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Hi all.. I am new here but unfortunately not to tinnitus! I first noticed it in 1998 after I started taking Zoloft. I don't know if this is the cause.. I spent my teenage years and early 20's at concerts and clubs and was exposed to many, many hours of loud music. I even married a musician and had a band room in my home! Anyway all these years later I am going crazy with the ringing in my ears. For years I was able to deal with it.. But recently, like the past year and a half.. It has gotten much louder and more annoying! I have hypothyroid and I am taking armor thyroid (120 mgs a day). I have had my hearing tested and I do have a slight loss in the higher decibels. But it's not anything that effects my life.. I haven't tried any treatments other than acupuncture yet but I am hoping to get some ideas and suggestions here!

 

Hi Jennifer welcome! You will find a great community of support here. I know you have been dealing with this for years but is it now causing you anxiety? Sometimes that alone can cause it to ring louder.

 

In my humble opinion: I believe that what ever meds you take, they will sooner or later have an effect on your tinnitus.

To counter myself: than why isn't there any med that have a real positive effect on tinnitus (like make it vanish)

 

hey did someone pee in your corn flakes today...you sound like a negative nancy...lol

 

Peeing in cornflakes is, in contrary to the US, not a national sport over here in Belgium

 

good thing i don't live in the us of a...lol

 

Hi Erik.. The anxiety has always been there I suppose to a small degree, but when the tinnitus worsened, the anxiety did too!

 

Karen I've been on the Armour for about two and a half years. Before that it was levothyroxine. I actually though I noticed a decrease in the tinnitus when I switched. At least at first. LOTR I tried going off all meds because I don't like medicine at all, but the natural methods I tried didn't help.