- Oct 16, 2019
- 90
- Tinnitus Since
- 2019
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Ambien Windrawal Suspected
Hi. I believe i caused myself tinnitus by taking a strong stimulant called Armodafinil during the day for concentration at work and by taking Ambien (Zolpidem) to get the edge off of the Armodafinil at night at to help me sleep.
On day 4 of this practice, I feel like some sort of dam in my brain broke. It happened at lunch time at work. I took a 1/4 of 150mg Armodafinil tab in the morning and slept with the help of an Ambien the night prior to that. Suddenly, I was gripped by a panic attack that lasted all day. I knew something was wrong but I thought it would pass. That same night I had to take another 5 mg of Ambien because no way I would be able to sleep in that state. Then I wake up with another panic attack at 2 am. I realized something was seriously wrong. I discontinued the Armodafinil then and was biting on Ambien and taking it at night for the next 5 days when I went to the emergency where they said there is nothing to be done, I just have to rife it out. That night I flushed everything down the toilet.
Here I am, 8 weeks since that case. Developed tinnitus in week 4. The anxiety and panic is subsiding except for the tinnitus.
Will someone please give their opinion as to what may have gone wrong. I am seeing psychiatrists but everyone is clueless. It is my intuition at this time that I created strong tension for my glutamate/GABA system. I feel like I fried it. But I feel like if drugs got me into this situation, they may help me too. Thank you.
Here I will tag some people that I feel have some knowledge in this field.
@JasonP
@JohnAdams
@AVIYT
@Markku
On day 4 of this practice, I feel like some sort of dam in my brain broke. It happened at lunch time at work. I took a 1/4 of 150mg Armodafinil tab in the morning and slept with the help of an Ambien the night prior to that. Suddenly, I was gripped by a panic attack that lasted all day. I knew something was wrong but I thought it would pass. That same night I had to take another 5 mg of Ambien because no way I would be able to sleep in that state. Then I wake up with another panic attack at 2 am. I realized something was seriously wrong. I discontinued the Armodafinil then and was biting on Ambien and taking it at night for the next 5 days when I went to the emergency where they said there is nothing to be done, I just have to rife it out. That night I flushed everything down the toilet.
Here I am, 8 weeks since that case. Developed tinnitus in week 4. The anxiety and panic is subsiding except for the tinnitus.
Will someone please give their opinion as to what may have gone wrong. I am seeing psychiatrists but everyone is clueless. It is my intuition at this time that I created strong tension for my glutamate/GABA system. I feel like I fried it. But I feel like if drugs got me into this situation, they may help me too. Thank you.
Here I will tag some people that I feel have some knowledge in this field.
@JasonP
@JohnAdams
@AVIYT
@Markku
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