Remeron Helped Decrease Tinnitus... And Then It Stopped

I started Remeron a little over two weeks ago and they were the happiest two weeks of my life since my fourth tinnitus increase at the beginning of March. It really reduced my tinnitus to the level it was previous to the latest increase. I thought I had gotten a part of my life back. I was optimistic and hopeful.

Then I woke up this morning and it all stopped. My tinnitus was back to it's new awful level and has stayed that way all day and all night. I'm so upset I thought that I was on the right track and that I found something to aid me in some small way. And it just stopped helping??

 

Hi sorry to hear that, where you exposed to any kind of noise or anything?

 

@derpytia ,
Did you have a spike for some reason, or did the noise increase in itself ?!

I think it's worth continuing to take Remeron. You are on the right track,
wait a bit, most likely your tinnitus will again return on an ongoing basis to the previous acceptable level.

Spike can last up to a week, but it goes away.

Good luck, love and patience!

 

Nope. I just woke up and bam my T and my anxiety and depression were back and continuing taking the medication as directed didn't help anymore.

 

It definitely has spikes but they are temporary and it goes back to mild!

Keep reminding yourself, it’s not a fatal illness. The less you obsess on it, the quicker it goes away!

 

What dosage were you taking?

 

@derpytia did you stop taking remeron or are you still on it?

 

This kind of fits into my theory on tolerance building.
Your body has adjusted to the dose and the effect is no longer there.

You could try to up the dose, but the problem is, that you will end up in the same situation couple weeks later.

Maybe taking it just twice a week would be better in the long run, as your body won't have a chance to adjust to it?
Two good days per week are still better than none.

 

This is not accurate. It takes several weeks for Remeron to have an impact on mood, like most antidepressants.

 

Maybe on the mood, but unless I misread what @derpytia has posted, it seemed to have an impact on her tinnitus.
Which would of course translate to better mood by default.

 

I'd say, "like most antidepressants, where the actual mechanism of action is likely some combination of downregulation and interaction of multiple chemical systems which aren't really understood, and have basically nothing in common with thie cute CHEMICAL IMBALANCE explanation graphics in the drug marketing flier"......

however, ALL these things can have an instant impact on mood... it's more like, the consistent, sustained effect won't be known until you've been on it a while. Very easy to get strong, severe adverse effects from a single dose of some of these things.... ask me how I know Cymbalta was one of the worst.

 

Yes definitely didn't mean to imply there wouldn't be immediate side effects. As you say, the sustained impact takes a while. I would guess that the impact on sleep would be immediate.

I'm on this forum thanks to a grand total of 225mg of Zoloft, so my empathy to anyone who experiences immediate adverse reactions.

 

Did you tinnitus ever go away im in the same boat as u