Amitriptyline or Nortriptyline for tinnitus?

[Desun]

Hi. I'd appreciate knowing from people who have tried those medicines, ideally both, which one was better for your tinnitus with fewer side effects.

Thank you!

[Upbeatmap]

Hi Desun

I take amitriptyline but it is for the headaches that I get as a result of a condition called SSCD, which also results in pulsatile tinnitus.

As far as I know, and have experienced, it has no effect on tinnitus at all.

It does make me sleepy so I take it at night.

[perlcoder]

Years before the onset of my T, I was prescribed amitriptyline for post-herpetic neuralgia due to shingles. In my case, and for that condition, it was an excellent drug, taking away pain, and making me sleep deeply. I was a bit tired the next day, but that was an entirely acceptable price to pay for the benefits.

When T came along and my sleep suffered I asked my doctor for amitriptyline and she willingly prescribed it. On this occasion it was useless. T woke me just as it had been doing for weeks, and there was no reduction in daytime noise.

We are all different, your experience might be far better.

As I understand it, amitriptyline is generally considered a safe drug that the vast majority of people tolerate without side effects. I was however, warned that for men there are (rarely), endocrine problems, which can cause gynaecomastia.

Best wishes.

[Happyrosie]

what suits one person might not suit another, for this condition. A close friend of mine take ami for another reason, it caused big changes for the worse in her mental state - which until then had been fine!

May a chat with a pharmacist might help you?

[Untold]

Hi Desun. I've been prescribed both Ami and Nort for tinnitus over the last three years. Neither had any effect on the T, no improvement or side effects. For me, a waste of time. Although, as they say, could be a different outcome for you.Good luck.

[bapvd]

Amitriptyline didn't help much, except maybe a little easier to sleep and Nortriptyline made my T worse.

[Vic24]

Hi!

I’ve taken Amitriptyline for 3 months. Tunnitus hasn’t vanished but it has been”accepted” by my brains , meaning that I can habituate with it.

I keep saying on this forum that T ‘s spikes are a sign of a chronic disease that one suffers from. That’s why doctors can’t give the same treatment for T to all the people with Tinnitus. What causes T ‘s appearance is up to doctors to discover. But its increase in intensity is triggered by different causes.

În my case doctors have discovered that I suffer from intolerence to histamine. I take Daosin daily, keep a certain diet and the intensity of T has diminished considerably but it hasn’t disappeared. I feel much better.

Then listen to your body and notice the symptoms and talk to your GP.

My T increases even when my blood pressure increases or when decreases . But I know how to control it.

Good health!