EAR RINGING MAY ACTUALLY BE HORMONALLY RELATED.
It has't necessarily to be your case, but please READ ON...
I'm postop since 2002. I was on Yasmin since 2003 to March 2013, when I suspended it being warned and concerned
of its possible lethal side effects (DVT and BC).
I never had tinnitus in my life before.
When in 2013 I switched to bioidentical Estradiol, among many other unpleasing side effects I started to hear this
very high-pitched sound which I always perceive in my 'head' (possibly it's actually from both my ears).
Since then, I changed my regimen several times, still trying to find a decent substitute to Ethynil, but there's apparently nothing to do: I added P, CPA, AngeliQ, I changed E form... always the same story, the more bioidentical E I take (no matter whether by GEL or oral or sublingual), the more tinnitus I
get. Even E only, without progestins or AAs. IT's not constant thru the day, some days it is stronger, some days almost absent or irregular, then I maybe
still experience intervals of 7-10 days without it (almost) but now the relation is CLEAR: the more E, the more tinnitus.
And I'm not apparently alone: if you google for 'tinnitus' or 'ear ringing' + 'HRT' or 'hormones' or 'estradiol' you will
notice HOW MANY cis women complain of similar issues, either when entering menopause, or when starting some
HRT (so it is apparently a little nonsense...)
I was seen by an ear specialist and he could detect no problems and no diseases in my auditive apparatus.
I never listened to loud music or other loud noises which could have damaged my ears.
I have no high blood pressure, I'm in the low range instead.
I have no other concurrent diseases which may explain tinnitus.
Simply put, the more estradiol I take, the stronger the tinnitus.
My doctors don't understand that. And in fact, if you search in the medical literature, there's no know relation
between HRT/hormones/Estradiol and tinnitus. But there's actual evidence of it, as I said above.
The only state that stress may be a cause. I'm quite stressed, but if I suspend E, my tinnitus stops also.
So far, my best theory is that high estrone might be a cause of it. Strangely enough, my body produces a lot
of estrone... even with TD gel, my blood E1 level is 5 times higher than E2, which is NOT phisiological (it should not
exceed 1:1). Currently I have not any better explanation.
I would have liked to try with E injections, to check whether this way at least my E1:E2 ratio normalizes, but I
live in Italy and I have not access to them (I really tried every possible road but without luck yet).
