You can add Baclofen to that list in my experience. To me it is the most reliable of the four. One have to take breaks though, for it to work. In addition to acting on GABA-B, it also opens the potassium channels. Not sure which one.
Well I can't advise. All I've done is look at what evidence there is (small studies) and read through the threads time and time again.
Thank you for your help. I have read your posts many times. I was especially interested in your Flupentixol posts. How can it reduce tinnitus volume though, as it's a dopamine agonist, isn't it? Is your tinnitus noise-induced, do you have hearing loss?
Clonazepam has been a lifesaver for me during habituation. Back off the edge of the cliff kind of stuff, just have to be judicious about use.
You use it twice a week. It's strange as, for me, sometimes nothing happens for 12-15 hours, then all of a sudden the tinnitus volume drops, well after the quoted duration of action (12 hours).
Revisiting Baclofen for the Treatment of Severe Chronic Tinnitus
Anti-agonist I guess as it's an anti-psychotic in larger doses >3 mg. I'm not sure why it helps tinnitus. Many drugs can have hidden properties. During the pandemic, everybody got COVID-19 at an elderly center, except for those on Flupentixol. Weird, right?
Yes and yes.
I don't know.
Just once a week usually! Yes, it's very similar for me regarding the effect on tinnitus volume - there's a delay.
Wow really. Hard to source that stuff in the UK. Some say it raises their tinnitus.
Too much THC absolutely does spike me, there's a dose response curve you just have to feel out. I haven't tried Gabapentin, hoping I don't need to keep trying new things you know?
I'm from Australia. Xanax isn't banned but it is restricted. My doctor will prescribe it but I only use it occasionally for sleep.
Yeah, that's why I mentioned it to my doctor, it's one of the drugs that seems to help.
How much of that did you attribute to Gabapentin? Do you think the addition of Gabapentin makes the Clonazepam more sustainable? It seems those that reach tolerance quicker are on Clonazepam only as opposed to Gabapentin + Clonazepam.
At the risk of sounding blunt, your doctor sounds like a quack or just very inexperienced with benzos. Clonazepam is one of the less addictive benzos while Alprazolam is one of the most addictive.
Gabapentin did nothing for me. So far the only thing I've found that makes any difference is Clonazepam. A 0.5mg dose will reduce the tinnitus volume and also increase my tolerance to the eeeeeeeee so it's not as annoying. I try to limit myself to taking it twice a week and just dealing with the screeching the rest of the time.
My doctor is also a psychiatrist, so definitely has experience with benzos, which makes his comment more confusing.
Time to try a new psych, you'll find one. One of the proposals I have in my back pocket is to say, just give me 5mg per month. No risk to their license and no risk for abuse.
While true, you're missing the context of the last few pages. I'm not sure why you think this is net new insight for this thread. It's only mentioned 900 times!
Yep, screwed here because of being pushed on Clonazepam. Now I'm dead on it and really dead off it.
I don't have time to read back through every single page on every single thread before I comment.
I'm sorry to hear that. There's always a chance to get off it though. I know some people use different drugs or supplements that also are milder anti-anxiety meds to help the process. Your doctor might not like that but it could help. People might use Phenibut or Kratom while withdrawing from benzos but you really don't want to get stuck on those either.
It's been a lifesaver to you. Yes, I hear your concerns but some do well on it. Coming off is a different story and worrying about that will not help.
Hello Nick, I had positive experience with Clonazepam 0.125 mg + Gabapentin 300 mg per day. I tried this for a short period, like 5 days, and it works. I was tempted to try the Deanxit + Clonazepam combo prescribed to me so I stopped the Gabapentin and switched to Deanxit. I upped my Clonazepam to 0.5 mg but I believe I was doing better on when the Gabapentin was there. I am not really sure if it is ok to add Gabapentin with Deanxit and I do not know if you are doing so or not.
@ma7555, I was not prescribed Gabapentin, despite asking for it.
Deanxit (with Flupentixol) does not lower your tinnitus per say, it will make you care less (imho).
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