i take klonapin it works for me but habit forming also there is a medicine called trazadone not habit forming and will knock ya out for the night and its used for depression good luck

Yeah trazadone is an antidepressant that is more often prescribed for sleep. I don't think it last a whole day though so it might not be a single pill solution.

I think the amtriptyline I take has helped with despression, definitely sleep and I guess while it hasn't lowered my T I'm not as anxious about it.
Sue

I have spent four years seeking exactly the same thing, and my doctors have been very generous with the med's, respectfully speaking here, Sure the pills are strong enough to deaden you to where you can cope for a while, but they are not made for the long haul.
So just be very careful because there is no cure, but there are many imposter's out there willing to take your money, and give you great hope, and I'm not saying to give into it either, but try not to make a stand on any one drug for any great length of time, because they can have some detrimental side effects, once their benefits begin to wear off. James

ambien - 8 hours of sleep - saves me from going nuts - really helps to have slept - I take an antidepressant and xanax - with a little gaba - can't say it affects my tinnitus - just my nervous system in general - thank God for the ambien - I used to sleep 3 hours and get up - be in a fog all day and hate everybody. Best wishes for you.

I take amtriptyline now only 25mg and it doesn't do anything for my sleep or depression, my neuro doc wanted to put me on gaba but I was leary on that cause I'm already on topamax and I heard the side effects of being on 2 seizures meds is god awful and the suicidal implications are nasty too and thats what I definitely don't want so he referred me back to my pcp. So i'm just at a loss. I'll give my PCP a call in the morning. I just don't want to be on a ton of meds but the ringing in my ears just gotta go. This is just driving me nuts and my sleeping habits are all out of wack. But thank you all for your input, hugely helpful :)

You could consider changing from Elavil to Remeron. More sedating, and not contraindicated for T. Talk with you PCP about it. 30 mg a day would be a low therapeutic dose that would provide sleep and antidepressant effects.

I take clonazapam, and gabapentin at a very low amount, it helps me sleep and I am pretty sure it keeps my t. down.

0.5 mg of conazapam, and 300mgs, of gabapentin at night.

Hi Meep

I relate to what you say about being driven mad by the ringing.I sit watching tv or sometimes when trying to sleep and the ringing in both ears is driving you crazy.My doc has been no good neither was the hospital.No meds or suggestions offered.What I have come up with though is if you are trying to sleep imagine two volume controls one per ear and turn them down and keep resetting them until the noise dies right down.This really work for me and hopefully will help you too.
Best Wishes

I know I sound like a broken record. Tinnitus for 11 years. At first I tried many drugs. Finally tried Amitriptyline 50-75mg 2 hours before bed. It really helped and have been on it for at least 10 years. Never have needed to increase the dosage.

2nd thing I do everyday is mask my tinnitus. Read up on masking your tinnitus and it just might help you. I would be lost without it. Bottom line is you need to get back to a normal sleep cycle.

My doctor suggests Remeron. He wanted to start me at a 15 mg. dose. It knocked me out...cold from 830 pm to 8 am and never felt so zombified the next day. He did say when I called him about it that even though it seems counter intuitive he said that changing the dose and adding more (from 15 go 30 mg) actually has a less sedating effect. So, the less you take the worse the grogginess and the higher the dose the less the grogginess. I never found out because I wasnt about to give the drug a try for a week like the doctor suggested. Didnt like the idea of being a zombie for a week. He said if you can get the dose right that it not only helps with depression it helps with sleep. And he says it isnt addicting. I take .25 mg of Klonopin and am trying GABA because I think my tinnitus is nerve related because I have a thickening of the frontal skull bone that can cause compression of the VIII cranial nerve. GABA is for nerve pain, so doc says it is worth a try.

Any tricyclic--Nortryptaline or Amatryptaline should lower your T some and help you sleep and help your depression some. See first if these help.

I don't think being on two seizure meds is really bad for you depending on what they are and dosage. Many people here take Klonopin (and anti-seizure but also anti-anxiety med) and gabapentin (anti-seizure) together to lower their T without problem.

Getting good sleep is important. I take melatonin AND Ambien in order to get 7-8 hours, usually solid (but not always). Still, better than the 4 I used to get on nothing!

Best wishes to you!!