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I really don't believe in this "overprotection causing tinnitus" thing at all. I believe it was either the Mirtazapine (it has happened to others) or just completely random.

I'm sure the AI we program in a future simulation will reach to the same conclusion.

We certainly do not live in chaos. The laws of physics bind our tridimensional space-time reality. It even has absolute magnitudes that cannot be surpassed, such as the speed of light in a vacuum or the lowest possible temperature of −273.15 °C.

I recently had a dream (more like a nightmare) where scientists discovered that we were all living in a simulation. Somehow, they managed to access the supercomputer that created it, and they decided to "unplug" it, so to speak, because they thought it would be best for all of us. Before doing...

Why did it take you five years to say that line? Why were you being such a crybaby?

And you'd be the annoying prison guard who constantly bullied the prisoners. Just ignore this thread if you don't like it, pal! (y)

Thank you for this initiative (y)

Why do you get so worked up about it? We've all thought at some point of "fantasy" scenarios, as you call them, in which we could decide to stop our tinnitus in exchange for another predicament. It's part of the bargaining stage of grief. By the way, and since you mentioned it, we recently had...

I think they do help portray the extreme pain tinnitus and other ear problems cause to its sufferers. While the medical establishment keeps gaslighting us and telling us it's just a sound, suck it up, and other b***s***, the fact that at the moment, more than 75% of people would take prison...

What would you rather have: - Your tinnitus for the rest of your life - 5 years in a (Western) minimum security prison and no tinnitus from the day you enter prison and never again in your lifetime.

Can you wear earmuffs like the one below in an MRI? I thought you couldn't wear any metallic stuff?

Hey, I'm sorry to hear you're going through all that. Sounds awful; it reminded me of my time with ME/CFS :( Is Histamine Intolerance the same as MCAS? It sure sounds a lot like it. In that case, I guess you would have already tried mast cell stabilizers and/or blockers, which are more potent...

Try Mirtazapine.

Do you have any more information regarding those bad stories? Since my tinnitus was brought by a virus, I have to be extra careful, and despite Hepatitis A not being a mandatory vaccine to enter Vietnam, it's not that rare to catch the virus, especially if you eat outside a lot, which I plan to...

I ended up taking Avaxim (different brand) and so far, 6 days later, there is no effect on my tinnitus.

I take 3.75 mg of Mirtazapine every night and it works as well as 30 mg which was my starter dose. If you have access to a very knowledgeable psychiatrist or a very understanding PCP, you could ask them to prescribe either Daridorexant or Lemborexant, depending if you live in the EU or USA/Japan.

I will be traveling to Vietnam for two months during February and March this year and aside from the Typhoid vaccine (which comes in pills and doesn't really worry me), it's apparently also recommended to take the Hepatitis A vaccine. Has anyone here had the Hepatitis A vaccine after the onset...

No.

If you've only been on it for two months, you could taper really quick, like taking 0.5 mg less every day. Just cut the pill in 8 pieces and each day take one piece less and you'll be out of it in a week.

Could be both the jab and Finasteride combined, PFS (Post-Finasteride Syndrome) has tinnitus among its many symptoms.

Did your tinnitus subside after stopping Xifaxan?

Flagyl is one of the antibiotic drugs they prescribe for SIBO along with Xifaxan. Good to know it's ototoxic for some people.

Does Shingrix use live virus? If not, and I believe that's the case, you could try Prednisone/Hydrocortisone injections in your ear or if you prefer it, just take them orally to try and lessen the tinnitus. There's always a risk with steroids making things worse, but in your case I'd give them...

As someone advised, you can put captions and mute the sound. Another option is using earplugs. You would still faintly hear what they're saying, but there will be no high-pitched sounds. Another option is using a Bluetooth speaker. Sound quality is much better and there are no high-pitched...

Yeah, this is true for most. Mine didn't really get better, I just adapted to it with time (6-8 months).

This happens to me at least once a month. I no longer pay attention to it, I guess because when you're used to tinnitus, the abnormal becomes part of your normal life.

Yes, I know it can destroy some people's lives, but hadn't it been for the Mirtazapine, I would've pulled the plug due to my back-then crippling insomnia, one which not even three different benzos at the same time could help. People also have to gauge how "resistant" to drug side effects they...

Sorry, do you mean it brought it back? Or that it put it into remission? Also, which autoimmune disease do you have if you don't mind telling?

Have you tried Mirtazapine? It's an atypical antidepressant which is used to treat insomnia as well. You could even get rid of the Sertraline too, on top of the two benzos you're taking. Give Mirtazapine a try, it saved my life.

In 10 years. No matter when you read this.

