Do You Think Campral Could Reduce or Eliminate Benzo-Induced Tinnitus?

[JasonP]

I think it all depends on how long you have been taking Xanax, but your psychiatrist would know this best. As long as your body has the time to adapt it should be fine. My advice would be; make sure you have those big 1 gram vitamin C pills in your house, and always with you in your handbag. If you start feeling like you're floating off the ground and your tinnitus spikes (glutamate cascade), take two of those, and keep taking two every day until you're o.k again.
It's really a simple thing but it's the most likely method to date to help against glutamate toxicity.

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Hey @Cityjohn, I know you said this over a year ago but I was thinking about it recently.

I think it all depends on how long you have been taking Xanax, but your psychiatrist would know this best. As long as your body has the time to adapt it should be fine. My advice would be; make sure you have those big 1 gram vitamin C pills in your house, and always with you in your handbag. If you start feeling like you're floating off the ground and your tinnitus spikes (glutamate cascade), take two of those, and keep taking two every day until you're o.k again.
It's really a simple thing but it's the most likely method to date to help against glutamate toxicity.

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I know it's been over a year now and recently I remembered what you said about Vitamin C. I only took it briefly and then stopped for a long time but can't remember why I stopped. I think it was because I was having some success with some other medications and supplements at the time and I was taking so many I decided to drop Vitamin C. @Cityjohn I was wondering. Is it possible to taper faster from klonopin using Vitamin C? Also, will continuous use of Vitamin C over time improve brain health and if so, how long would it need to be taken for?

Btw, I did end up taking Campral for maybe 10 days and I didn't notice anything good or bad from taking it. I'm not sure if it would have helped if I would have taken it longer or not.

 

[JasonP]

Okay, I found this website that says "Recently, a Brazilian study found the drug to be effective in the treatment of tinnitus caused by benzodiazepine withdrawal." Does anyone have another source that would say the same thing? By the way, I did take Campral for about 10 days or so and didn't notice anything but my T was low at the time before, during, and after.

https://www.whitesandstreatment.com/addictive-substances/campral/

 

[JasonP]

Okay I found a study about tinnitus treated with Campral for 30 days has no benefit, 60 days, a modest benefit, and 90 days a significant benefit.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136369/

I did not know this and only took it for 10 days. I guess I made a mistake. Anyone else try this medication?

 

[JasonP]

It could, yes! I tried it 14 days. Didnt do much. But according to a trial the effect(lower T) is supposed to be achieved first after 90 days. Campral is supposed to level out the GABA-Glutumate balance without being addictive itself. But Im no doctor!

What stopped you from using it past 14 days?

 

[grate_biff]

What stopped you from using it past 14 days?

Bc idiot doctors. They have nothing to offer themselves, but they acknowledge you are suffering and go along with what you ask could be beneficial. But if their are no quick results, they say: It does not help! Im taking you off it!
I did neither know of the 90 day period, according to the brazilian study.
Either way. It stopped me craving alcohol, thats for sure!
I have more left, but not enough for 90 days.
Still, I question it will help too, so...
I´ve tried other glutamate antagonists. Did nothing!