Has Going to the Doctor Ever Helped with Tinnitus?

[fhs]

There is very little drugs related to mental health that are not listed as ototoxic. Also, ototoxicity relates more to hearing loss than T, though T can of course be a side-effect which often goes away once the drug is stopped.

Here's quite a few anecdotes of it causing permanent tinnitus and making tinnitus permanently worse.
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/benzodiazepine-withdrawal-induced-tinnitus.1605/
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-from-xanax-benzo-withdrawal.10238/

Benzos were never meant to be taken long term so everyone has to get off of them eventually. Some doctors are very aggressive in tapering off or cut it cold turkey.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689626

I really urge against warning people off drugs which their doctor has proscribed, especially in relation to mental health. I fell into this fear myself and avoided treatment. If we all avoided drugs which had the slightest chance of bringing on T, we would take nothing. It's best decided by patient and doctor.

Agreed that it should be between patient and doctor - but it's not. Doctors are being given checks for tens of thousands for prescribing drugs. The more they prescribe the more money they make.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellne...s-doctors-revealed-database/story?id=11929217
https://cluelessdoctors.com/2014/10/18/6-commission-goes-to-doctors-for-prescribing-drugs/

 

[Paul10]

Here's quite a few anecdotes of it causing permanent tinnitus and making tinnitus permanently worse.
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/benzodiazepine-withdrawal-induced-tinnitus.1605/
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-from-xanax-benzo-withdrawal.10238/

Agreed that it should be between patient and doctor - but it's not. Doctors are being given checks for tens of thousands for prescribing drugs. The more they prescribe the more money they make.

Oh no, please don't think I'm stating otherwise; T is a very unique thing and I was mainly referring to anti-depressants not benzos but I am certainly no expert. To be honest, I was a bit shocked to find out how seemingly easy it is to get a prescription for benzos in the USA (I'm only going on what I read here). In my country, these are controlled drugs and doctors are very careful how they proscribe them. My GP flat-out refused in the beginning, he said he wasn't going to turn me into a 'drug addict' (strong words I know) and it was only when I mentioned the big 'S' word at a later emergency appointment and checked into an emergency room that I was given them. As far as I know, in my country, they are only to given for two weeks supply and at max 4 months, under doctors supervision. I was made fully aware of how these drugs effect the person and that they aren't long-term in any way. Frankly though, they saved me those first two weeks. I think that's what they should be used for only - to take the edge off when you really need it. I was surprised to read here that some people have been taking them for years and years. Now I have them in my cupboard if I really, really need them; just knowing they're there is re-assuring, but I know I'm likely to not get another supply after the next one (if I ask for another prescription). I'm taking anti-depressants which take a while to get into the system but they're much preferred to benzos.

Agreed that it should be between patient and doctor - but it's not. Doctors are being given checks for tens of thousands for prescribing drugs. The more they prescribe the more money they make.

You might be on to something here. I don't know much about the US health system but I know it's different to my country in that we don't pay for doctor visits or drugs (aside from our government taxes). This might be the reason why benzos seem to be much, much more accessible in the States, it seems more of a business there than anything, but I could be wrong and hope I'm wrong as I'd like to think most would be more principled than that.

 

[PaulBe]

You might be on to something here. I don't know much about the US health system but I know it's different to my country in that we don't pay for doctor visits or drugs (aside from our government taxes). This might be the reason why benzos seem to be much, much more accessible in the States, it seems more of a business there than anything, but I could be wrong and hope I'm wrong as I'd like to think most would be more principled than that.

It is also true that people who pay directly for health care tend to want something tangible to show for their money, and Doctors, blinded as they can be by the largesse of Big Pharma, and not up for a fight are often all too happy to oblige (a win-win where everyone loses). Its not unlike the guilty mom who demands antibiotics every time her little Madison has a sniffle, and gets them because the Doc doesn't want to argue the toss. They often don't understand that advice doesn't always come with a prize to take home. in our cases though, the Benzo is often the consolation prize because the advice isn't there, or is really ugly.