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by starstripe 974 days ago
What was the steroid? What caused your tinnitus or did it appear for no apparent reason?
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Probably Prednisone, its the go-to anti-inflammatory steroid that doctors prescribe for just general inflammation treatment. The list of things it treats is almost comically long.
It's list of psychoactive side effects is also comically long! I love prednisone when I need it, but few drugs (even literal psychoactive ones like amphetamine) mess with my mind as much as prednisone does.
I just went through a few prednisone for a case of bursitis, and it worked fantastic for that. Had no effect on the tinnitus though. Oh well.
I think it was prednisone. I suffered an intense inner ear infection that left me with tinnitus.