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I developed T after a series of encounters with benzodiazepines to lessen my nerves when I was coping with burnout. I didn't know I had burnout, I didn't know w

I developed T after a series of encounters with benzodiazepines to lessen my nerves when I was coping with burnout. I didn't know I had burnout, I didn't know what was happening to me, I just wanted it to stop. My tinnitus became unbearable in the weeks after a psychiatrist took me of an benzo and put me on an atypical antipsychotic medication. I always blamed the new medication as the cause of my symptoms (of which T was one) when in reality it was the cessation of the benzo. After 5 years of Tinnitus-hell I was put on yet another benzo and my symptoms were _gone_. It lasted only a number of months, though and when I stopped taking the new benzo ... it all came back. I came to the diagnosis of benzo-dependency myself and found a psychiatrist who agreed to assist in a 6-month withdrawal with a gradual taper. After each step my tinnitus came back a bit for a few days and then dropped again. After a number of iterations it became what is known as "baseline", i.e. a background tinnitus I can live with. In recent months I started taking Magnesium supplements in the form of citrates and Taurine. I then found this on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/znyuyj/partial_success_with_ltheanine_and_magnesium/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/znyuyj/partial_su... The top comment by kenzocarj is my current working model for dealing with Tinnitus. I'd like to try L-Theanine but it's illegal in my country - you can buy it in a form that has added glutamine which worsens my T. I'm now drinking matcha tea as a source of L-Theanine. Hope this helps.

spuz 3y ago
What affect did magnesium have on your tinnitus? What about the L-Theanine?
- quietpain 3y ago
  The magnesium had a dampening effect which started gradually after about 2-3 days - I take it daily around noon in a 400 mg dose. It also had a soothing effect on my restless leg syndrome (one of my other benzo-induced symptoms) which eventually disappeared altogether. My Tinnitus is coupled to poor sleep (both quality & quantity) and I noticed an improvement on that front as well after a few days of magnesium. I started taking L-Theanine in the form of matcha tea together with my girlfriend. Since then we're both experiencing vivid dreams. Unfortunately we've also started taking this at the same time before bed: https://www.physalishealth.com/en/food-supplements/stress-sleep-good-mood/relax-and-sleep/ https://www.physalishealth.com/en/food-supplements/stress-sl... ... so we're not quite sure which one is improving the vivid dreams. I started taking magnesium several weeks before I started with the tea and the relax & sleep supplements. It was because of the apparent success with magnesium that I'm now exploring these paths. I'm not sure whether Taurine has any effect (the supplement I started after Magnesium and before L-theanine). I'm sticking to the Glutamine-Glutamate-Gaba model and found this site that has a number of pointers and supplements in that area: https://bebrainfit.com/glutamate-neurotransmitter/ https://bebrainfit.com/glutamate-neurotransmitter/ I'd advise to try one at a time, around the same time every day and evaluate after a week. Start with Magnesium (not in the form of an oxide)
bigbaguette 3y ago
If the symptoms go away with benzos, it seems that the source of your tinnitus is some form of generalised anxiety syndrome, with all the niceties that come with it: tension headaches, teeth clenching, TMJ disorder... The burnout stresses were eased thanks to the pills, but once withdrawn came back probably harder which could have then triggered your tinnitus. This is why benzos should never be prescribed without any other therapeutic approach alongside. They just hide the pain under the carpet for a while only to see it come back worse after and the root cause needs to be addressed with other means in the meantime. Good luck with the road back to balance. There's no secret remedy and it's probably best to take a holistic approach for it and work on your well being from multiple fronts.

spuz 3y ago

What affect did magnesium have on your tinnitus? What about the L-Theanine?

quietpain 3y ago
The magnesium had a dampening effect which started gradually after about 2-3 days - I take it daily around noon in a 400 mg dose. It also had a soothing effect on my restless leg syndrome (one of my other benzo-induced symptoms) which eventually disappeared altogether. My Tinnitus is coupled to poor sleep (both quality & quantity) and I noticed an improvement on that front as well after a few days of magnesium. I started taking L-Theanine in the form of matcha tea together with my girlfriend. Since then we're both experiencing vivid dreams. Unfortunately we've also started taking this at the same time before bed: https://www.physalishealth.com/en/food-supplements/stress-sleep-good-mood/relax-and-sleep/ https://www.physalishealth.com/en/food-supplements/stress-sl... ... so we're not quite sure which one is improving the vivid dreams. I started taking magnesium several weeks before I started with the tea and the relax & sleep supplements. It was because of the apparent success with magnesium that I'm now exploring these paths. I'm not sure whether Taurine has any effect (the supplement I started after Magnesium and before L-theanine). I'm sticking to the Glutamine-Glutamate-Gaba model and found this site that has a number of pointers and supplements in that area: https://bebrainfit.com/glutamate-neurotransmitter/ https://bebrainfit.com/glutamate-neurotransmitter/ I'd advise to try one at a time, around the same time every day and evaluate after a week. Start with Magnesium (not in the form of an oxide)

bigbaguette 3y ago

If the symptoms go away with benzos, it seems that the source of your tinnitus is some form of generalised anxiety syndrome, with all the niceties that come with it: tension headaches, teeth clenching, TMJ disorder... The burnout stresses were eased thanks to the pills, but once withdrawn came back probably harder which could have then triggered your tinnitus. This is why benzos should never be prescribed without any other therapeutic approach alongside. They just hide the pain under the carpet for a while only to see it come back worse after and the root cause needs to be addressed with other means in the meantime. Good luck with the road back to balance. There's no secret remedy and it's probably best to take a holistic approach for it and work on your well being from multiple fronts.