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Anxiety/Tinnitus

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Lockerby
Lockerby

I have been dealing with anxiety for a good while, tinnitus came in randomly when a doctor told me I had labyrinthitis (not sure if I did or not).

Lately it's been pretty bad though..

Started with getting sick and taking zpak, then it lead to insomnia, anxiety, little bit of depression, and now my tinnitus is back at it again.

I am currently taking trazodone for sleep, and ativan for anxiety, I was given lexapro but got scared when the tinnitus came back and thought it might have been causing it.

So now it's just ativan and trazodone which helps but I wish I could sleep on my own.

I am currently scheduled with a psychiatrist and hoping I can get into CBT therapy and get off medications all together, because it's not something I want for myself.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any tips or success stories.

Thank you all!

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 Lockerby

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    my tinnitus came on suddenly after quite a while of anxiety and stress. I’ve had it for a long time on and off, but really after a while. The brain sort of tunes it out. I don’t notice it when I am going about my day. Really only when things are quiet so what I do is I use white noise when I’m trying to fall asleep. I turn it up medium loud and it really helps. even if I didn’t have tinnitus, I would still use it because it’s so soothing and helps me to fall asleep.

    Sometimes I’ll turn on a meditation for anxiety which also blocks out the tinnitus. The meditation and white noise works great for me.

    There was never any problem with my ears that was found. So I just go about my life and do the best that I can. There are millions of people with tinnitus. A lot of them don’t have any issues with their ears. Hope you’re able to. Find a way to relax!

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