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Please Help Extreme Anxiety from Tinnitus
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
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Please Help Extreme Anxiety from Tinnitus
by MT, Nov 07, 2001 12:00AM
Hi, Please can you suggest a medication similar to clomapramine that will deal with anxiety and obsessive rumination. I have been told by my neurologist that I cannot take an ssi, and the tinnitus was caused by zoloft. Clomapramine used to work well for me, but now elevates the ringing and I have to stay away from it for 6-8 months. I am supposed to stay within the benzodiazepine class, but am finding anxiety overwhelming. Is there something out there that I may consider now, or down the road. I am currently on 3 mg daily of lorazepam.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Nov 07, 2001 12:00AM
, Nov 07, 2001 12:00AM
I would ask your doctor about Klonopin...it is safe, long lasting, effective and a benzodiazepine.
Anybody know about this?
SERC is unlikely to be of any use for tinnitus. It is often prescribed, but seldom makes any difference. It's main use is to treat the vertigo associated with Meniere's disease. I don't know anyone who's said that SERC helped their tinnitus.