this is related to tinnitus but am not on methylation protocol per se
but just had disturbing incident with tinnitus
a few years ago I noticed if I take more benadryl than usual get a mild ringing in ears next morning but always went away and wasnt too bad in retrospect
yesterday I accidentally took almost a whole benaryl (25mg, it was probly 20 mg) when i meant to grab an ibuprofen in a dark theatre, i have mcs and usually only take 1-5mg of benadryl at bedtime when i use it. that was gross because ruined my nite after that from drowsiness, but the worst part was waking up at 4am with loud ringing in one ear, never had it to that level before, I can see why some people feel like it ruins their life. It really scared me becaue it was about 12 hours then since i had taken it, I stayed up for a couple hours and researched it and then was able to go back to sleep eentually it subsided a bit and had a fan on and watched hulu on puter for awhile to have a competing noise.
thankfully its at a lower level now but i can still hear it in that ear and i am not sure if when i go to bed again tonite if it will seem worse when its quieter. I hope to never make that mistake again. I guess its rare to have benadryl do that but it can and probly esp since I am mcs. i want to still use benadryl sometimes cus its one of meds i can tolerate for sleep and mcs stuff ironically.........just goes to show again how important dose is, the right amount is medicinal and the wrong amount poison. I hope to god its not permanent, but i would say that symptom when its severe is worse than the pain and malaise etc i have had with cfs, could drive one nuts. maybe i would get used to it sigh i guess i used to think that not being able to work out was the worst thing that could happen but tinnitus when its loud is nothing to fool with ugh
incidentally i had a high b12 when my doc tested me last year, abnormally high out of norm range
i was exposed to loud music a week ago and the movie i was at was loud so maybe those were preciptating factors that added into vulnerability. but sure it was the benadryl because it has done it to me before but never that bad. i am so tickd i made that mistake, so pointless. really hate to squander things that when taken in right amount are helpful, dangerous mistake. Hate to imagine the mistakes i could make in 10-20 years if dont figure out a way to get more cautious and with it sigh. i dont take a lot of supps or meds cus of chem sensitivity,,.