Posted by 49er on August 28, 2011, at 10:59:22
In reply to SSRIs and ear problems, posted by Franz on August 23, 2011, at 0:19:55
> Hi, I searched this forum and I read previous posts about Prozac and tinnitus.
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> Here is my experience:
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> Escitalopram cause me a mild ear pain.
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> Fluoxetine seems to make worse tinnitus. In silence I used to always hear a high pitch sound, baut now on Prozac it is worse and I can hear it more often, not just in silence.
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> I am worried. I do not want to have hearing loss or a permanent sound.
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> What do you recommend? I will comment with the psychiatrist but I am sure he would not know about this side effect.
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> Thanks.Hi Franz,
Thanks to being on psych meds, I have a hearing loss and tinnitus.
Knowing what I now know, as soon as these side effects appeared, I would have gotten off of the meds in a heartbeat which I finally did several years later. Dealing with tinnitus and struggling with a hearing loss make the cure worse than the disease.
You're right, you're psychiatrist will not know about this. And many of them will deny these side effects. Not saying yours will but be prepared.
So really, you have to make the decision as to what you want to do.
Good luck.
49er
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