I was thinking about getting the Hepatitits A jab to travel to Vietnam, but reading this stuff makes me wonder if it'd be the best course of action...

How did it go? I know it's been 8 years so you're probably not going to answer, but worth the shot.

Doesn't Naltrexone mitigate the withdrawal symptoms? Some people even had improvement of their tinnitus while on Low Dose Naltrexone, so maybe you should give it a thought.

Yes, but next time try to not come off of it cold turkey but doing a slow tapering the same way people do with benzos. If anything, Gabapentin will only improve your tinnitus while on it.

I say this because I also thought mine was super loud (it was and still is, actually) and impossible to habituate to, yet here I am 2 and a half years out, fully habituated, although with fear of it worsening in the future for whatever random reason. I was also on three benzos (Alprazolam...

Can you hear it in the shower? That's the key benchmark in my opinion. If you can't hear it in the shower without really focusing on it (and this of course only applies for the high pitched variety), your tinnitus is still livable and you can and will habituate within the usual 18 month mark...

Well, at least you tried. I think there's not much else you can do in the early stages aside from steroids and the low-level laser therapy (LLLT), but I have my doubts about the latter, despite some users having posted here it helped them.

I have no idea but I would not take them in that case because it would mean you're sensitive to medication, and you may be adding fuel to the fire.

If you're only one week out, you can try steroids like Prednisone or Dexamethasone. Especially if your tinnitus was caused by noise trauma.

Minoxidil and Saw Palmetto (the latter is considered snake oil by some though).

@roy1159, how are you doing?

Hey man, before doing anything so final you have to at least try psychedelic shrooms; there's evidence they can rewire and even generate new brain connections which may have been lost/destroyed due to whatever was that caused your ear problems. Check this thread: Basically Cured with...

I managed to save enough money to buy three apartments, two of which are rented and provide me with passive income, and the third one is where I live. It's not perfect and I won't be able to live a luxury life but I never really cared about such things anyways, and my "ant mentality" (which in...

Yes, tinnitus did that to me in the early days. I planned an early retirement due to it and other health ailments like ME/CFS, because I couldn't see myself working like that for too long. Luckily I reached habituation from the tinnitus and remission from the CFS, but the thought has kind of...

It wasn't working at the café that initiated your ear problems, it was a virus. You said it yourself, you had a flu-like episode before everything went downhill. Trust me, a virus caused my tinnitus and hyperacusis as well. And on top of that, it gave me ME/CFS from which I luckily recovered...

Wow, I'm surprised to see how many people who have tinnitus also have ME/CFS. In my case the CFS (or rather PVFS since it only lasted a year) started after a COVID-19 infection, and the tinnitus showed up two months later. Yes, many pathogens can cause ME/CFS, the reason why some people develop...

Mirtazapine saved my life from extreme suicidality due to sleep deprivation. I started taking 30 mg and have been reducing veeery slowly throughout 8 months to now taking 12.5 mg. It still works pretty good on my sleep, which in turn results in better tolerance of tinnitus during the day...

No, I took the one from Source Naturals, 300 mg, timed release. One pill a day with lunch for 30 days.

I tried it, it did nothing.

I'm gonna quote myself here on a post I made 18 months ago to throw in some positivity. Things have improved massively during this time in the sense that despite the loud high pitched ringing being pretty much unaltered, I can now sleep soundly for 7-10 hours a night (also thanks to 15 mg of...

It was 100% the Chinese coronavirus.

Aspirin is way riskier than Ibuprofen IMO. But if you think Nimesulide is better, give it a go. Although you'll probably have a harder time getting it prescribed because doctors are reluctant to be told what to do lmao.

Ibuprofen is safe enough brother, I would worry more about the COVID-19.

The reason I developed MEM or TTTS wasn't Mirtazapine, it was COVID-19 induced ME/CFS. If anything, Mirtazapine only helped reduce it because better sleep ALWAYS results in better health overall.

I have to disagree on that. My tinnitus was also caused by a virus, and now loud noises spike it, which never happened pre-tinnitus. My theory is once you've activated those neurons/synapses, they become much more sensitive to stuff that never was an issue before.

Yes, it's like a merry-go-round from hell. I guess some of us are just prone to misfortune, by some sick law of cosmic fuckery.

Man, not to undermine your situation, but that sounds like a walk in the park compared to ME/CFS which was the main inducer of my tinnitus. BTW, I've had the ear clicking when swallowing since I was a child so for me it's totally normal. I guess I can count my blessings.

No, I didn't need it since Mirtazapine worked pretty well on me. 1.5 years later I still take it, although I've reduced the dose in half (from 30 mg to 15 mg) due to fear of possible long term effects.