Member- Aug 23, 2018
- 82
- Tinnitus Since
- 08/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- lexapro / stress / unknown
Hello,
I got tinnitus one month ago from what I believe was Lexapro (an SSRI antidepressant) side effects. The first two weeks where pretty bad, I could hardly sleep, also anxiety was creeping in because I quit the medication on a very short taper. Third and fourth week were a bit better, same volume but somehow I managed to get shut eye a couple of nights without sleeping pills. The tinnitus began to change from being 24 / 7 at the same volume (pretty loud I would say, sometimes I would hear it even when driving to work with the radio on) to being almost 10% of the regular volume in the morning and slowly building to the regular volume in the next couple of hours. I do not like to use the n / 10 notation because I would not know what 10 is, tinnitus is pretty subjective after all. Does this change mean anything? Is it expected?
Ok now is the 5th week and I have a new problem, since 5 days I experience ear fullness in my left ear, my left nostril is stuffed and I also feel some sort of pressure under my left eye. Sometimes I even feel like there is some fluid coming out of my ear, I can literally feel it almost like dripping on my ear lobe but when I check there is nothing there nor inside my ear.
What could this be? I have been to an ENT doctor a couple of days after I got tinnitus and he checked my ears with an otoscope and I think he also did what it's called a tympanometry. He said all looks good. What are the chances of an ENT missing an ear infection or some fluid? Could this be something that coincidentally happens while I have tinnitus but be unrelated? Should I go to another ENT to get a second opinion?
Another thing, but unrelated to the ear fullness problem. I bought a bottle of CBD oil 5% concentration and took 5 drops one evening (about one week ago). It was hell, my tinnitus spiked a lot, was probably worse than the first day when it started, I had really bad stomach cramps, I could not feel my tongue, and my anxiety was over the roof. I could go to sleep only after taking a full xanax pill which is the first time I do. Normally a quarter (0,25 mg) is enough to knock me down. Good thing is I was better in the morning and my tinnitus got back to normal level until the end of the next day. The question is how can this be? I see there is a whole treat dedicated to CBD oil and I see three categories of people 1) helps their anxiety but has no effect on tinnitus, 2) helps their tinnitus, 3) has no effect. Could I be allergic to this stuff or I took the wrong dosage? Would it be crazy to try it again?
I know it is a long post, I appreciate any input. Thanks
Cheers,
SkyHigh
I got tinnitus one month ago from what I believe was Lexapro (an SSRI antidepressant) side effects. The first two weeks where pretty bad, I could hardly sleep, also anxiety was creeping in because I quit the medication on a very short taper. Third and fourth week were a bit better, same volume but somehow I managed to get shut eye a couple of nights without sleeping pills. The tinnitus began to change from being 24 / 7 at the same volume (pretty loud I would say, sometimes I would hear it even when driving to work with the radio on) to being almost 10% of the regular volume in the morning and slowly building to the regular volume in the next couple of hours. I do not like to use the n / 10 notation because I would not know what 10 is, tinnitus is pretty subjective after all. Does this change mean anything? Is it expected?
Ok now is the 5th week and I have a new problem, since 5 days I experience ear fullness in my left ear, my left nostril is stuffed and I also feel some sort of pressure under my left eye. Sometimes I even feel like there is some fluid coming out of my ear, I can literally feel it almost like dripping on my ear lobe but when I check there is nothing there nor inside my ear.
What could this be? I have been to an ENT doctor a couple of days after I got tinnitus and he checked my ears with an otoscope and I think he also did what it's called a tympanometry. He said all looks good. What are the chances of an ENT missing an ear infection or some fluid? Could this be something that coincidentally happens while I have tinnitus but be unrelated? Should I go to another ENT to get a second opinion?
Another thing, but unrelated to the ear fullness problem. I bought a bottle of CBD oil 5% concentration and took 5 drops one evening (about one week ago). It was hell, my tinnitus spiked a lot, was probably worse than the first day when it started, I had really bad stomach cramps, I could not feel my tongue, and my anxiety was over the roof. I could go to sleep only after taking a full xanax pill which is the first time I do. Normally a quarter (0,25 mg) is enough to knock me down. Good thing is I was better in the morning and my tinnitus got back to normal level until the end of the next day. The question is how can this be? I see there is a whole treat dedicated to CBD oil and I see three categories of people 1) helps their anxiety but has no effect on tinnitus, 2) helps their tinnitus, 3) has no effect. Could I be allergic to this stuff or I took the wrong dosage? Would it be crazy to try it again?
I know it is a long post, I appreciate any input. Thanks
Cheers,
SkyHigh
