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Pregabalin is used as an antidepressant. Have you considered Amitriptyline or Nortriptyline? It’s hard to predict how these medications will affect you, so whatever you choose, take it slowly and monitor your response carefully. There are also pain clinics, apps, and psychologists that focus on...

I think it was about two doses, but I'll need to check the packet to be sure. I didn’t notice any changes in the tinnitus while taking it or after stopping. It does seem to be a strong medication with significant side effects. Are you considering trying it for tinnitus?

I have not tried Gabapentin. I took Pregabalin for a bit after the initial low-level tinnitus. It made me groggy and I could not work whilst taking it so I stopped.

@Ivano_m, can you skip the Diazepam for a day or two to see how things are? I am not aware of this as a side effect of Diazepam. But in general, 4 mg is not a huge daily amount. When I went into a psychiatric hospital because of tinnitus, I was put on c. 30 mg of Diazepam per day. I was told...

Mais ton Anglais est superbe! Happy to hear that you are doing much better. 2.5 years ago, I was in a clinique psychiatrique in Nîmes. I am doing much better as well. I did have some hyperacusis soon after it first got worse - and some dysacusis with high-frequency sounds like hair dryers, air...

@Morgoth51, are you French/in France? Funny, my psychiatrist in France mentioned Clomipramine to me. I thought that Amitriptyline increased my tinnitus a bit (and it knocked me out), and with my history with medication, I passed on it. Some reports on it seem to be brilliant but, as you state...

@TLion, I still think you should be taking something to calm you down in the meantime. You are doing the right thing trying another antidepressant, but you need something to help sleep and to help you feel calmer during the day. And play cricket sounds if you need to. As I said, do what you can...

What happened with this?

Is that you saying "they did nothing at all for me" in a nice way?! The machines have various sounds, like nature sounds. The audiologist said that fractal tones should be used, i.e. with no discernible pattern. Can you tolerate these? Essentially, anything that can help with a change of...

@ECP, perhaps try the Sukie Baxter meditation for chronic pain on YouTube: There is a little eye movement exercise at some point. I think this is supposed to provide new sensory information for your brain to process and thus do some physiologically (I cannot remember if it stimulates the...

Hi @Lane - I have no idea how you came across this, but can you let us know if it does anything in relation to energy levels. I am not sure where you are with the chronic fatigue syndrome, but this stuff is supposed to help with deficient transport of oxygen around the body, which some are...

@OnlyUP - thanks for the endorsement - I am so happy that this mind-body healing has been helping you. You seem to be further along than me with it. How are you doing exactly? And are there any techniques that you find especially helpful? I think that the ability to access and gain some control...

Hi @ECP. I agree with you entirely on that one - it is hard to know if ear generators will be helpful or not. I have a pair (all covered here in France), but I don't use them now because I was finding that I was focusing too much on the sound they were making vs the tinnitus itself. I was...

Hi @Samy, I am sorry that you are finding things difficult at the moment - I I hope that you can soon turn a corner on the road to recovery. There are, indeed, many stories of people with an array of physical symptoms (tinnitus and hyperacusis included) who have fully recovered by working on...

I do understand what you mean, @ECP. You know, when I was discussing this with my psychiatrist, I said it was a traumatic experience for me. It does not fit the psychiatric description of trauma from what I have been reading - well, not in the sense of PTSD - but the attribution certainly seems...

@ECP, have you listened to any more podcasts? Are you seeing/hearing anything that might be of relevance to you? It is natural to look at others and wonder if your plight might mirror theirs - but not rational to then make the assumption that it will and then suffer in fear because of it. Of...

Hey @Samy! Well, I purchased a Curable subscription and started doing the bits on there (brain training, meditation, education and writing). I bought the book The Mind Body Prescription by John Sarno around the same time and got very interested in mind-body symptoms. I then I continued with...

Try to work with the psychiatrist to get the medication right. Hold on to the better days. Use masking. Do what you to calm your system there. Let go where you can...

Keep at it @TLion. You will get there.

Does Xanax help with the perceived volume? And do you interact with others there? Does that help a little?

How was sleep?

Zopiclone. Valium. Doxylamine. Melatonin. You'll have to ask the psychistrist

If Ambien works, take that. I just took Valium. Think I had 10 mg at night to start. It knocked me out with the amount I was also taking during the day.

They seem very conservative. You are not addicted to Xanax from 3 months of taking 1 mg every 3-4days. You are not going through severance, you are are there to treat anxiety from tinnitus. Just my opinion.

I prefer Valium. Are the psychiatrists there against taking too much benzo? I needed high amounts to help break my racing thoughts and anxiety. My tinnitus was never loud - moderate at its worst, though I did have one sound that was like a chainsaw which was pretty horrible. It was the fear...

@ECP, I do not believe that you gave so much time and energy to this woman merely because you hoped that it would bring someone to you in your old age in the absence of kids. If, however, you held the belief that performing a good deed might ultimately come full circle, then I would suggest that...

Do you know why you are taking an antipsychotic plus an antidepressant? Any reason why you have not been given a benzodiazepine? Your life is not over. I was there too. What happens during those good days? What do you do? Do whatever relaxation programs you can. Speak to others. Focus on them...

@TLion, you know yourself what is driving this: "My reaction wasn't very good, panic etc."' "It's like a sensation of the nervous system, everything feels overly tensed." It is not the medication changes that are causing this perceived increase in the tinnitus - it is your fear response. And I...

