Hi, so basically I'm new to having tinnitus and I wanted to get people's opinions on what I'm experiencing right now. I'm 17 years old and I've had normal tinnitus since Februaryish this year and it's just slowly but surely become louder and more problematic.
Originally it was just high pitched in both ears but as time went on I noticed it become much worse in my left ear. My left ear then had different sounds such as fizzing, crackling, quiet pulsing when my neck was in a certain position and many other random sounds.
My right ear is okay, it seems to be the general high pitched tinnitus, but since 5 days ago I've noticed a really strong pulsatile tinnitus in my left ear. I'd only ever get pulsatile tinnitus if my neck was in a funny position or when my blood pressure gets very high (after exercise), however this new pulsatile tinnitus happens no matter what I do with my neck.
It's like a strong whooshing sensation more than a sound and it is triggered sometimes randomly but mainly when I change position from lying down to sitting up or from sitting to standing, and then calms after a few minutes.
When it first happened it didn't feel pulsatile but the more I pay attention to it I feel like I do notice it pulsing, I'm not sure if it's exactly in time with my pulse though, it feels slower usually and sometimes a little irregular.
The best way to describe it is like a really strong whooshing feeling but a thunderstorm sound in my ear.
I get headaches every day at the moment but my doc has said they are a mix of tension and migrainous headaches which I have dealt with since Decemberish so before I got my tinnitus. Also just to note I have extremely severe anxiety so I've been under extreme stress since January of this year with it, I'm not sure if that matters in particular but I thought I'd note anyway.
I am currently waiting to see an ENT but this symptom is very new and is quite concerning as when you look up whooshing in ear most of the causes are bad.
Can anyone relate to having this feeling and share what it was that causes this for them? And does this seem concerning to anyone? Thanks.
Originally it was just high pitched in both ears but as time went on I noticed it become much worse in my left ear. My left ear then had different sounds such as fizzing, crackling, quiet pulsing when my neck was in a certain position and many other random sounds.
My right ear is okay, it seems to be the general high pitched tinnitus, but since 5 days ago I've noticed a really strong pulsatile tinnitus in my left ear. I'd only ever get pulsatile tinnitus if my neck was in a funny position or when my blood pressure gets very high (after exercise), however this new pulsatile tinnitus happens no matter what I do with my neck.
It's like a strong whooshing sensation more than a sound and it is triggered sometimes randomly but mainly when I change position from lying down to sitting up or from sitting to standing, and then calms after a few minutes.
When it first happened it didn't feel pulsatile but the more I pay attention to it I feel like I do notice it pulsing, I'm not sure if it's exactly in time with my pulse though, it feels slower usually and sometimes a little irregular.
The best way to describe it is like a really strong whooshing feeling but a thunderstorm sound in my ear.
I get headaches every day at the moment but my doc has said they are a mix of tension and migrainous headaches which I have dealt with since Decemberish so before I got my tinnitus. Also just to note I have extremely severe anxiety so I've been under extreme stress since January of this year with it, I'm not sure if that matters in particular but I thought I'd note anyway.
I am currently waiting to see an ENT but this symptom is very new and is quite concerning as when you look up whooshing in ear most of the causes are bad.
Can anyone relate to having this feeling and share what it was that causes this for them? And does this seem concerning to anyone? Thanks.
