I've had it for about a year in my right ear. Seems to be entirely physical. I get it when sitting upright or laying down, particularly on my back. I always wake up with it regardless of my state when I went to bed. I have days where there's nothing, days where it comes and goes, and days where it's full on.
At it's worst it's an ~8kHz tone, more or less continuous and extremely loud, audible over pretty much everything and it's as if it's more or less right in my ear. When it's less troublesome it varies in volume, kind of fluttering, though not pulsatile.
I can raise its volume by tilting my head to the left, and any activity that makes the muscles in my neck tense can raise the volume, returning to 'normal' when the movement ends. Weirdly, there's a maximum volume, when it's at its worst, head movements make no difference.
A hot shower can make it go away for minutes or hours. Ibuprofen lessens it, for a big difference I have to take a lot, 1800 mg-2400 mg per day. I've recently had a very bad bout of sciatica and was prescribed Pregabalin and that may also have lessened it. I've not had the chance for a conversation with my doctor about that...
Sometimes I can be sat on the sofa watching TV and it will build up in my ear to a screaming pitch. I get up to make a hot drink, and by the time I've switched the kettle on, it's gone.
I've had an MRI, showing nothing. I have no hearing loss, though when it's bad I also have hyperacusis. I have been cleared of acoustic neuroma and other brain nasties, Meniere's disease and damage to any part of my ear. There was no triggering event, one day it wasn't there, the next it was.
At it's worst it's an ~8kHz tone, more or less continuous and extremely loud, audible over pretty much everything and it's as if it's more or less right in my ear. When it's less troublesome it varies in volume, kind of fluttering, though not pulsatile.
I can raise its volume by tilting my head to the left, and any activity that makes the muscles in my neck tense can raise the volume, returning to 'normal' when the movement ends. Weirdly, there's a maximum volume, when it's at its worst, head movements make no difference.
A hot shower can make it go away for minutes or hours. Ibuprofen lessens it, for a big difference I have to take a lot, 1800 mg-2400 mg per day. I've recently had a very bad bout of sciatica and was prescribed Pregabalin and that may also have lessened it. I've not had the chance for a conversation with my doctor about that...
Sometimes I can be sat on the sofa watching TV and it will build up in my ear to a screaming pitch. I get up to make a hot drink, and by the time I've switched the kettle on, it's gone.
I've had an MRI, showing nothing. I have no hearing loss, though when it's bad I also have hyperacusis. I have been cleared of acoustic neuroma and other brain nasties, Meniere's disease and damage to any part of my ear. There was no triggering event, one day it wasn't there, the next it was.
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