Posted by DharmaBum on July 6, 2007, at 17:37:32
In reply to Tinnitus, posted by KayeBaby on July 5, 2007, at 15:45:21
To reiterate a post of mine from long ago, what got me back on meds was a Blue Flame panic attack occurring in the middle of the night in the midst of being asleep. I sprang awake and my ears were howling! Never experienced anything like it, never had tinnitus previously. It was "instant on." The tinnitus was accompanied from that point on by major insomnia. It was like a switch was thrown on in my brain - ugh, catastrophic brain chemistry change. I saw my GP doc and an EENT doc, neither of whom had a clue about the tinnitus or the insomnia, though we tried to treat it like maybe it was an infection. After six weeks, I was so wasted, my sister got me back to our pdoc, who put me on Effexor. I was sleeping within two days.
The tinnitus comes and goes, may be stress-related, I dunno. When I am biking a lot, it disappears almost completely. I read that it can be caused by insulin sensitivity or some such thing. It's nothing like it was prior to the meds. I was a wreck.
I've tried to learn more about "non-traditional" tinnitus. It's a bit of a mystery.
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