@1MWPlease DON'T EVER take benzos! It is the worst psychotropic substance to ever exist, much worse than illegal drugs.
Much worse than heroin or cocaine.
It does not cure tinnitus & hyperacusis, it makes them worse and will give myriad other problems. You will go crazy with benzos.
This is from my experience.
@1MW@Carlos1 benzos are useful only if you want to do a surgery 1-2 times in your life.
NOT for tinnitus. They are a total disaster for tinnitus, believe me, never take benzos for tinnitus.
If you have tinnitus, your tinnitus will become worse in the long term and if you don't have tinnitus, you have an increased risk of getting tinnitus.
I´m unsure of that to be true!said that Klonopin was a viable treatment
@dkota, it's exactly what I'm taking... I take 300 mg of Gabapentin in the morning, then at night I take the other 300 mg of Gabapentin along with the 0.5 mg of Clonazepam. People have very strong opinions of Clonazepam but it has helped me tremendously.I have severe tinnitus. The only thing that has helped is a combination of Clonazepam and Gabapentin. I have been taking the same dose (0.5mg Clonazepam and 300 mg Gabapentin 2x daily for over 6 years. It has lowered my tinnitus and made my life more normal. The drugs are amplified when taken at the same time. Don't ask me why, but I don't get the same effect if I take it at different times. I don't know how I could handle my tinnitus if it wasn't for these drugs. I first suggested this to my family doctor after reading Dr. Shulman's study: http://www.tinnitusjournal.com/articles/gabapentin-and-tinnitus-relief.pdf. This is probably only for the worst cases of tinnitus like mine.
Hard to say for sure but I have used them sparingly when I am at my worst and after a short course of them I do seem better but I think that's because they helped me break the cycle of anxiety and start either ignoring or just getting used to my tinnitus again. In my about 4 years I have had some very bad months followed by some pretty good ones, the goal is to have more good than bad. It's a constant effort to not obsess on my tinnitus and keep engaged in living life and not avoiding regular life events or over protecting. It can be done.Has clonazepam or other benzodiazepine tranquilizers reliably helped anyone to overcome the spike, reduce tinnitus, and in such a way that the effect persisted after the end of the drug intake?
BENZOs side-effects and dependency levels are not the same for everyone. Always frustrates me when people try to scare others from BENOZs. Yes, some people will really struggle with it while others like myself can take it for weeks at a time and stop cold turkey with zero impact.
All I am saying is that sometimes doctors prescribe drugs like this because the positives may outweigh the negatives. It's hard to get someone's full diagnosis on a forum. BENZOs and ADs saved my life but as with anything they need to be respected and managed properly with a therapist.
Has clonazepam or other benzodiazepine tranquilizers reliably helped anyone to overcome the spike, reduce tinnitus, and in such a way that the effect persisted after the end of the drug intake?
It's very helpful in the short term. I used it here and there to relax my tensor tympani muscles (they tend to contract/seize up) and it worked brilliantly for up to a week. I took maybe ten 0.5mg tablets across 4 months, so didn't become addicted but towards the end I did notice they started losing some effectiveness.Hey guys, I'd just joined the chat last night and I've now got a potential trial of clonazepam 0.5 strength, just looking for feedback and advice on anyone's experience... Cheers, Flutterlug 77
Klonopin should not be taken for more than two or three weeks, or you risk dependence, and a post acute withdrawal that can last a very long time. It happened to me, with a relatively short term use of Klonopin, but I had used another benzo, Xanax, years before, which makes things worse. I've been completely off Klonopin for over six months, and still have bad post-withdrawal symptoms. Benzo withdrawal is much worse than that of narcotics. Proceed with extreme caution, that's the only advice I can give you other than stay the hell away from benzos completely.Hi Folk,
I am interested in Klonopin with Gabapentin Therapy. What was your dosage in the beginning? Does it loose efficiency with time or keep stable?
How long you can take this pills , weeks months or years?
I have severe tinnitus and would like to give this a try. They mentioned relief so it's worth Trying for some subgroup of tinnitus I understood. Do you combine klonopin with Gabapentin each day or randomly?
Thanks so much.
I was prescribed clonazepam in 2010. I take it whenever my tinnitus reaches very severe levels. It will usually reduced the tinnitus to complete silence over 3 to 24 hrs.
I would like to know if it's 100% guaranteed to stop tinnitus for a couple of hours.
I used to take Xanax on bad days, but it did not stop tinnitus, it just took the edge off, and I didn't care about tinnitus for the next couple of hours, something like instant habituation.
@Michael Leigh Is there something specific in Clonazepam that makes it stop tinnitus? I would like to ask my GP to prescribe it, but I am not necessarily interested in the 'benzo effect', I would like to know if it's 100% guaranteed to stop tinnitus for a couple of hours. My tinnitus is mild, but I am far from habituation and sometimes I just need a break.
Why does Dr. Levine recommend them then? It is an individual decision I suppose.If you want to live, never ever get these rat poisons called benzos.