It's definitely helpful to me right now and the effect has been sustained to some extent for a year; I also know from the past that withdrawing from it after taking it months or years, for me, is an intermittent nightmare of a 14-month bad acid trip.Does anyone have similar positive results with Kolonopin?
The horror stories aren't because the drug didn't help to quiet or lower people's tinnitus, it's about what happens in some cases when they quit taking it. For me, Klonopin worked great when I used it, but it was a nightmare of unbelievable proportions for a year and a half after stopping, and I didn't even take it daily, for the three month period I used it for tinnitus.All I read is horror stories from taking Klonopin. I take 1mg at 4am everyday. It definitely helps me start the day in a better frame of mind. I used to wake dreading another day of tinnitus. With Klonopin I can somewhat function with a better attitude.
Does anyone have similar positive results with Kolonopin?
I hope to be able to withdraw from it again eventually and I do not look forward to that
Some people have positive stories that then turn into nightmares. I was one of them.All I read is horror stories from taking Klonopin. I take 1mg at 4am everyday. It definitely helps me start the day in a better frame of mind. I used to wake dreading another day of tinnitus. With Klonopin I can somewhat function with a better attitude.
Does anyone have similar positive results with Kolonopin?
this is extremely interesting and I will keep it in mind if the time comes for withdrawal #3!Having that experience, plus more recently the experience of being able to do mHBOT daily, I can say with a pretty high degree of confidence that my clonazepam withdrawal would have likely been far easier had I had access to mHBOT back then...
Star64 said:Many are on benzo buddies with tinnitus that have never suffered this previously...
I would like to know the difference between Klonopin (clonazepam) and Ativan (lorazepam). I would have to explore more in this regard.
Klonopin has a much longer half life. The shorter half life drugs are better for occasional, short term use. The longer acting drugs tend to be more consistent long term. Additionally, unlike most of the other benzos, Klonopin exerts action at the GABA-b subunit receptor in addition to the normal benzo action at GABA-a; this might have implications towards tinnitus but I am basing that entirely on one study of another drug.I would like to know the difference between Klonopin (clonazepam) and Ativan (lorazepam). I would have to explore more in this regard.
https://www.drugs.com/compare/clonazepam-vs-lorazepam
https://www.singlecare.com/blog/klonopin-vs-ativan/
No one can tell you until you've been on it, that's the problem. Most people who take benzos for some period of time don't have a horrorshow of a withdrawal, but if you do, sucks to be you. Additionally, you're never really safe if you feel "stable" on the drug, because over a long period of time, at least for some people, tolerance creeps in to the point that you feel withdrawal effects on the same dose.Can you please explain these side effects. What happens when you withdraw? Are the side effects worse than living with loud tinnitus?
I'm wondering if it's worth the risk?
Absolutely should but most of the generics out there right now are Accord brand. I used to think people who got hungup on generics vs name brand were nuts, and thought nothing of it when I got switched from Teva to Accord, but a week later I was a sweaty wreck and started googling and found a lot of recent stories about this exact generic brand of Klonopin. The most extreme case was someone who said they had been on a stable dose for 20 years, switched to Accord, and had a seizure a week later.My understanding is that Clonazepam is a generic form of Klonopin, so should have the exact molecular structure.
My understanding is that Clonazepam is a generic form of Klonopin, so should have the exact molecular structure. Lorazepam is a different benzodiazapine with a different molecular structure. My understanding is it has a shorter half life than Klonopin. Shortly after I got tinnitus, I asked for some Valium (Diazapam) from my doctor, and he thought Lorazapam would be a better option, since it had a shorter half life in the body.
Discovered I didn't do well with Lorazapam, and I now keep the lowest dose Valium (2 mg) on hand. When I use it, I've discovered it only takes about 1/6th of a 2 mg tablet to pretty significantly take the edge off. That's an extremely small amount, and I don't know if it would work for anybody else. But it works for me, and it feels quite safe, as I only do it about 1-2x/month.
You are going to get different answers to this question, but after what I have been through the answer is NO.Can you please explain these side effects. What happens when you withdraw? Are the side effects worse than living with loud tinnitus?
I'm wondering if it's worth the risk?
Did your tinnitus reduce again after that episode with benzos? It returned to the baseline?Some people have positive stories that then turn into nightmares. I was one of them.
It wasn't from ceasing the drug, I hit tolerance at half the amount you are on which caused my tinnitus to become horrendous. Tinnitus is associated with benzo use. If I had known that I would have never taken them.
They are dangerous drugs if they turn nasty on you, I would never recommend anybody use these drugs frequently. Many are on benzo buddies with tinnitus that have never suffered this previously...
Read the Ashton manual. It talks about this problem.
You have made a wise decision, benzos are dangerous drugs and should not be taken long term for this reason.Did your tinnitus reduce again after that episode with benzos? It returned to the baseline?
I'm going to try start decrease my dose of Lorazepam before it is too late.
@Karl28 Sorry it didn't help you but it has helped many people cope.Clonazepam is bad.
This thread gave me the idea to try it back in 2017.
I took it every day for a month which was too long and tapered off over another two months which was too long and still had bad withdrawals.
It didn't help my tinnitus and when I see this thread pop up and see Erik's face as he was the original poster it just makes me want to punch him in the face for giving me the idea.
@Karl28 Sorry it didn't help you but it has helped many people cope.
I for one have been taking it for 7 years and it's been a life saver.
@Helheim I've stayed at .5 mg. I'm taking it with Gabapentin. There was a study done with this combination and it helped reduce the tinnitus loudness so I gave it a shot and it worked for me as well.7 years? I'm nearing 1 year of taking it. How has it been treating you? Have you needed to raise the dosage much?
@Helheim I've stayed at .5 mg. I'm taking it with Gabapentin. There was a study done with this combination and it helped reduce the tinnitus loudness so I gave it a shot and it worked for me as well.
Lots of people frown on benzos but if your tinnitus is loud as hell, what else can you do but try different remedies?
I'm not advocating to use benzos, all I'm saying is it has been a life saver for me.
Stay Strong.
@Helheim I do know exactly what you mean. We have lives to live now, not later.Fair enough, thank you. I'm on a bigger dose (1 mg in the morning, 1 in the evening combined with some other meds) but it seems to be helping a lot. Benzos allow me to function. Right now I feel like I'm choosing the smaller of two evils, you know?
Did it make any difference to hearing problems? Did they improve?I stopped taking the rivotril 0.25mg I had been taking for about two months (before that I took 10-15mg oxascand for a few months daily also) cold turkey no problem. It probably is different for different people. If I had taken the drugs for a longer period perhaps it would have been different. Benzo really was a lifesaver for me under strict doctor supervision, but I felt it could potentially be bad long term to continue.
He was on massive doses for years and went into tolerance, it seems. The induced coma is a sledgehammer tactic, I hope it works. Who knows if an induced coma could reset tinnitus, especially tinnitus due to medication.I don't know if this has been mentioned, but Jordan Peterson became dependant on/addicted to benzos and sought radical treatment in Russia where he was put in a medically induced coma:
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020...terson-treated-for-addiction-in-russia-a69219
https://nationalpost.com/news/jorda...public-life-because-of-tranquilizer-addiction