Tinnitus cause found

(Dear MODS I did a double post as I would just like effected buddies to see this, it's very interesting as there are medical procedures to address this kind of tinnitus based on tensor tympani muscle spasms)

I FOUND IT!!!!

FINALLY AN ANSWER FOR ALL OF US  -

The cause of fluttering sounds!!!!

The cause of the ear pressure, pain, balance problems!!

The cause of the clicking sounds!!

The cause of the hyperacusis !!

The cause of the  Tinnitus!!

ONLY THE tensor tympani muscle can cause and explain ALL of the above SXS!!!!

It's a small muscle attached to the malleus bone in the ear call tensor tympani muscle!

It goes into many forms of spasm rates in benzo withdrawal from slow to high speed and is part of the bodies early warning system, it's out of control!

When people get a lidocain injection in the ear it puts the tensor tympani muscle to sleep and NO MORE TINNITUS,  NO MORE HYPERACUSIS, NO MORE CLICKING OR FLUTTERING!

https://www.google.com/search?q=liydocain&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=nts#channel=nts&q=lidocaine+injection+in+ear+tinnitus&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

tensor tympani syndrome benzodiazepines

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tensor+tympani+syndrome+benzodiazepines

TINNITUS IN BENZO WITHDRAWAL (quick)

http://i.imgur.com/Qxm6ayd.gif

FLUTTERING AND CLICKING IN BENZO WITHDRAWAL (slow)

http://i.imgur.com/0fWzBIC.gif

HYPERACUSIS AND EAR PRESSURE AND PAIN IN BENZO WITHDRAWAL

FROM TIGHT MUSCLE IN FULL CONSTRICTION MAKING EARDRUM VERY TIGHT (continuous contraction), ear pressure and pain

http://i.imgur.com/c3rrbEw.gif

NOW the question is how to turn off this tiny muscle during withdrawal?

I'm thinking local electro simulation to interrupt the spasm.  Campral works too!

Hello Birdman,

While I very much appreciate you searching diligently for a cause for this symptom, cause(s) of tinnitus are much more complicated than what is brought forth in your post.  This post could give our member's the idea that you have discovered a singular cause for tinnitus and hyperacusis as they relate to benzo withdrawal, when this is just a theory you are putting forth for discussion.

Please clearly state your theories as theory in the future.  When we do not do so, this can be considered prescriptive.

I must ask that all readers please understand that the information contained in this post is Birdman's theory.

Thank you.

Juliea 

Thanks juliea,  Yeah it's a theory but it's a good one.

It explains Flutter, hyperacusis, ear pain and pressure well but not so much the tinnitus, still trying to fit that piece in.

In many people with hyperacusis, an increased activity develops in the tensor tympani muscle in the middle ear as part of the startle response to some sounds. This lowered reflex threshold for tensor tympani contraction is activated by the perception/anticipation of loud sound, and is called tonic tensor tympani syndrome (TTTS). In some people with hyperacusis, the tensor tympani muscle can contract just by thinking about a loud sound. Following exposure to intolerable sounds, this contraction of the tensor tympani muscle tightens the ear drum, which can lead to the symptoms of ear pain/a fluttering sensation/a sensation of fullness in the ear (in the absence of any middle or inner ear pathology).[5][6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_tympani_muscle

Yes, many many theories out there for tinnitus. That is why it is such a mystery in the medical world. I have researched a lot about tinnitus. The flutter sound could more often be related to TTTS.

But the most embraced theory for tinnitus, especially as it relates to benzo withdrawal, is the excitatory neurons overfiring within the Central Auditory Cortex. This is a response of the excitability of the central nervous system during benzo withdrawal. This overfiring is what causes us to hear our tinnitus.

Benzos also attach to our GABA receptors, the inhibitory response to these excitatory neurons. During benzo withdrawal, our natural GABA receptors have less help, and are down regulated, causing the excitatory neurons to get through and tinnitus to sound or get worse.

It does take time, but eventually once off the benzos, and if tapered slowly, our GABA response starts to grow again, and tinnitus fades ... for most.