Do You Take Something for Depression or Anxiety to Deal with Tinnitus? If So What?

[JasonP]

Also, does whatever you take help you deal with it better?

 

[Mike82]

I take Mirtazapine to help me sleep. I have, ironically, never slept better in my life.

 

[Telis]

I take a few beer, sometimes wine, and when things are really tough whiskey. I sleep like a baby.

 

[undecided]

Taking an AD at the early stages of tinnitus is utterly useless.
There is no AD that can counteract the systemic physical and mental alterations that this affliction brings to one's life.
Maybe benzos are more suitable for some temporary relief, just to get by.

When your brain starts adapting to the situation - or realizing the fact that your quality and way of life will be permanately reduced and compromised, an AD could be necessary to augment habituation (as much as anyone can habituate to tinnitus, some more than others).

 

[Mike82]

Taking an AD at the early stages of tinnitus is utterly useless.

Is it, though? As I stated above, I take Mirtazapine before bed and I've never slept better.

 

[Asian]

Ashwagandha herb. Its a renowned wonder herb for anxiety as it relaxes your mind. Google it

 

[Nonna]

Ashwagandha herb. Its a renowned wonder herb for anxiety as it relaxes your mind. Google it

I've been wondering if it is safe to take w tinnitus?

 

[william adams]

When I first got T I could not sleep so my GP give me a prescription of ambien. I would take 1/2 of one tablet and put the other half by my bedside with a bottle of water. I would sleep 4 hours and wake go to the bathroom and then take the other half and go back to sleep. That worked great for me along with playing nature sounds off of youtube to help mask the T. After a couple of monthes I started sleeping fine on my own. I am currently taking xanax in the day at the lowest dosage and have been weening off of it slowly with no problems...

 

[Paromita]

Hello,

Yes, anti anxiety helps immensely in my experience. I am taking Buspar 15 mg everyday...this is the lowest dosage and it has helped me immensely keep my sanity. Also on days its really bad, I take half a valium (2.5mg) and for some reason it always takes the edge off my T.
I know some other people who have been helped by Zoloft.

Hope this helps, hang in there, it will get better.

All the best, Mita

 

[Mikie_Mike]

I had extreme side effects from high doses of prednisone and ended up in the emergency room on day 5 .... but, in any case the anxiety was the worse of those side effects, so I asked my GP for Xanax. It was the first time I ever took it. I basically used it like a sleeping pill and it took my anxiety & T to zero. I don't mean I just didn't care if the T was there ... it made it disappear. The down side is tolerance builds up in a couple of weeks, so for it to work the same, you'd have to take more. Plus, it isn't that easy to just quit (at least not for me). I never took more than 0.75 g/day, and now I'm tapering off and down to 0.25 g/day (small compared to what some people take). I should be off it in another week or so. I think if you were discipline, and only took it on occasion, you wouldn't have the downsides mentioned above.

 

[OPlax]

@JasonP

I unfortunately don't take anything. I don't have depression but I do have horrible anxiety. I should probably look into some medication for anxiety as for it may decrease my Tensor Tympani Syndrome spasms.

 

[Engineer]

Took Xanax and mirtazapine for the first 60 days with my new friend T. Weened off of those but continue to take low dosage of Citalopram for treatment of low level depression and anxiety. I also drink more than I should.

Xanax and Mirt helped me tremendously in those first 60 days to ease anxiety and sleep through the night. They are however strong meds and they should be prescribed and used with caution. Xanax is a wonder drug to those afflicted with anxiety and when properly used.

 

[hartje5]

I take 30 mg Mirtazipine and am currently on 2 mg Valium (tapered from 1 mg Xanax).

 

[GregCA]

No, I don't take anything regularly. I think the tradeoffs aren't worth it for me (I could be wrong). Also, every situation is different.

 

[Bobby B]

I never took any psycho meds
I believe that the solution lies in ourselves - I made a list of all the fun and positive things I can still do while having these ear issues and its a long list .

I'm having more sex with more women, I am putting more energy at work , more effort at the gym etc... These are just some examples.

Tinnitus sucks and hearing loss is no fun but it's not the end of my life I stil have a functioning body that I can use.

Medication is not a solution for mental issues

I try to focus on the things that work not the broken part

 

[JasonP]

@JasonP

I unfortunately don't take anything. I don't have depression but I do have horrible anxiety. I should probably look into some medication for anxiety as for it may decrease my Tensor Tympani Syndrome spasms.

According to Wikipedia on 7/23/16 it said Campral can be used for that type of tinnitus although it does not list a source. I have no idea if that would work for your type of tinnitus or not but figured I would mention it to you if you wanted to look into it and ask your doctor. Glad you found something to help you out.

 

[OPlax]

@JasonP

I might try that. Thank you for your words, however I couldn't find too much to stop my spasms...

This tensor tympani is controlling my life and currently finding a doctor to perform Botox injections or surgery to cut the tendon to never deal with these spasms anymore.

 

[JasonP]

You are welcome. I hope you find relief somehow.

 

[BobDigi]

I live in the UK and I don't think we're so quick to turn to medication as Americans. That said I do sometimes wonder if I should look into trying something for my anxiety. Not because of my time. If it helps with that then great. But I have OCD.

 

[Mentos]

I take Symfaxin ER (Venlafaxinum) 75mg in the morning for depression and Chlorprotixen 3 times a day for anxiety to calm me down. I plan to give up Symfaxin soon and stay only with Chlorprotixen, for the moment I don't feel I can manage my anxiety without drugs.