Yes.It is the combination of Klonopin and Gabapentin taken together.
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Yes.It is the combination of Klonopin and Gabapentin taken together.
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The reason people critcize benzos is because they are habit forming drugs that make the patient docile and compliant.
NPC pills.
Antipsychotics are literally pro-depressants.I'd rather be an NPC than a tinnitus wreck to be honest... then again, they don't seem to have this effect with me, even combined with the antipsychotics, they just lower/soften the volume so I can actually function on most days. Which is a nice change.
Antipsychotics are literally pro-depressants.
They reduce natural serotonin.
I took both for a while. I forget how long but too many side effects. It may be different with other people because everyone reacts differently with meds like these. I read an article in some publication years ago (PubMed?) and asked the neurotologist to try these. Ever since then he says "no cure yet!".there's some limited evidence that klonopin + gabapentin together is an effective suppression tool for tinnitus, which is why I picked the combo. If you poke around pubmed you can probably find it.
How are you doing on the combo? Finding some relief?I think the combo works best when taken together at the same time. Also, one has to start at a low dose and increase it slowly until desired effect is achieved. IF you get the desired effect, that is.
Hi there,How are you doing on the combo? Finding some relief?
Nice to hear you are doing better, having ups and downs myself currently.Hi there,
I have not started the Gabapentin yet. I just started taking 1/2 of .5mg of Klonopin, (1 week ago).
I do feel much calmer, like myself again. Doctor wants to see how I do in this med first. So far so good.
Thank you for asking.
How are you doing?
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I'd rather be an NPC than a tinnitus wreck to be honest... then again, they don't seem to have this effect with me, even combined with the antipsychotics, they just lower/soften the volume so I can actually function on most days. Which is a nice change.
Are you taking meds or thinking about taking something to help you?having ups and downs myself currently.
Sorry to hear all this, but there are a lot of promising treatments in the making, a few of them involve the healing of hearing loss.Thanks - the is the first time I have ever commented in a forum on tinnitus, most people including doctors don't have a clue what we go through 24/7!
Klonopin was first prescribed for anxiety and trouble sleeping - I could tolerate the tinnitus then but a few years later a Doctor prescribe me Prozac for anxiety as well, and she knew I had tinnitus and being a Dr she should be familiar with the Physicians Desk Reference that says that Prozac causes tinnitus and/or makes worse....within 2 months of taking Prozac my tinnitus shoot through the roof - I was on Prozac for 12 months before I took myself off it. That was in 2015, and the increase of tinnitus never subsided after coming off Prozac. Now my increase in tinnitus is due to coming off Klonopin, I am really scared because I can't see the rest of my life like this... I have a hard time remembering, keeping a thought in my head, makes talking extremely difficult. ENT's are of no help whatsoever - they audiologists say my tinnitus sounds are probably in the 10 -12mhz range (if I said that correctly) and probably worse since I haven't seen a ENT since coming off Klonopin.
The ENTs say I also have hyperacusis!
I am just so grateful to still be able to hear my family and loved ones. I 100% hearing loss in my right ear and 50% hearing loss in my left ear. Doctors say tinnitus comes with hearing loss but I have spoken to lots of people who say they have hearing loss and no tinnitus.
It's all a mystery!
Oh, I truly hopes so too. I'll say a prayer for you!I pray that I could go back to the tinnitus level before Prozac 2014 - that level was manageable.
For how long did you take Prozac? I also got a spike from it this year Now 3 months later, and it didn't go back to baseline level.No - I never had headaches that I attributed to Klonopin. I get migraines from time to time and throbbing ears! I tell my husband that "my woofers are woofing" when I get the throbbing in my ears. I pray that I could go back to the tinnitus level before Prozac 2014 - that level was manageable.
Hi @GLJ, so sorry to hear how difficult your Klonopin withdrawal has been. -- I took Clonazepam (generic Klonopin) for about 12 years or so, and also had a difficult time withdrawing from it (prior to tinnitus onset). It took me over a year to get down to my last little "speck" of it, and I thought I'd be good to go in another couple weeks or so.What a nightmare - 6 months into my no Klonopin - sleep is always a toss up every night, I get anywhere between 4-6 hrs a night.