I have had tinnitus and hyperacusis for a long time. I thought they were totally physical and admitted having them even when I was in denial about bipolar. My hyperacusis has kicked up a notch and I was wondering if perhaps it had to do with latuda and searched for that. I found something that said the incidence was about 0.11 % but noted that was people reporting new symptoms because hyperacusis was often related to bipolar. Huh? So I poked around more.
This article (click) mentions the correlation along with something else I didn't know:
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Hyperacusis is recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) published by the American Psychiatric Association. It is a health condition characterized by an increased sensitivity to ranges of sound, which leads to difficulty in tolerating everyday noise.
This can occur through brain and neurological damage where sensory information to the body is disrupted, creating neurological errors. There are many causes of hyperacusis including bipolar, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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So having bipolar and substance use disorder isn't enough; something I thought was a physical auditory issue is another mental health issue. The audiologist did hem and haw a little about the tinnitus and hyperacusis. I do have some hearing loss in the upper range (male pattern deafness) and he said it might contribute to the tinnitus, but about the hyperacusis he mostly just said "hmm". Now I know why. Hmm...
Anyone else?