Born Deaf, Recently Got Tinnitus — Can Hypothyroid Medication Help Tinnitus?

[keenly]

I was born with sensorineural hearing loss. I have anxiety and I do listen to music loudly. I know those things contribute to tinnitus. It started around April and it is now August. I am having a really difficult time with it, as I am so used to and love silence, and now all I hear is bird noises in both ears or loud continuous tone in my left ear. If I am really paying attention to it - like actively thinking about it, a ringing will start but that goes away once I am distracted but the continuous tone or bird noises are still there.

I was recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which would explain a LOT of the symptoms I've been experiencing (extreme fatigue, depression/memory loss, sensitivity to cold, etc.) I am hoping the medication I eventually get for this will help my tinnitus... Is this bad to be thinking? The only thing I can hear now is this, and I can't even sleep because of it even though the hypothyroidism makes me extremely tired all the time. Does anyone know any information about if hypothyroid medication will help tinnitus?

Thank you...

 

[PaulC]

Hi Keenly,

As far as I am aware, Levothyroxine (synthetic thyroid medication) does not affect tinnitus, it certainly hasn't in my case.
I have been taking Levothyroxine daily since 2003, 150 micrograms which I understand is a medium dose. I can't imagine that my tinnitus could be any worse if I wasn't taking it.

I have had tinnitus for approx 4 years, it's a constant high pitch tone approx 10k-10.5k.
It is loud and it is there all the time in the middle of my head, so pretty much equal in each ear. Sometimes I perceive it to be louder than the TV at normal family viewing volume. however it fades into the background when I don't notice it, but some days it seems louder than others. For me, there is no such thing as silence any more.

Kind regards, Paul