Tinnitus made worse after NDT dose

[dashi2208]

Hi, I have chronic, sometimes severe tinnitus. I've noticed that sometimes after having taken some of my NDT that the tinnitus gets louder. Perhaps a sign over overdosage? Any comments appreciated. Thanks for reading this.

[Clutter]

Dashi2208,

Perhaps too much T3 in the dose. Another member stopped taking T3 because it made her tinnitus worse. Have you tried splitting dose and seeing whether that helps?

[dashi2208 in reply to Clutter]

thanks for replying. Yes I have recently started to split my dose in half. . . 7a.m and 3p.m . . . it was after the second dose today that i noticed the increase in the tinnitus. I probably should have waited 12 hours til the second dose. It's just that I've never correlated the two things before so was curious about other folks experiences

[VulpusVulpus in reply to dashi2208]

Tinnitis, TMJ, Tri-nueralgia pain on one side of face. All were induced by taking NDT. I'm now back on T4 with T3 (equivalent dose) and it's all gone.

[Rhannii7 in reply to VulpusVulpus]

My tmj has been severe since being on ndt, ears are ringing non stop, I hate this stuff

[beh1]

Yes I tried NDT and struggled with tinnitus, particularly when on thiroyd. Thyroid S did not give me tinnitus but did not suit me at all. Naturethroid made me dizzy. Grrr. At that point I reverted to Levo and liothyronine.

It might be worth trying another brand if it persists.

[puncturedbicycle]

Is it possible the tinnitus is from low b12 and being exacerbated by ndt? My tinnitus improved 6-12mos after b12 self-treatment.

[dashi2208 in reply to puncturedbicycle]

thank you, that's interesting . . . I've been wondering about B12. May I ask how you're self-treating?

[ElspethMann in reply to dashi2208]

I'd also be interested in B12 self treatment, have had this annoying Tinnitus for the last year...thank you all for sharing your experience.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to dashi2208]

I am self-injecting (methylcobalamin). I started w a loading dose (I think that's an injection every other day for two weeks if I remember correctly) and now I do one about every month. I'm not sure how long it took to improve symptoms. Tbh it wasn't until my partner asked how my tinnitus was that I realised it had more or less gone. By then I had been self-treating for about a year.

I got my info from this site: b12d.org I am under the impression there is only one person in the office so be patient but I received a very helpful reply to my email, which got me started on treatment.

[Wattsea]

I've had a few problems since late 2015 with headaches, mild tinnitus, arrhythmia, and if I don't split my NDT (Armour) it feels as if I've overdosed. I'm mindful of the fact that Armour is very expensive now and my doctor hasn't asked me to switch to a cheaper brand but I would be interested in trying either a more natural NDT (WP Thyroid, but it's not available through my usual pharmacist, only Chemist 4 U as far as I know) or Levi + T3. But what I don't want to do is mess things up for myself. Perhaps I should have a B twelve test done first. Sorry, numbers not working on keyboard! Thanks

[dashi2208 in reply to Wattsea]

I use the chemist you mentioned and find them very good. Also, I take WP and it seems consistently fine.

[helvella Administrator in reply to Wattsea]

The Thyroid UK website has several pharmacies listed:

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...

[silverfox7]

I'm taking Thyroid S and recently I've had two separate weeks without tinnitus!! But I think they were when my T3 wasn't quite at its peak. Trying to juggle my dose a little to see if that helps but not successful yet!