Migraines & Tinnitus

[Beautifulgirl01]

Does anyone experience temporary tinnitus, where hearing goes out and starts ringing?

My ears has been doing this a lot lately and is very scary!

[1stgls]

Yes, I also become very dizzy

[Cat00]

Bizarrely this has never happened to me before until the last couple of days, I get dizzy too. But my migraines have been so bad recently they have started me on a new drug 3 days ago which apparently lowers blood pressure so I put it down to that. Although I have relatively low blood pressure anyway so frequently get a bit light headed just not had the ringing in my ears as pronounced before.

[Beautifulgirl01 in reply to Cat00]

Yea mines started recently too! It’s pretty scary. Sometimes it happens without a migraine. I noticed it started after I started taking propranolol

[Cat00 in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

I was put on propranlol 20 years ago, it's a beta blocker so it wouldn't be that odd if it does stuff to your blood pressure bc I think it's generally prescribed for heart conditions. I always get pressure building up around my ears before a migraine and find myself popping them every five minutes.....

[Beautifulgirl01 in reply to Cat00]

Same here, I’m constantly have to pop my ears like I’m on an airplane or something. My mind tends to wonder about that. Because as I mentioned these things happens even without a migraine.

[Cat00 in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

I reckon it's just tension, I'm a very tense person and I know there is nothing wrong with my ears because I scuba dive and if there was anything really wrong with them I wouldn't be able to equalise underwater. Not that I understand why tension would change the pressure in your ears but I certainly associate it with stress.

[Beautifulgirl01 in reply to Cat00]

My neck & shoulders are ALWAYS tense! If someone was to poke their finger on my neck it’ll hurt!

[Cat00 in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

Yeah I can't let anyone give me a massage bc it just makes me more tense!

[tom1984 in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

I had this before starting propranolol and it helped - I actually "researched" the symptoms and thought it may be related to vestibular migraine type - of which propranalol is meant to help...(which it did but couldn't cope with the insane dreams!)

[anysosa]

I do, before the migraine starts, it could be 2 days before the attack, when someone talk to me I hear like an echo. When that happens I know that a migraine is coming.

[Beautifulgirl01 in reply to anysosa]

Would this be considered an aura?

[anysosa in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

The doctor said that the tinnitus it is part of the aura.

[OilyWiggles]

I have tinnitus anyway (it's surprisingly common), but it either becomes more intense during my migraines or I just notice it more.

[Beautifulgirl01 in reply to OilyWiggles]

Is it common for all ages? I’m 24. Sometimes I feel as if I’m too young to feel certain things.

[OilyWiggles in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

As many as 1 in 10 people have at least a mild form of tinnitus. For 1 in 100, it's severe. It can occur at any age.

[Chleo11]

Hello. I do have tinnitus (due to hearing loss in one ear) and it is more intense during a migraine. If you have a tense neck, this could explain the ringing in your ears. However, talk to your doctor about it, if you think it could be your medication. But most importantly: when you perceive some ringing in your ears RELAX and FOCUS on something else. The more you listen to the ringing, the more you will hear it. You're the boss, not the ringing in your ears.

[Beautifulgirl01 in reply to Chleo11]

Thanks for that.

I stopped the propranolol a few months ago after I noticed more issues than I had before after taking it.

The tinnitus is just something that lingered around afterwards.

[elryoe]

I have had tinnitus for 25 years ,24/7 but migraines started only 10 years ago. If my tinnitus is related to migraines, took a while to catch up.

[Shawnie]

Yes, I also have tinnitus when I have migraine. I think it was originally triggered by some medication I was trying. I have also used propranolol for chronic migraine, but had to stop as I could not tolerate side effects when dose was increased...to be honest I am really disillusioned with medication....have not found one in 7 years that doesn't have negative consequences.....hard to keep trying at times.