Can Antidepressants Cause Hyperacusis?

[Strife_84]

ears blocked. My right ear felt like a hard stone for some time on and off after my acoustic injury from extremely loud noise.

Yes, I have same symptoms. Less now than in the beginning but usually sounds trigger it.

 

[Codeflowd]

Misdiagnosed AF, these issues are from a damaged inner ear.

It's not ETD, when the ear is damaged, you get a perception of aural fullness.

Okay. Any ideas will time heal it slowly? My Hyperacusis is getting better.

 

[Codeflowd]

I did not have many problems before taking Pregabalin for GAD, that's how my Tinnitus started. Withdrawal made things worse, but it seems I've been in a protracted withdrawal state for a few months now. Things got bad so I saw another psychiatrist for the intrusive thoughts and anxiety associated with tinnitus, I got a script for Lexapro. I then saw a few more psychiatrists and a neurologist to hear multiple opinions. I ended up choosing Zoloft + Xanax for the onboarding.

I knew the risks with Xanax so I didn't take it, until the third day where Zoloft 25mg (half of the smallest therapeutic dose) woke me up with a tinnitus spike. It was incredibly high pitched. I got scared and emailed my psychiatrist and read a post on here that said things get better once the SSRI starts working. I upped to 50mg on the 5th day, as per instructions and experienced even worse ringing.

It is now day 15. On Day 13 and 14 I went from 50mg to 25mg, and now am at 0mg. I feel horrible, I am experiencing much higher ringing and audio sensitivity... but I know it will pass. It's temporary, and I can't wait for this spike to go away. I don't want to use SSRIs.

Funny how we experienced similar symptoms.

I've seen your videos online in YouTube where you talk about your symptoms. I thought the same! How weird?

 

[Contrast]

Okay. Any ideas will time heal it slowly? My Hyperacusis is getting better.

No one knows...

It is possible something in the Eustachian tube was damaged by very loud noise but to assume this is allergies to entirely TMJ related is problematic.

 

[PeteJ]

People here urge me to get on an AD even though it might do more harm than good?

So either way I am screwed. We are screwed?