Tinnitus and Hypothyroid

[bentoboy]

Manny,
I have recently experienced three months of tinnitus. After seeing my regular doctor and then an ENT, I was told that there was no cure for it. Because of its rapid onset, I thought it was either because of a digital meter (Smart) that was placed on my home or because of a change in the outside environment. But after ruling those out with help from my friends who heard nothing either in or outside of my house, I did some online research and found out that there IS a link between hypothyroidism and tinnitus AND the kind of medication used. I have been on Levothyroxin for 5 years and have never had a problem with it. So I cold-turkeyed and the ringing continued. Yesterday I started on Armour and the ringing dropped by about half in the first 24 hours. I am hoping that I can get it to disappear completely in the next few days. I have no idea why one med stopped working one day out of the blue. It seems so arbitrary to me. But perhaps there is a medical explanation. So much of this is not researched and seems like a crap shoot, varying from individual to individual. So you have to EXPERIMENT to find out what works best for you. Good luck!


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[Barb135]

A lot of people report tinnitus when they are hypo.  It's unlikely that your previous med "stopped working"; more likely that you needed an increase or that you needed to add a source of T3 to it.  Many report that when their thyroid levels are right for them, the tinnitus goes away.

Do you have recent lab results?  If so, please post them (TSH, FT3 and FT4, along with the reference ranges, since these vary from lab to lab, so must come from your own report.

There is a lot of research on all of this, but you are right - each of us is different, and will react differently to at treatment, so it does vary greatly from one person to another.  What's right for me, may not be right for you.