Question: Dear Doctor (s),
I had been on a maintenance dose of 50mg sertraline (Anxiety/panic) for about 17 years but had been doing well physically, lost weight, blood work looked great and had retired from a stressful job 3 years earlier, so 6 months ago, I requested a chance to taper off the zoloft under medical supervision. Six weeks later I had an anxiety episode and I was prescribed Wellbutrin (300mg) and Buspirone (30mg) daily, , for anxiety and depression. Ringing in ears is listed as a side effect but Doc says that isn't the cause of my ringing in the ear. Almost to the at day I began this medication, I have had constant, continuous, never-ending, eternal, maddening, incessant (you get my drift?) ringing/high-pitched buzzing/whining to a point that I am going stark raving crazy. cant sleep. (Oddly it is left side only)
Any possible changes in meds I could substitute? Is there even a glimmer of hope that I might recover my old "real" self? I see my regular doctor in 4 weeks.
Thanks for any insight XXXXXXX