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Posted by Roger Erickson
In Reply to: I've been taking xanax for a little over 20 years now posted by Bob DiMarco
My tinnitus works like a roller coaster, low for a few days, high for most days. On low days, I only have buzzing/ringing in the left ear, which is tolerable sometimes with lesser buzzing in the right ear. On high days the buzzing has moved from both ears to the center of my head, and is extremely annoying. I take 1/2 (0.25 mg) tablet at night before sleep on low days and take 1 table before sleep (0.5 mg) on high days. I do have ear masker devices, which provide some limited daytime relief. After reading some of the comments here, I may not be taking enough Xanax to be helpful for day hours. My MD said 1 tablet (0.5 mg) daily would not be detrimental. It sounds like some people are taking 3 tablets a day and are getting better results than I am. Has anyone heard of taking lidocaine at home to treat tinnitus? The two doctors (one my MD and the other my ear physician) I've quizzed say basically no way, it’s not possible; lidocaine is only administered by professionals for medical problems of much different nature possessing greater severity as compared to tinnitus. I've read about lidocaine treatments in Memphis, but have concluded (according to the Memphis facility advisory/advertisement presentation documentation) that a 3-day treatment period would not provide the desired long-term permanent improvement for me. I’m told my tinnitus is caused by damaged inner ear hairs associated high frequency hearing loss, and the 3-day successful treatment tends be limited to guys with low frequency tinnitus. However, I'm really wondering if ongoing low dosages of lidocaine would provide greater tinnitus relief with intensity reduction and possibly be a more direct and better solution than Xanax. It’s not unheard of for some people with medical problems to be prescribed drugs intravenously, taken at home under the right circumstance and training. For me, tinnitus is a serious problem and I'm ready to take on an aggressive treatment and will accept risk as part of the treatment. I’d appreciate good advise but please don’t tell me its impossible unless you’re absolutely that that’s the case. The questions I need to resolve are 1. ) Can I get the drug? 2.) Would the drug work if I used it correctly and didn’t OD in the process? other less difficult issues to be resolved would be 3.) Getting the medical equipment and training and 4.) Resolving if there is a better drug to use than lidocaine, like procaine. I’ve read from a web site that there are advantages to using procaine
This is a big deal; dealing with ongoing high tinnitus is the pits.
