hey, i don’t quite understand my pulsetile tinnitus yet, so i’m wondering whether anyone has had it extreme at night, like the sound of your eardrum basically being sucked in, and then ok briefly in the morning?
hey, i’m just venting.
it all started two days ago after having pressure in my ear for a few days. at first, i didn’t think much of it. it was annoying, but not loud.
however, everything took a turn yesterday night. my pt became brutal. the whooshing was all i could hear and i ended up having a panic attack and basically fainting out of exhaustion.
the third night i dread is here and surprise, surprise, it’s even worse than last night. whooshing is so loud i can’t drown it out. nothing helps, no positional change, no nasal spray, nothing.
it’s only been over 48 hours, but i’m already losing my mind. i already had a fourth panic attack this day, i barely ate and slept, and i feel like my whole life basically crumbled.
the pt fluctutaes during the day, but it sometimes decides to spike out of nowhere and in that moment, nothing helps. it’s only on my right side, which also drives me nuts. not positional, but gets worse when i rest on the affected side.
panic attacks do not make the whooshing worse, i usually get panic attacks when the whooshing gets bad on its own.
currently trying avamys, xylomax neo, sinupret, and allergy meds (zodac). i don’t know if i can live like this. if it would be mile thumping, whatever, but this is louder than someone touching your ear with their fingers. that bad.
i’m panicking because nothing helps. if something gave me relief, i would be more okay, but this is so sudden and intrusive that i can’t even think.
Three days ago, my right ear became clogged. It was a pressure sensation, as if I couldn’t pop my ear despite being on land.
Two days into it, I heard a whoosh after stretching. I didn’t pay attention to it as I sometimes heard it after exercise.
However, the following night became a nightmare. Whooshing was constant in my clogged right ear, with no relief. I tossed and turned until 6 AM, to no avail.
Tonight is the same story. It’s even louder than yesterday and I can’t sleep. Again, only in my right ear.
I recently had an ENT evaluation and they told me my middle ear looks good as well as my hearing (audio). I also had basic MRI done a year ago and everything was within norms.
I’m extremely scared and exhausted. I cannot sleep or focus. Lying on my side is impossible right now, it’s that loud.
Any ideas to cope? Or sleep better? I will probably stay wide awake once again, but if this is truly forever, I cannot not sleep.