I was worsening DAILY until the very first pill of Clomipramine. I find it very intriguing that people challenge a good truth here and prefer to stick to the doom a gloom most of the times...
I don't blame anyone for that though, really. It's the depression that comes with tinnitus + hyperacusis that makes this so difficult to deal with. So I come here again, with willingness to share my positive experience.
- 4 days on 25 mg/day (1 pill), hyperacusis improved 20%
- 10 days on 50 mg/day (2 pills), hyperacusis improved 50%
- 10 days on 75 mg/day (3 pills), hyperacusis improved 70%
- 10 days on 100 mg/day (4 pills), hyperacusis improved 80%
- 20 additional days on 100 mg/day (4 pills) + sound exposure, hyperacusis GONE.
I've been on 75 mg (slow release tablets) for a while now without return of hyperacusis. Dropping to 50 mg in January.
I use headphones (AirPods Max, locked at 75 dB max in the iPhone settings). I don't protect anymore. I vacuum, use the mixer/blender without protection. I go to loud pubs, bars and restaurants without protection. I take the metro without protection. I go to the gym with my headphones and I listen to all my favorite electronic music songs without any issue while I work out vigorously. I work with my work headset without an issue, I have hours of calls a day and it's not an issue.
I haven't worn my custom protections in over 40 days. I only wore it once when I saw my Apple Watch detected 90 dB of sound. And I'll only protect in such cases. Anything else doesn't require it.
Tinnitus did not get worse and is LOUD still but STABLE. And I'm 100% habituated today. It does not stop me from doing things that I truly love. I can stay in silence and in piece with the loud noise. I don't even have to mask it...
So life can go back to normal, just saying. I gave a try to Clomipramine and it saved my life and cured my hyperacusis. Most importantly, it gave me the peace I needed to befriend my dear tinnitus.