valdoxan blocks two serotonin receptors but that's it, it doesn't have the same reuptake effect as SSRIs, so I don't...

Yeah the safety was exactly why I took it haha, like I had come off Pristiq 9 months earlier and it was honestly hell, so I thought that this would be great as it wouldn't have insane withdrawals. Personally, I reckon while you are in withdrawal adding ADs might be like throwing fuel on the...

Nah Valdoxan actually caused it to spiral out of control, I was getting a worsening every day, it's like it permanently changed my neurochemistry. The worsening only stopped when I started taking Melatonin?

I personally reckon amitriptyline is probably your best bet at not making it worse, but personally I would just avoid anything like antidepressants the plague. But also totally understand that you need to be able to function for yourself and your family. You could even try St. John's Wort as...

Do any of you Jabronis know if there is a way to test IHC health?

Do you have any research to support?

Manlets are the most marginalised group on earth. Never really thought about that, we should be cautious but I can't see it being any more dangerous than the current bullshit docs prescribe us for tinnitus like antidepressants.

I'm so sorry your sister killed herself, this post was never meant to insult anyone. I am just suffering.

Fuck I never meant to scare anyone, I'm just so low right now that it never even crossed my mind. It's just getting worse and worse and I'm becoming more and more of a drain on my loved ones. I once had stable tinnitus but not anymore. I have tried literally everything. My doctors seem to think...

Yeah I was receiving regular counseling along with it, the guy was really good and very realistic, it was about learning to cope and not about a cure. But sadly there are just no WNG makers in Australia anymore. That was told to me by about 5 different audiologists all from different...

Apparently, brewing makes for a loophole in Australia.

I don't know much about your physical health Alue, but I do a lot of trail running and have made some friends doing it and they are all like my age, around 24, so that could be a good option, and also long-distance running is just great for overall health.

I actually had a bit of TRT and it kind of helped, I'll fully admit, I just think one of the huge glaring issues (especially in my case) is that there weren't actually any qualified "TRT" specialists in Australia. So instead of just being able to get a pair of WNGs I was expected to fork out 6...

Man why can't they just give people a dignified death? And nah my tinnitus from microsuction is from a year and a half ago and I have new even worse tone now so I think I'm just going to settle on buying a nitrogen tank and just filling a bag with air and holding it over my head.

This is a serious question. I am done with suffering, I don't want someone telling me how it's "going to get better", please give the dignity of an actual answer. You won't change my mind. Obviously, I don't want to kill myself using DIY means as I am very aware of how wrong this can go, so...

Pretty sure Bose SleepBuds are the reason my ears are so messed up at the moment, so I would encourage people to be very cautious.

All the studies I have read say that there is no difference between oral or intratympanic administration of steroids as long as the dose is 60mg and there is no difference between Dexamethasone or Prednisone in efficacy. Please post studies that find contrary as I have searched and cannot find...

I think that what @Ed209 asked was completely reasonable, he has asked very simple questions in a non-combatitive non-rude way and Dr. Shim replied in a way that I would call suspicious at the very least. When someone starts getting defensive and combatitive when you ask them simply to back up...