@TLion, I have no wish to argue with you, but it does seem like you need to try something else. I am not sure how long you did not take Paxil, but you tapered off it, so it should not be so long to taper off of it now. You can also replace it with something else. Can you explain the concern to...

Where are you @TLion? What country?

Have you asked about switching? Are you seeing a psychiatrist? You just lower one as you introduce and increase the other. And you can take something else like a benzo to help with any effect of reducing the Paxil. I think it could be an option. I did it when I went to a psych hospital. I...

But have you spoken to a psychiatrist about changing to another SSRI?

Wow @ECP, that's quite a story. It is easy to see why the events leading up to your awareness/triggering of the tinnitus are so painful for you. You were obviously under extreme stress in helping another and this has thrown up lots of questions and emotions as you now try to cope with this...

Nothing to apologise for. I understand that Paxil is a tough AD, so take the necessary time to come off of it. Has no one spoken to you about cross-tapering with another antidepressant? I am not sure why this would not be possible with another SSRI - or just crossing over to another one by...

@TLion, I am sorry for the troubles you are having right now. I do think it can get better, yes. It has for others as it has for me. Anything else that may have had an effect on you back then? Have you seen a doctor or psychiatrist since? Wishing you well.

@ECP, how are you doing now? I just wanted to say that I have read this thread and other messages of yours. I did want to ask if you had any other conditions and then saw that you had PTSD. I have read about your personality type too. Did you resolve your PTSD? I am currently working on...

Essentially, not only can stress perpetuate physical symptoms, it can also create them. On the other hand, as you state, stress can also manifest itself via physical symptoms at sites where there was organic, structural damage. So you could have a broken ankle, which heals in a few weeks as it...

Yes, but there was no acoustic trauma to trigger the tinnitus as far as you can remember. You spoke about onset during stress and the pandemic - so it does not seem to relate to progressive hearing loss from playing loud music. Plus, it is only in one ear. Did the ENTs explain this? Did they...

But you are not aware of any noise trauma precipitating any hearing loss and tinnitus, are you? What is the range of your hearing loss? Either way, you have some hearing loss in both ears but tinnitus in one ear only. And you have had an MRI to rule out any other issue? Did you check the...

Well, from a mind-body perspective (and from any perspective I think), the recovery process requires that we confront the symptom (i.e. exposure). So I agree with the "moving forward without fear" attitude. But the key is to experience the sensation through a lens of safety rather than through...

@Joe Cuber, thank you. I cannot take the credit for the discoveries of others, but I do see the application of the principles to tinnitus and do believe that they could be of benefit to many. I am happy that my explanation of the Back to Silence method aids in your understanding/application and...

It will not surprise you to know that the pandemic (and resulting confinement) had huge effects on the health of many - and not because of contracting COVID-19 or side effects from the vaccine. I got my tinnitus roundabout the time confinement. You have a history with stress and are of a certain...

Hi @Jackson Brady. Time is key in healing. But it is not just the passing of time. For example, if you are desperate for your tinnitus to be manageable, gone or to have habituated within a certain amount of time, then you are setting a clock. You are watching the clock. What you are doing is...

There's neuroscience that proves that stress can be the primary cause of any physical symptom - and that it can make sounds appear louder than usual.

Originating from psychological issues, could well be. What IS clear is that stress does not help in overcoming it. What is also clear from neuroscientific studies of chronic pain and other chronic physical symptoms is that fear/stress (whether consciously acknowledged or not) can both magnify...

So perfectionist, anxious, history of insomnia. Are you a people pleaser? Do you want people to like you? And do you express anger freely or do you keep stuff inside?

@Athens, any history of other chronic symptoms, physical or psychological? Any trauma growing up issues with parents?

You are very welcome. So you notice that increased heart rate causes reactivity? Or do you mean that it spikes your tinnitus? I am guessing the second as the first does not appear to make any sense (reactivity is to sounds so far as I know l). It might just be confusion over terms used to...

Heart rate and blood flow do not really make sounds that you should be hearing though. Have you looked at pulsatile tinnitus - had an ENT check for this? Either way, it's not a race. It can be a lot slower than we would like, unfortunately. All we can do is try to slow ourselves down as much as...

Is it the increased heart rate that aggravates the sound - or is it the sound that increases the heart rate? I.e. is fear driving an increased awareness of reactivity? It is certainly very discomforting when there is a reaction to sounds. I think mine came on after a few months. That, on its...

Hi @ErikaS, good to hear you are enjoying the book. I haven't read it yet, but I would suggest you also listen to the podcast Alan did with Alon Ziv. He explains things really well and the mix between conversation with Alon (neuroscientist) and discussion with the caller is really well done...

@ErikaS - how is "The Way Out" going? I think Alan Gordon is great. The whole mindbody thing seems to make a lot of sense - and tinnitus is referenced by a number of practitioners. Do you associate with the personality type that is susceptible to getting TMS - perfectionism, goodism, childhood...

@Ben Haziri and do you know what caused it?

@Ben Haziri how bad was it before and how is it now (on a 1 to scale)? Whereabouts are you? I have jaw problems so it may be of benefit if I can find a specialist that treats tinnitus.

Thanks @Peter Q. How are you doing with things?

Lol - I "think" I am doing okay too. I am going to try some ear-level white noise generators. Not sure what I will do with them exactly, but will give them a go. I have also ordered a little white noise machine for the evening. I don't want to go crazy with sound therapy, but perhaps it can have...