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Originally Posted by XCR-700
Is it believe that the depression is caused by the tinnitus, or they are separate problems that appear to happen with overlap???
Trying to understand cause and effect and relationship of these two afflictions, if there are in fact any actual connections between the two.
Thanks
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This is not my area of expertise, but there does seem to be a complicated relationship between tinnitus and depression.
Many patients with no prior history of depression, can become depressed after developing tinnitus. Seems logical. This is real and has been known for a long time.
On the other hand, being depressed does appear to be a risk factor to developing tinnitus. If you are depressed, you have a greater chance of developing tinnitus.
Neuroimaging, such as MRIs and more sophisticated equipment, are being used to investigate the depression/tinnitus relationship.
It’s a little like the “chicken and egg” discussion and the answers are not yet clear. But it is relatively new information on both of these unfortunately common problems.
I didn’t really know about this “new stuff” so had to do some Googling when FLL started discussing his problem.