My 3 Second Fix for Pulsatile Tinnitus

[Maureen777]

I've discovered a few second fix for my pulsatile tinnitus. If I bite down really hard and hold my teeth together, the tinnitus gets super quiet. If only I could hold that position all day, that would be great. So I'm wondering if it's related to a TMJ problem or something like that. Just wanted to share this, not that it's really a permanent solution.

 

[Karen]

Hi, Maureen,

I just tried biting down and holding my teeth together, but I'm afraid it did not change my pulsatile tinnitus at all.

I'm wondering if you do indeed have a TMJ problem. Have you been to a dentist lately, to have your bite checked? There are also TMJ specialists, who could check for the same thing.

It might be worth looking into, to see if that might be a possible cause.

 

[Maureen777]

Ok, I think I will go to a dentist to get my TMJ checked out. Maybe that's my problem. Thanks

 

[threefirefour]

I've discovered a few second fix for my pulsatile tinnitus. If I bite down really hard and hold my teeth together, the tinnitus gets super quiet. If only I could hold that position all day, that would be great. So I'm wondering if it's related to a TMJ problem or something like that. Just wanted to share this, not that it's really a permanent solution.

I think it's only a TMJ issue if it gets LOUDER. Since you have pulsatile tinnitus, maybe it's an issue with blood near your inner ear?

 

[Maureen777]

Hmmm... never thought of that. Well, I haven't given up hope, I'm going to keep trying to get to the bottom of why my tinnitus got louder about 3 months ago.

 

[reeax]

Hello Maureen, same stuff here ... That movement is probably decompressing an artery that is stuck against your nerve, probably nothing to do with TMJ.

 

[Maureen777]

Thanks very much for the idea. I'm going to my doctor today. I'll suggest this to him, but I wonder what kind of tests can be done, or if there's a solution for this. I'll see what he says.

 

[Maureen777]

My doctor checked my ears and said I have fluid in my ear (the one with tinnitus). He prescribed something called Beconase nasal spray. I'm going to do some research first, before I get it filled. I still think you're onto something though @reeax. It's probably something to do with pressure on a nerve.

 

[Dana]

How can a vessel press on the acoustic nerve?
I am not ironic, i do not reject this hypothesis, i just wonder.
I am just asking this question.
Anyone?

My many frequencies, tonal and hissing tinnitus is sometimes accompanied by pulsatile tinnitus, especially right after a make an effort, like lifting weights (the weights of the shopping bags, of course, not gym weight lifting) and that is why i am so curious about an explanation.

If i open my mouth wide, i have somatic tinnitus (for the duration of the opening of the mouth), but if i open my mouth, when the somatic tinnitus starts, if i press on a region behind my ear, that pressing stops that added sound. So, i have another example of stopping tinnitus with pressure. Biting down hard puts pressure one some structure, probably an artery, given that the tinnitus is pulsatile. (when i open my mouth and wait, i see that that added sound is also pulsatile, so i am a case similar with the original poster)

Probably the applied pressure restricts the flow of the blood, which gives that pulsatile sound, and that blood vessel is audible because goes near ot through the ear.

I read that two blood vessels go through the middle ear, a vein and an artery.

 

[Maureen777]

Tinnitus is so very strange. I have the opposite effect when I press down on the area above my ear... the tinnitus gets louder.