Brintellix, Trintellix (Vortioxetine)

[Jiri]

Hello,

Does anyone here have any experience with taking Brintellix, aka Trintellix (Vortioxetine)?

If so, for how long have you been taking it and at what dose? Did it lower, or exacerbate your tinnitus?

Cheers,
Jiri

 

[Willpowered]

I was wondering the same thing. I guess nobody has any experience with this one. Did you try it? My doctor suggested I research it since all SSRI seem to throw my ring ding through the roof.

 

[Jiri]

I was wondering the same thing. I guess nobody has any experience with this one. Did you try it? My doctor suggested I research it since all SSRI seem to throw my ring ding through the roof

I've been on it since December 2017. Now I am slowly tapering off from it (5 mg every 2 weeks). I don't think it has any effect on my tinnitus (positive or negative).

I'm aware that SSRI antidepressants have this effect. Wait a sec, your doctor suggested you research it? What kind of doctor is that? The doc is the one to know this. Also, your doctor should know that this drug isn't in the SSRI class.

 

[miwdob]

My psychologist mentioned this drug to me earlier today.

Does anyone else here have any experience with this they would like to share? Good or bad.

 

[Uklawyer]

My psychologist mentioned this drug to me earlier today.

Does anyone else here have any experience with this they would like to share? Good or bad.

@miwdob - I took it just after my tinnitus got worse. It did nothing for the tinnitus. I don't think it had any effect. It did, however, make me not want to eat anything at all and I lost a lot of weight because of that in combination with the stress. I found it pointless. It did nothing for anxiety or depression.

 

[miwdob]

@miwdob - I took it just after my tinnitus got worse. It did nothing for the tinnitus. I don't think it had any effect. It did, however, make me not want to eat anything at all and I lost a lot of weight because of that in combination with the stress. I found it pointless. It did nothing for anxiety or depression.

Thank you, @Uklawyer. Might not be the best solution then.

What dose did you take and for how long?

 

[Uklawyer]

What dose did you take and for how long?

I can't seem to find the box. I took it for about 6 weeks. What are the doses?

 

[miwdob]

I can't seem to find the box. I took it for about 6 weeks. What are the doses?

I was suggested to try 10 mg per day. I think that's one of the lowest doses to have any effect. It goes up to 20 mg, as far as I know.

 

[Uklawyer]

I was suggested to try 10 mg per day. I think that's one of the lowest doses to have any effect. It goes up to 20 mg, as far as I know.

Sorry, I can't remember. I do not believe that I increased the dose at all, so 10 mg or 20 mg - just don't know which. I seem to remember the psychologist saying it's better for depression, without any conclusive evidence of efficacy for anxiety - he wasn't wrong there.

 

[Federico7878]

Initially, I was better on Trintellix (first month), but then I got some new tinnitus sounds. I think it made me more sensitive to sound, because my tinnitus worsened after attending a birthday (people in their 40s, no music, occasional kids screaming, nothing especially loud). Now tapering off.