hello all.
I'm new here but recently started suffering from a low pitched form of tinnitus that my ENT thinks is related to eustacian tube dysfunction. It all started after I had been feeling dizzy and nauseous (as well as super stressed with work and a little sad about some unrelated things going on in life) when one fateful night in late March I tried to go to sleep and heard a slight ringing. By the morning, the noise was a constant low hum, which morphed over the next week to a multi tonal droning spaceship sound that seemed to get louder at night. It got so bad after the first week my husband took me to the ER, where they prescribed prednisone for fluid behind my eardrums. Oddly enough, my primary care dr and ENT both saw no fluid the following week, but the humming remained.
Over the past six weeks I've tried several rounds of medrol and prednisone, allergy medication, anti stomach acid medication, supplements, afrin and Sudafed, Xanax (I needed sleep!), magnesium, ginkgo, St. John's wort, vitamin b and c, steaming to open my eustacian tubes, chiropractic treatments, acupuncture, essential oils, a plethora of nasal sprays and bargaining with the universe for this to go away.
Unfortunately, while the sound overall MIGHT be a notch quieter than when I started, I've seen no consistent improvement with the meds. I now hear a few distinct and unsettling sounds - the original spaceship hum, something that sounds like a gravelly lawnmower in the next room, off key violins, and my personal non favorite, a droning beeping symphony that sounds like 6 car alarms going off at once.
I've seen very few posts from people who have a low pitched, variable sound like mine and am hoping anyone who does could share their diagnosis and treatment. I'm not 100% confident in the Eustacian Tube dysfunction diagnosis despite having some trouble clearing my ears or having intense pressure on a descending plane. Maybe they're related, but there seems like there must be something else present. I also can't do valsavas or pop by pinching my nose and blowing, it has to be opening my jaw or swallowing to pop my ears.
Low hum sufferers? What's your story?
I'm new here but recently started suffering from a low pitched form of tinnitus that my ENT thinks is related to eustacian tube dysfunction. It all started after I had been feeling dizzy and nauseous (as well as super stressed with work and a little sad about some unrelated things going on in life) when one fateful night in late March I tried to go to sleep and heard a slight ringing. By the morning, the noise was a constant low hum, which morphed over the next week to a multi tonal droning spaceship sound that seemed to get louder at night. It got so bad after the first week my husband took me to the ER, where they prescribed prednisone for fluid behind my eardrums. Oddly enough, my primary care dr and ENT both saw no fluid the following week, but the humming remained.
Over the past six weeks I've tried several rounds of medrol and prednisone, allergy medication, anti stomach acid medication, supplements, afrin and Sudafed, Xanax (I needed sleep!), magnesium, ginkgo, St. John's wort, vitamin b and c, steaming to open my eustacian tubes, chiropractic treatments, acupuncture, essential oils, a plethora of nasal sprays and bargaining with the universe for this to go away.
Unfortunately, while the sound overall MIGHT be a notch quieter than when I started, I've seen no consistent improvement with the meds. I now hear a few distinct and unsettling sounds - the original spaceship hum, something that sounds like a gravelly lawnmower in the next room, off key violins, and my personal non favorite, a droning beeping symphony that sounds like 6 car alarms going off at once.
I've seen very few posts from people who have a low pitched, variable sound like mine and am hoping anyone who does could share their diagnosis and treatment. I'm not 100% confident in the Eustacian Tube dysfunction diagnosis despite having some trouble clearing my ears or having intense pressure on a descending plane. Maybe they're related, but there seems like there must be something else present. I also can't do valsavas or pop by pinching my nose and blowing, it has to be opening my jaw or swallowing to pop my ears.
Low hum sufferers? What's your story?
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