@Dilshaad Sorry this reply is a little slow in coming. Last week I was traveling, and tinnitus was mercifully not on my mind too much. Though I had some moments... I was driving around for a while with a passenger who TALKED REALLY LOUD, even made my ears hurt a little, and I was actually a little concerned it might give me a spike, but there was no change.
I haven't taken any medicine for tinnitus specifically. In the first month, I had bad anxiety and my doctor gave me a prescription for klonopin for use as needed. I took some daily for about a week. I was taking 1/4 of a .25 mg tablet. It took the edge off the anxiety, but did not affect the tinnitus as far as I could tell. I have not taken any specific medicine for tinnitus, nor have I yet tried any alternative remedies. I have also not yet discovered any particular food or medicine that seems to affect it either positively or negatively. I've had some little occurrences, that have all seemed to be coincidences, so far. For example, for a while I thought maybe sugar made it worse but I've also had days when I've eaten a lot of sugar, with no change.
Stress reduction can be helpful, I think. Certainly, tinnitus with
more anxiety was worse than tinnitus with
less anxiety (such as after taking a klonopin in that first month). Over time, the anxiety reaction has decreased. However, I do still get that sinking feeling when it seems to be "up to something".
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