T3 Tinnitus

[Sue813]

I was on T4 125mcg and Endo decided to drop dose to 75mcg and add T3 5mcg twice a day. From the first day of taking T3 I developed tinnitus. I have since reduced and now stopped T3 and T4 back up to 100mcg but tinnitus had remained. Really stuck as to what to do next. Has anyone else had tinnitus come on like this?

[shaws Administrator]

Tinnitus is a clinical symptom of hypothyroidism. Maybe it wasn't the T3 at all and you may be on too low a a combined dose now at 75mcg of levo. Your Endo dropped 50mcg of levo and replaced it with 10mcg of T3 = 30mcg of levo.

tinnitustalk.com/threads/yo...

Before the blood tests were introduced our usual doses of NDT were between 200 and 400mcg.

[Ash-S]

Thats interesting to me, my tinnitus started at the same time i became very ill and subsequently got diagnosed with Hashimoto's. Since then my energy levels have improved but the Tinnitus hasn't gone away. From Shaws response it appears that upping your dose of T4 may help.

[Gravelydisappointed]

I have tinnitus and have had for a few years now -- I'm sure from the Graves. I live in the US and they don't prescribe T3, so it's just from the Graves. It's also constant but gets much worse at night. Go figure.

[Meenz]

I get tinnitus at the start of any medication effecting the HPA axis. Usually clears up after a week or so but comes back as I raise doses. (though I know everyone's different with this stuff – just thought I'd share my experiences :^)