Curious if anybody has had any tinnitus resolution with the use of rapamycin. I took rapamycin for about four months, then discontinued for four months, and just restarted. Stopped because of herpes on lip. Previously I had refractory tinnitus which seem to lessen with the first round of rapamycin, and then recurrent when I was off. I just recently restarted at 4 mg then 6 mg per week, and planning to end up at 10mg q10 days. Amazingly, tinnitus has has almost totally resolved once again. N of 1 but convincing so far.
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Glad for you. I have slight tinnitus in my right ear, and moderate tinnitus in my left ear. I have had this since childhood. Exposure to noise? I have had many benefits from rapamycin but unfortunately this isn’t one of them.
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I also have a trauma induced tinnitus in left ear and a slight tinnitus in my right ear, most likely from loud music on headphones.
I am 1 month in my treatment and no improvement whatsoever. I don’t expect anything to happen in my trauma left ear tinnitus anyway.
No improvement here either. On rapa one year; 5-6mg/wk. Had tinnitus for years. 77 y.o.
Several years I’ve been taking rapa and absolutely no change in my tinnitus.
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FYI, not convinced rapamycin and tinnitus relief connected. Tinnitus back, seems more correlated w sleep quality than rapamycin. Just don’t want people to add tinnitus to rapamycin benefits. I want to be as transparent as possible in this setting, and I don’t want to mislead others. False benefits in the long run will hurt us all.
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I noticed bilateral high-frequency white noise that started about the same time that I began 6 mg once a week rapamycin 2 1/2 months ago. I have no idea what the cause is. Has anyone else experienced anything similar? I only recently connected the two.
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Rap user for five weeks. Have had tinnitus for the last five years. Can’t say that rap made it worse, but it’s definitely not better, so far.
I think of it as being perpetually camped near a pond, with thousands of chirping crickets.
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My tinnitus was unbearable and now I rarely notice it
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