Posted by awatts on September 10, 2004, at 9:21:40
In reply to Does anyone have tinnitus (ringing ears) as a SE?, posted by 4WD on September 10, 2004, at 5:16:02
> Does anyone else experience a humming or ringing in your ears as a side effect of your meds (especially Effexor or Cymbalta)? I have this with Effexor and now with Cymbalta but never with SSRIs.
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> I've read some old posts and have found it mentioned by people on some other a/ds, Zoloft, I think and maybe some others.
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> It doesn't go away with time since I was on Effexor for years and still had it the whole time. It seems to be very dose-related. AT 75mg it was unbearable. AT 37.5 mg it was annoying but tolerable.
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> I am wondering if anyone has a clue what causes it and more importantly, what you did about it? Did you ever find anything that helped it?
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> Please help/advise.
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> MarshaI was on Effexor and then Effexor XR. I had moderate tinnitus, but it very slowly went away. It took at least 2 months - maybe 3 - for the tinnitus to be completely gone. My final dossage was 150mg of Effexor XR. I also took 0.5mg of Clonazepam twice a day.
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