Hi
I also suffered from tintinutis after thyroidectomy and I seem to get more intense ringing when I have excessive body fluid that I say is from my hormone levels being wonky. Just my 2 year fight with tintinutis and fluid unnatural buildup ans reducting sodium has not helped me at all.
there are studies now connecting the radiation treatment after thyroidectomy to hearing damage and loss. I have had Tinnitus since my thyroidectomy and rai treatment in 2008. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101115174017.htm
Are you sure you are being adequately medicated for the hypothyroidism? Also have you been tested for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin?
She did not that time. My hair has started falling out like crazy so I called this week and went in for blood work. This time they did TSH and Free T4 only.
TSH - 27.732 (H) range .450-4.500
Free T4 - .47 (L) range .82-1.77
They also tested my liver. This is very concerning to me.
ALT 48 (H) range 0-35
Upon reviewing blood work, my doctor told me to double my dose of WP Thyroid so I will begin taking 2 grains (65mg x 2) tomorrow.
Your thoughts are truly appreciated!
We may be able to help you convince your doctor. Before going further right now, did you not test for Free T4 along with the Free T3?
Thanks so much for all your detailed help! Below is the last lab work that I had.
TSH 0.040 (marked as LOW) range 0.350-4.500
T3 3.2 range 2.3-4.2
Calcium 1.28 range 1.12-1.32
This was done on March 10,2016. I don't go back for another 8 weeks. These are all the reports they gave me.
Thank you Barb! I'm going to pick some up today to see if it will help.
I also had total thyroidectomy. Was diagnosed Graves disease Nov 2015.
Allergic to antithyroid meds + severely enlarged thyroid = thyroid must be removed.
Surgery was last month. Parathyroids left intact, but still taking calcium citrate (1500mg) and vitamin D (was 1000 iu but now 2000 iu) supplements daily. Also taking 125 mcg daily Synthroid. Last bloodwork T4 approx. 16.5 (normal range 12 to 22). T3 well below normal range so 2 days ago my Endo said I have a T3 conversion problem, and she started me on Cytomel. 12.5mcg daily for one week, then 25 mcg daily after that. No change to my Synthroid. Have only taken the Cytomel once so far, so don't really know what to expect yet. Have not noticed any extra ringing in my ears, but have only been on Synthroid since Feb 10.
I am 50 years old, male, quite smoking last spring, and heart attack survivor (2004) if that means anything.
Please post those blood test results and reference ranges shown on the lab report.
Also, be aware that the conversion tables shown for converting T4 to desiccated and to T3 are incorrect. They erroneously show the following:
100 mcg T4 = one grain of desiccated=25 mcg of T3. So by that there would be a 4 to 1 ratio of T4 to T3. That is incorrect. According to scientific studies and also the AACE/ATA Guidelines for Hypothyroidism, the correct ratio is 3 to 1.
A grain of desiccated contains 39 mcg of T4 and 9 mcg of T3. So, if you multiply the 9 by 3, according to the 3:1 ratio, and add the 39 mcg of T4, that comes out to be 66 mcg. So according to that one grain of desiccated like WP Thyroid is only equivalent to only 66 mcg of T4, not 100.
Your prior dose of 200 mcg of T4 would thus be about 3 grains of desiccated thyroid med.
I started on 137 Synthroid. Starting constant ringing in ears a week later. Was told dose may be too high. Advised not to take for a week as the Synthroid plus remaining hormone floating around in my body after surgery might have been too much. Still ringing. Started back up on 137. Had blood tests which showed severely low. Moved up to 200. Still ringing. Switched to 1 grain of WP Thyroid, equivalent to 100 Synthroid.
I cannot imagine it to be related to nutritional deficiency from not having a real thyroid anymore. Tinnitus can be associated with being hypothyroid, which is a common occurrence for patients after a TT, until the biologically active thyroid hormone levels (Free T4 and Free T3) are optimized. So tell us about your different dosages of Synthroid, and when you changed dosage. Also any other symptoms you have noticed. And please post your thyroid related test results and reference ranges shown on the lab report.
T4 meds like Synthroid take 4 weeks to reach about 90% of their final effect on serum levels. Changing dosages in a short time does not allow time to get the full effect. Also now you have switched to WP Thyroid 4 days ago , which again is not long enough to determine the effect. What is the dosage of the WP Thyroid?