Posted by 49er on September 22, 2009, at 16:24:35
In reply to Re: Who Is Peter Breggin?, posted by metafunj on September 22, 2009, at 8:27:05
> Remeron caused you hearing loss? How do you know it was that and not something else.
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> Sorry for being off topic.
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> I wish I had read his book when I was a teenager before I was forced onto meds. I would have just pretended to take them. The depression of teenager years would have probably passed.Hi,
No apologies necessary.
I was diagnosed with a hearing loss after I started taking Remeron. But I blew off the diagnosis as due to central auditory processing disorder for various reasons. That is commonly misdiagnosed as a hearing loss.
Just so people know, I don't regret what happened because even if I had taken the hearing loss seriously, I probably never would have connected it to the Remeron.
Years later, I got my hearing tested and again was diagnosed with a hearing loss. This time, I immediately thought of the Remeron as the culprit. I can't really explain why I saw the light but even before realizing hearing loss was a side effect, I just knew.
There was no other explanation although 2 ENTs tried to claim it was due to meneires. But that seems to be the boiler plate diagnosis for anyone who gets a hearing loss due to meds. People on pharmalot reported this happened for an antibiotic that was known to cause hearing loss.
Another reason it was wrong was I didn't have vertigo which is common with Meneires and the tinnitus that they claimed was due to the condition was actually the result of Wellbutrin. Of course, I was blown off as the doctors wanted to fit the diagnosis to their theories.
Finally, when I was reducing the Remeron, which I no longer am on, I made a mistake in dosage and took too much. My hearing worsened.
Anyway, now that I am off the Remeron, I do feel my hearing has improved although it definitely is not normal and I don't think it will ever be.
I am sorry you were forced onto meds. I don't think professionals have any clue as to what that does to your development as a teenager. But I guess I am preaching to the choir on this one.
Anyway, I think medical professionals are clueless in general about ototoxicity. My former dentist denied that a form of Novacaine (sorry I forgot which one) was ototoxic even though tinnitus was listed as a side effect.
I admit it isn't common but I don't think it is as rare as they would claim it to be.
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