Can't Sleep (Even After Taking Melatonin and Using Pink and White Noise App)

[1000]

10mg melatonin.

Pink and white noise app.

Still can't sleep...

 

[Bill Bauer]

10mg melatonin.

Pink and white noise app.

Still can't sleep...

I've been there, and done that (during the first few nights after onset).

You might want to take Amitriptyline. It is non-addictive and won't make you drowsy the next morning. It worked well for me.

In large doses it had been used to treat T (and was effective for some people). Very rarely it is reported to Cause T. The vast majority of people end up being ok after taking it, though...

 

[WaqasVic]

10mg melatonin.

Pink and white noise app.

Still can't sleep...

Try this:



They do have a version without the beeps, used to help me a lot.

 

[shasta0863]

I've been there, and done that (during the first few nights after onset).

You might want to take Amitriptyline. It is non-addictive and won't make you drowsy the next morning. It worked well for me.

In large doses it had been used to treat T (and was effective for some people). Very rarely it is reported to Cause T. The vast majority of people end up being ok after taking it, though...

Is this safe long term? Are you on it still? I won't take benzo's because I'm terrified of rebound effects and any potential bad effects on T. Amitriptyline seems to have people stating it actually gave them tinnitus on the actionhearingloss forum which has me a bit concerned, can never really tell if that was the real cause. Since your T is noise induced like mine, you never noticed any adverse reactions?

Read this regarding it too:

"The tricyclics are relatives of the neuroleptic chlorpromazine and their anti-cholinergic properties harm memory, concentration and intellectual performance. Their anti-histamine action induces drowsiness and sedation. They contribute to the widely-held medical opinion that anything classed as an antidepressant won't help "normal" people; unless of course they're clinically depressed and the tricyclics are generally viewed by the medical community as cheap, nasty and usually best avoided."

 

[Bill Bauer]

Are you on it still?

No, I took it only for several months after the onset.

Since your T is noise induced like mine, you never noticed any adverse reactions?

No.

Check out
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...e_Tinnitus/links/5502051c0cf24cee39fb28c8.pdf

but there's also
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881107082126
and
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1990-20517-001

Here is a nice overview
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761638/

Another tricyclic antidepressant, amitriptyline, was tested by Podoshin et al. [38]. One group was given 10mg of amitriptyline hydrochloride for 10 weeks, while a second group used a biofeedback device; each group had an associated placebo group. Amitriptyline decreased tinnitus in 27.5% of subjects at rest and in 15.8% of subjects during activity [38]. However, a greater percentage of biofeedback users (43.5%) saw improvement during rest. Amitriptyline showed no significant advantage over placebo treatment. Side effects from amitriptyline (e.g., sedation) were minimized by administering a low dosage. Nonetheless, seven patients discontinued treatment. Later, another study with 20 subjective tinnitus patients and 17 placebo subjects was conducted – neither group suffered from depression [39]. Test subjects received 50mg of amitriptyline per day the first week and 100 mg per day the following five weeks. Only minor side effects of sedation and dryness of mouth were reported. Tinnitus severity was reported to decrease following treatment in 95% of the test group and only 12% in the placebo group.