some kind of friend. But, it never bothered me then. It would come and go, and I wouldn't bat an eye about it. I would go years without noticing it. After some life events I started Benzos and anti depressants in 2010. I quit anti depressants after a slow taper in 2016 and am finishing up benzos in the next few weeks. So I understand what w/d are like.I think I speak for the whole community here when I say, we keep our fingers crossed here to the max. for ya that you WILL hear silence again. You're like a pioneer (hero in a sense) who could very well restore faith for so many of us.
Most bizarre and mind twisting thing I ever endured in my life tapering benzo's. I thought tinnitus was bad.
Oh btw, what?? What a vile piece of dirt anyone that does that is.. a ""friend""? I hope he looked like a couple of golf club whacks to his face after. Outrageous.I remember a friend shooting a pistol next to my head, just so I would have T.
There is a new term to remember, excitotoxicity.
May be you also suffer from a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or you have had some other health (changes in blood pressure e.g., as you mentioned the drug Propranolol. Google search told me it is an oral medication that's used to treat high blood pressure and other conditions) or stress related issues that made your tinnitus ramp up after such a long time? A tough question. It could also be an age related problem. I don't really have an answer. Just wild guesses.
That is correct I think. The t sound is generated in the brain and cutting your auditory nerve would certainly make you deaf in that ear but might not necessarily rid you of the noise. In my literature these are the stages where sound is processed and if there's something wrong in any of them it could result in the development of t increase: cochlea → formatio reticularis (hirnstamm → mesencephalon → talamus → cortex) → the lymbic system.
An acupuncturist I see told me that he's had the most success with patients whose tinnitus began with an ototoxic drug. He works on clearing out the liver and kidney meridians, which allows the body to expel these drugs, AND their residual vibrations. -- It sounds like you've been through the wringer. Congratulations on finishing up your drug withdrawals. I hope you continue to give your neck as much support as you can, like upper cervical chiropractic, physical therapy, or whatever might work well for you. -- All the Best!
Sorry for the late response, I was busy. Yes, wringer is the right way to put it. It makes me sad and angry at the same time that it's legally ok here to give suffering people a coctail of addictive drugs and then just not help them with the w/d. You're not fully there when high on psych. meds so making wise decisions is.. difficult? Not to mention the t. Your driving license gets suspended the moment you leave the hospital but that's far from the worst. There's just too many variables at this point. I wish there was a way to realistically measure what went wrong where and then correct it. For me it just feels like I'm shooting from the hip now.
Go to BenzoBuddies and you will see a ton of people with no prior tinnitus who developed it after withdrawing or quitting. I'm one of them.
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