What do people experience when they take anti-depressants and anti- anxiety medication?
Some people experience a locational change in their tinnitus. (That’s the first very good sign I look for, by the way.) Some people experience a temporary increase in volume, which we would expect, and now I simply let the MDs I work with know that this is actually likely and also almost certain to be temporary (a few days). Anti-anxiety’s most common side effect seems to be drowsiness in my clients. Antidepressants most common side effect seems to be sexual reduction of pleasure which happens to about 4 in 10 of my clients. What is most important is how it changes the brain in the long term. Antidepressants will reduce the amount of obsessing and compulsive checking to see if tinnitus is louder, quieter, different…or just to listen. I suggest measuring your tinnitus five times daily. Other than that, put attention externally. If you do this you are on the right road. Anti-depressants are likely to be a CRUCIAL piece of getting well. Get past the first 1-5 days of increased noise and
