I stopped taking Bisoprolol a few days ago and advised to use it as a ‘pill in the pocket’, when I go into AF, I now have tinnitus started yesterday evening, it’s like a rumbling sound, like I can hear the blood going through the veins in my ears. Do you think there is a link to me stopping Bisoprolol ?
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Pullsatile tinnitus (where you can hear you pulse in your ears) is common with AF and nothing to do with any drugs.
It could be just changes in the force of your heartbeat. I find my tinnitus changes randomly from a loud hissing to a quiet background whisper.
Yes, Finvola, that's what happens to me, when the force of my irregular heartbeat is strong, I feel awful, and it disturbs my sleep greatly which is always light and awakes me 30 times. With only a few minutes of deep or rem stages, some nights. I started with Pulsatile Tinnitus before AF, but it was a regular beat. As the last resort, I had the PM implanted and wait to have the AV node ablated, hopefully it would easy my dilemma before going totally insane
Sounds like pulsatile tinnitus. I get it pretty much all the time these days. And I've not had AF since May 2022. See what others say.
Yes common. I have had it for ages and am just on Flecainide. I have read after a while the brain screens it out to some degree and I think that is right as when I am working I am not conscious of it until I am sat down quietly relaxing.
I started with tinnitus years ago; a very high pitched whining noise; nothing to do with tablets . I only notice it like now when someone mentions it or when everything is very quiet . It's there all the time but mostly other noises distract me from it.
I used to get pulsatile tinnitus sometimes when my left ear was touching my pillow. As I sleep on my right side or back that now happens very rarely. I have a deep rumbling tinnitus from my right ear 24/7.
Hi yes I’m on Bisoprolol I take one every morning I’ve never heard of it as a pill in the pocket and you shouldn’t just stop taking it I don’t know if it has anything to do with your other problem but my advice is to see your doctor again hope this helps
Thanks for replying. I think that’s good advice. I went into AF 3 days after stopping the Bisoprolol. The tinnitus started about 12 hours before my Kardia picked up possible AF. I am seeing a cardiologist in November. It was a cardiologist back in March who said I could use Bisoprolol as a ‘pill in the pocket’. I am back on Bisoprolol, at least till I see the cardiologist again. My GP put me to take the Bisoprolol every day when I was in AF 2 months ago. My concern is that you take a drug (Bisoprolol) for a condition (AF) that hardly ever happens, several years between episodes and then your can’t do without it.
I started with Pulsatile tinnitus long before AF was diagnosed. After an Otorhinolaryngology test, I was told the tinnitus was coming from the heart. Then my GP sent me for other tests and I was diagnosed with Carotid calcification. Since AF started in 2011, I never hear my heart beating again but just pulsation in my left ear 24/7 which drives me insane. Yes, especially when the beating is powerful.