Hi Freeballin, ((( Smiles )))
It's best if one can avoid it, too not take meds..
I try not too myself.
When I had severe Tinnitus & Hyperacusis..
Without Trazadone, I would not have made it.
I would not have slept at all..
and going without sleep can be bad for a person too.
I also would not have made it through the expirence itself back then.
It's hard to explain that to someone who has never expirenced reactive 24/7 tinnitus or severe hyperacusis before.
Not saying that what you have gone through yourself is not hard enough..
As I read what you wrote..
I would rather be dead then go through that again,
and that's an understatement
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But hyperacusis ect can get real bad too.
But what I came on to say after reading this thread is..
That people have come down with severe tinnitus and or hyperacusis from benzo's as I have read their stories on it before..
Expecially on a benzo withdrawel it can happen.
A person has to be carefull with that.
and hyperacusis especially can be an awfull thing a life threatening expirence too.
You came down with CNS..
If you didn't come down with hyperacusis or tinnitus you are very lucky about that because..
The exact etiology is unknown but there are promising studies that point to the part of the auditory system that regulates instructions from the central nervous system. Every incoming signal is analyzed and responded to instantaneously by the central nervous system..
It is theorized in the case of hyperacusis that the central nervous system does not respond properly to the incoming signal, miscuing the amplifying or dampening actions of the cochlea and middle ear. This creates a situation where an ordinary level of sound, conversational noise for example, is perceived as if it were as loud as a jet engine roar
Just another thing to think about with Benzo's or meds that effect the CNS..
Take Care
Lynn
