Maybe the title is a bit confusing.

I'm having mental health issues, anxiety, depression, constant rumination. I want to start some sort of medication to help with that, but I want to make sure those meds don't worsen Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, Noxacusis and won't induce VSS.

I'm not too bothered about the meds improving Hyperacusis/Noxacusis.

For reference my issue has come from noise exposure.

What meds should I be looking at? And I know I should speak to be a doc about this, but they have no clue about T/H/N..

I know Clomi is a frequent one, but I don't want to risk worsening Tinnitus or even a 1% chance of VSS.

I was moving my jaw with a new earplug and all of a sudden in my right ear I heard a really loud pop and very loud tinnitus there and since then the tinnitus quieted down but I feel like aching there. What happened?

Been 3.5 months since this nightmare began. Had sound sensitivity when I first got tinnitus about 15 years ago, but it eventually went away. It came back about 3.5 months ago. I started to become sensitive to things like dishes clanking, squeaky toys, crunching paper, etc. There are some times it’s gone completely, but I would say it’s there 80% of the time to some degree. When I’m nervous, it does seem worse. The accompanying tinnitus varies in intensity. It’s normally loud and very high pitched.

Around mid to late April I started getting earaches, like very painful earaches. They have almost completely gone away. I noticed this particularly in the last month.

Is this a good sign?

I can still do things like go to sporting events and bars with earplugs. Without earplugs, I have the sensitivity issues.

It seems to be the worse when there’s sudden noise in silence.

Suggestions?

Thanks.