Medication which one is best ???

I am so confused as I want to find out what anxiety and panic attacks meds are safe with T.I am already on 5mg of Diazepam but I was give Sertraline last week but did not take it as there were so many negative responcess regarding side affects. Then I was given marazpine but found out again bout the negative responcess and now Citalopram and I was told by doc it's ok even if you got T.However when I read the leaflet it says T is a side affect of the drug.Can anyone who is on the site or from the BTA tel me which is the best to take for anxiety and panic attacks but don't affect Tinitus.

[vr25]

I am taking amitriptyline 10 mg for the last 3 months for anxiety and nerve pain. I am having Tinnitus for the past 20 years. From my personal experieence, I find that amitriptyline did not increase my tinnitus. You may check with your doctor and continue amitriptyline , if suggested by the doctor. All the best

[Freddy17]

I've been taking clonazepam 5 million mg for years.

[CamperT25]

Please do not do this without consulting yr GP, but I have same issues, wanted somerhing safe to take for anxiety. I did lots of research and found Kalms Lavander Oil tablets are AWESOME. The only side effect is you burp a bit, otherwise none. For me they work brilliantly. Scientists and docs say they can be as good as antidepressants. Please ask yr GP though.

[ShakeelaBTA]

Hello.

None of the team at the BTA, are medically trained, so we cannot provide advice around specific health queries or medication. Our advice will always be to consult your GP or doctor if you are concerned about specific symptoms.

You can read about Drugs and Tinnitus here tinnitus.org.uk/drugs

Kind regards

Shakeela

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Hi thank you for your reply but going back to my GP did not help me .

I did go back yet again to my GPs on Thursday and said I need advice on side the affects to my anti depresents.

She look on the computer and said ok I will change you to sertrilin or Mirtazapine etc.

I said the only problem is they have the side affects of ringing in the ears and I've have already been on Mirtazapine which made me feel like a zombie. she should have known if she had looked at the screen that was why I had come off them .She then said what are the problems with the ones your on which are Citalopram.

I explained that it also has the side affect of ringing in the ears and I can't eat at all and have lost 6lb and only 7stone 3lb now.I also told her I cant sleep I think due to taking them. She then said do you want some anit sickness drugs ?

I then said can you not look up another medication that dose not have the ringing in the ears as a side affects. She said we don't have time for that but if you want to go away and find out then that's fine.

I know the BTA don't get involved with giving out that sort of advice .but can't the BTA as a Tinitus organisation raise this nationally with the NHS and the drug company's on our behalf .To say that there is a big concern within the T community who are on medication for anxiety and panic attacks mental health ect but are suffering again from the side affects.

We go to our GPs to treat us but the GPs need to look into the meds they are giving out to us.Because if they did they would knowi then that some of the side affects could in fact make our T worse.

We are being given drugs /meds by GPS and even hospitals etc even with the knowledge that we have Tinnitus. Why ?

Its because of this brilliant forum I and many others have found out that these drugs and meds could be in fact the cause that some of our members now have T or making it worse.

Just for the record I have also spoken to 5 different chemist and they say the doctors should look up the meds they are giving out .

I don't know what else to do as I'm not a doctor and don't have medical background.

I really feel that there is a lack of duty of care as there are many exsiting T sufferers and new ones that are asking these same questions on a daily basis .

And as members have said so many times we are no experts and the GPs should know the answers. Can I formally ask for the BTA to raise this in your committy meeting on behalf of all T sufferers .I agree the BTA can't give out this information but please can you put pressure on the drugs organisation and the NHS to send send a breafing note to all GPs to look at the side affects of the med before giving them out to Tinitus sufferers.

[ShakeelaBTA]

Dear Mumshugs8

I am sorry you have had such a negative experience.

The BTA cannot give out medical advice is because we are not medically trained.

The BTA produces information for G.P's which we send out and encourage patients to take with them to their appointments, that can be found here tinnitus.org.uk/guidance-fo...

This information was written by trained professionals.

In terms of side effects of drugs, the link in the above post, talks about the following.

Why is it that there are so many reports of drugs causing tinnitus but so few scientifically confirmed cases?

The reasons for this apparent contradiction are interesting. Firstly tinnitus is common and taking medication for one condition or another is also common. It is therefore inevitable that there should be some coincidences and some people will develop their tinnitus while taking certain drugs just by chance. They may then blame the drug even though it is blameless. If the patient reports this to their general practitioner the doctor has a duty to fill in a report card and send it to an organisation called the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The information is then stored so that other doctors can access it to advise their patients. Thus a small number of reports of tinnitus can label a drug as a “tinnitus causer” even though the tinnitus may have been coincidental to taking the medication.

There is another way that drugs may get accused of causing tinnitus: drugs are administered to treat medical conditions or illnesses. Having the illness that requires treatment is a stressful event. Stress is a well recognised trigger for tinnitus and it may well be that it is the stress of the illness rather than the drug used to treat the illness that triggers the tinnitus.

This was written by Don McFerran FRCS

Consultant Otolaryngologist, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Kind regards

Shakeela

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Hello just wanted to see how you getting on now...im really struggling at the moment and after reading your storie can realate..i hopeyou are doing better x