Struggling: Tinnitus Got Worse After Cetraxal Comp (Ciprofloxacin)

[ibeca]

I am barely hanging in there at the moment. But I am hanging in there, I have kids... I got to hold on for their sake. I try really hard to think positive every day. But it is hard. At times really hard. I pretty much habituated. I only had bad days and spikes. But I managed mostly to not listen to my tinnitus during the daytime.

But these past few days my tinnitus is insane. I try to think... hey relax it could be worse.

I have an ear infection (staph).
I got Cetraxal Comp (Ciprofloxacin) for my ears... tinnitus got increased. But I got told the infection will be really bad if I don't use antibiotics (and yes it is resistant but seems to go down with Quinolones).

And knowing I still have a few days left with eardrops for a staph infection in my ear, And every time I need to take the eardrops I feel I possibly might get even worse, or damage my ears more. Get louder tinnitus.....

These days I lost hope and I am scared... I feel like giving up. I can't do this anymore.
But then... I can't really give up... so I sit here trying to keep myself from totally freaking out. And I am tired and torn.

I just needed to voice that out somewhere.

 

[MBH]

Hang in there, you have more strength than you know. It can take a while to get better. You have to relax yourself, keep busy. Work a routine of things to do. And you can move forward.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Isn't there another antibiotic that you might try? This one definitely causes tinnitus, the other one might be easier on your body...

 

[DebInAustralia]

I am barely hanging in there at the moment. But I am hanging in there, I have kids... I got to hold on for their sake. I try really hard to think positive every day. But it is hard. At times really hard. I pretty much habituated. I only had bad days and spikes. But I managed mostly to not listen to my tinnitus during the daytime.

But these past few days my tinnitus is insane. I try to think... hey relax it could be worse.

I have an ear infection (staph).
I got Cetraxal Comp (Ciprofloxacin) for my ears... tinnitus got increased. But I got told the infection will be really bad if I don't use antibiotics (and yes it is resistant but seems to go down with Quinolones).

And knowing I still have a few days left with eardrops for a staph infection in my ear, And every time I need to take the eardrops I feel I possibly might get even worse, or damage my ears more. Get louder tinnitus.....

These days I lost hope and I am scared... I feel like giving up. I can't do this anymore.
But then... I can't really give up... so I sit here trying to keep myself from totally freaking out. And I am tired and torn.

I just needed to voice that out somewhere.

I feel furious when I read posts like yours.

The cause of my onset (I believe) is cipro. I know many others who have ended up with debilitating tinnitus from this drug. It needs to be banned.

I would be looking at other options to treat your infection. Have you considered mullein oil ear drops?

 

[ibeca]

I feel furious when I read posts like yours.

The cause of my onset (I believe) is cipro. I know many others who have ended up with debilitating tinnitus from this drug. It needs to be banned.

I would be looking at other options to treat your infection. Have you considered mullein oil ear drops?

Did you use ear drops too?

I don't have other options since the staph infection is hard to get rid of. I have tiny ear canals, and I can't get terracortril inside, it is too little space.
My tinnitus started in 2012 after 3 weeks on cipro pills.
So I was already scared when I got eardrops.

 

[ibeca]

Isn't there another antibiotic that you might try? This one definitely causes tinnitus, the other one might be easier on your body...

I tried terra cortril but my ear canals are so small The drops dont reach all the way.
I am going back to the Ent tomorrow. I will ask him then.

I wish we had a safe option

 

[DebInAustralia]

Did you use ear drops too?

I don't have other options since the staph infection is hard to get rid of. I have tiny ear canals, and I can't get terracortril inside, it is too little space.
My tinnitus started in 2012 after 3 weeks on cipro pills.
So I was already scared when I got eardrops.

Can you see a herbalist?