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    Suicidal

    I have to say I’m a huge fan of Xanax when it comes to dealing with the anxiety that comes along with having tinnitus. It has helped immensely! I’d give it a try.
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    Use of Alprazolam (Xanax) for Relief of Tinnitus — Post Your Experiences

    It did not reduce the actual level of tinnitus, just the distress. Long term... I would take it religiously at bedtime to sleep. I gradually stopped taking it every night because the tinnitus started to taper off at night. Why it started to subside at night, I don’t know? Now I very rarely take...
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    Use of Alprazolam (Xanax) for Relief of Tinnitus — Post Your Experiences

    Xanax is a miracle drug. I had really loud tinnitus in my right ear during the start of COVID-19 and finally asked my doctor for Xanax to help me calm down and sleep. It really worked. The Xanax helped me not focus on the tinnitus and helped me fall asleep.
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    How to Get Relief from Sharp Pain and Ear Fullness?

    I had a really bad bout of ear fullness when my tinnitus started and unfortunately I found nothing that helped. I laid on the couch and put heat on the one ear. That’s about it.
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    After 13 Years of Habituation, Feeling Suicidal and Hopeless

    Mags, hang in there (easier said than done)! Reading posts here has got to give a little comfort, no? It does for me. I’m currently going through a tinnitus revival and it has not been fun! I got tinnitus back in March of 2020. It wasn’t due to loud noise and I think it had to do with stress...
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    Confession: I've Started Calling My Tinnitus "A Migraine'

    There’s no shame in that!
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    Suicidal

    I am right there with you! Same situation. All I can say is UGH.
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    Post-COVID-19, Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Are Back In My Life After Habituation 4 Years Ago

    I haven’t had COVID-19 and I am vaxxed x 3 and didn’t have a 2nd thought about my tinnitus being affected by the vaccine. Get vaccinated! My tinnitus started March of 2020. Came out of no where and progressively got worse and drove me absolutely mad. I have it in my right ear. It sounds like...
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    Screaming Tinnitus Disappeared Completely After 2 Years

    Lol maybe I should? This morning when I got up there was no tinnitus. I made the coffee, petted the cat, sat down to scroll through the phone, sipped some coffee and suddenly I could feel my right ear starting to feel full and then the popping started, but only for about 5 minutes. That was...
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    Screaming Tinnitus Disappeared Completely After 2 Years

    Tinnitus, for me, started March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Mine sounded like bubble wrap being stepped on or a crack of a whip. I started on an antidepressant (Lexapro) and Xanax to calm me down at night so I could fall asleep! Trying to fall asleep with tinnitus is extremely...
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    Extreme Anxiety & Depression, My Body Is Restless & Fatigued, Antidepressants Make My Tinnitus Worse

    When I 1st got tinnitus I tried everything to sleep. Breathing exercises, Chamomile tea, Melatonin, pot. Nothing really worked until a friend gave me a few of her Xanax. I started with 1/2 a Xanax to see if it would calm me enough and make me feel drowsy and it did! It has helped immensely.
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    From Catastrophic Tinnitus to Almost Silence in One Year

    My 1 year anniversary with tinnitus is coming up in the beginning of March. I fortunately have seen SIGNIFICANT improvement over the year. My tinnitus is only in my right ear and has a popping sound that would start off soft, then get loud, then run up the scale and down the scale. The noise was...
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    Antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOs, TCAs, TeCAs)

    Yikes I didn’t know that about those side effects with Lexapro!
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    Antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOs, TCAs, TeCAs)

    I was diagnosed with tinnitus back in March of 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic started. I think my tinnitus came from stress of the unknown and the loss of my job. I saw the ear doc, got all the hearing tests and an MRI and when everything came back normal, he said it was tinnitus. He also...