Is hearing the heartbeat in your ear a symptom of tool much t3?

[Hannah9]

When I go up the stairs I get a pounding heartbeat that I can hear in my head. It's this a sign that I'm taking you much t3? Other than this I feel fine. Resting heart rate is 66-80

[MissFG]

I have this at the moment and I'm under medicated but do have other health issues so I'm not very well overall

[humanbean]

The problem you are describing might be "pulsatile tinnitus".

patient.info/doctor/tinnitu...

Another issue might be that your blood pressure changes (rises?) as you go upstairs. You would have to get a home monitor, take your blood pressure at the bottom of the stairs then take it again at the top.

Another possible cause is intracranial hypertension.

nhs.uk/conditions/intracran...

patient.info/health/idiopat...

And I've no doubt there are lots of other reasons for the same problem that I know nothing about.

I suffer with pulstaile tinnitus, and it developed decades ago, long before I ever treated my underactive thyroid. It's slowly getting louder.

[Hannah9 in reply to humanbean]

Thank you, if it is can you do anything about it? Does it indicate too much t3?

[humanbean in reply to Hannah9]

I've found that my problem with general tinnitus and pulsatile tinnitus is effectively ignored, and I've had no treatment or investigation for it. But for "normal" tinnitus I don't think there are any treatments, the condition can only be managed. I know very little about what options are available for pulsatile tinnitus.

I was told about gadgets called "tinnitus relaxers", and I did buy one. I found it very helpful for a while - it doesn't cure anything it just helps you cope - but eventually my deteriorating hearing meant I could no longer hear anything without having the gadget so loud it disturbed my husband.

actiononhearingloss.org.uk/...

actiononhearingloss.org.uk/...

The attitude I've faced from the medical profession has been - mostly - appalling and unhelpful.

I am not aware of any direct relationship between levels of T3 and tinnitus, but this doesn't mean there isn't one. It just means that I don't know, sorry.

[crimple]

I started to suffer from pulsatile tinnitus over a year ago and only realised what it was a few months ago when I happened to read two separate articles about it over two weeks. Both suggested it needs checking out by doctor! I do occasionally get bouts of "normal tinnitus" which tend to be very fleeting, gone in less than a minute.

[humanbean in reply to crimple]

Did you get it checked out with a doctor? What was the response?

[crimple in reply to humanbean]

I'm due a medication review in couple weeks so will mention it then. No doubt get told to go back as only one problem per appointment!!! What a crazy health service we have. They have just done a bril job fixing a rellies broken bones and everyone was very professional. Pity endocrinology is such a complicated field rather than a mechanical "fix it" specialism.

[Scouser58]

You could be hearing your echo of your heart beating,,and your blood pressure could be higher while going up stairs,,,firstly have your blood pressure checked,,,then go from there,,,good luck,,ttfn from karen.