Posted by Lou Pilder on October 5, 2008, at 20:09:37
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR HEARING LOSS ! ! !, posted by AnneT on October 5, 2008, at 19:27:30
> YES!! I have been on Effexor for a few years. Last year, I would get occasional bilateral tinnitus (buzzing in both ears). A few months ago, I developed right ear sense of fullness, tinnitus (much louder) and low frequency hearing loss (documented by Audiology). I am still waiting to see the ENT. I am currently reducing my Effexor (now at about 11 mg twice a day), but had to add Prozac to prevent debilitating vertigo, vomiting and loss of balance.
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> Hearing loss is listed as a possible side effect of Effexor, but under the very long list of conditions that may have happened unrelated to the Effexor. I had assumed that my hearing loss and tinnitus were NOT related to Effexor, because it's only on one side. But seeing these posts makes me wonder...
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> If anyone else has had this happen, please keep posting. I want to know. (I also happen to be a Family Physician. Maybe Dr. Bob and I can co-write an article.)
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> Cheers, AnneTHi AnnaT,
You wrote,[...buzzing in both ears...assumed NOT related to...If anyone else...keep posting...]
I may be one of the most knowlegable people in regards to what you are posting about. In my research I have found that;
A. Psychotropic drugs can cause hearing issues
B. This can manifest itself into;
1. noises called tinnitus
2. formed music called musical hallucinations
3. memory issues
4. hearing loss
5. other issues
What I have found out IMO is that psychotropic drugs can cause something to "spark" in the temporal lobe and give rise to releasing memory into the auditory nerve. If the location is in the area of the brain where music and math are located, then music can be heard. I believe that Ludwig von Beethoven ate some bread that had an ergot in it that induced his music that he heard and then composed.
The psychotropic drugs that people take where they have issues with hearing could IMO be the same as an ergot, like LSD in the particular circumstances which are that the person may have musical training or just listened to music. How this happens on the molecular level I do not know yet, but in my study of insecticides, I think I am close to a solution.
The people without extensive musical backgrounds may have tinnitus induced instead of music being heard. That buzzing or clicking could subside in the cases that I have studied, but the ones with formed music are not likely to have the music go away permanatly. Some of the tinnitus people that I have studied also have had no remission. There are cases of extreamly loud music or tinniitus as in a correlation to the amount of stress that the person is under, that is that the noise or music gets louder under that condition.
The cessation from psychotropic drugs in many cases can eliminate the noise in tinnitus, but not in hearing music in most cases that I have studied.
There is much more...you could email me if you like.
Lou
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