Starts between where your shoulder meets your back and goes up to the behind your head where your rear hairline is, a coupe inches behind your ear. So looking down at your head from the ceiling, if your nose is 12 o’clock, it would be the 7&8 o’clock position. It’s not the actual left side of your neck or the back of your neck. I’m trying to explain exactly where because this is important. It runs from where your shoulder meets your neck straight up to the back of your head where your hairline in the back is. I focused on the neck muscle that runs from top to bottom on the rear left part of my neck. So I started rubbing my neck in a very specific spot in a very specific way. Instead of compress that muscle I would stretch that muscle manually. So I sat up and decided I would try to do the exact opposite. Slouched back on a couch leaning to the left, that sort of thing. But why? After thinking about it, I realized that when I reached over, I was compressing my neck muscles on the left side so I thought what if compression of something in my neck is triggering this? I thought about it and realized that lately I had been sitting in ways where the left side of my neck was kinking. I realized I was able to activate this pulse by doing this. Thud thud went the pulse each time I reached over. I thought hmm, so I make the motion over again and it popped again. Then one night I was laying in bed watching tv and I reached over to grab my water over to my left on the nightstand. If I yawned or burped or tried to pop my ears it would pulse. This was the sound of random pulses of like blood or a heartbeat but in my ear. So I researched it and all I could find was tinnitus talk. I started taking long walks for exercise but that didn’t help. I started keeping my finger on my actual pulse and confirmed that it wasn’t timing with my heartbeat at all. Like clockwork it would be pop pop and stop. Then one day it started doing it every 20 seconds or so. Someone here described it as someone tapping a live microphone with their finger and that’s exactly what it sounded like. It was 2 or 3 quick thuds that were faster than a pulse. And I noticed that it wasn’t pulse-like in its intervals. But then over the next few days I noticed it was happening a lot. It felt like it was just a pulse in my ear. First I’ll describe my experience so you can make sure you’re even experiencing the same thing as me.Ībout a year ago, out of nowhere I felt a couple of weird thuds in my left ear. I noticed there a link to another forum talking about this so I will post this there as well. I know cure is a strong word but in my opinion it is. I joined for the sole purpose of sharing what I believe is the cure for this pulsing or thumping sound inside the ear. I want to see a specialist for this soon, what type of doctor should I see? ENT?Īny advice or insight into what my PT is caused by or how to manage it? It’s not painful, but it is very distracting and bothersome. It’s usually worse in the morning, but I think that’s because I’m yawning more. Some days I experience 0 episodes, some days it can happen a couple times every hour. I think that an increase in my stress may increase the probability of it happening, but I’m not sure.Ħ. I’ve gone a couple weeks at a time without noticing it at all. Some days the PT is more intense than others. Coughing, sneezing, or hiccuping do not cause it to occur.ĥ. If I burp with my mouth open and allow it to be audible it is way less likely to cause an episode of PT. I’ve noticed if I’m silencing a burp that increases the chance of my PT occurring. Most of the time it is initiated when I yawn or burp, but it doesn’t happen every time I yawn or burp. My PT can be spontaneous, but that happens rarely. It certainly is not as rhythmic as the recordings on .Ĥ. I can’t tell if these beats are in sync with my heart. For example an episode can go like this: 2 quick beats, pause for 20 seconds, a single beat, pause for 3 seconds, 4 beats, and doesn’t come back. It’s can be a single beat, or multiple beats at a time. The thudding doesn’t really follow a pattern. An episode of my PT can be as short as 5 seconds to a couple of minutes.ģ. When it happens the thudding lasts for a few seconds and then disappears for a few seconds and then comes back for a little while. I’m not sure if it’s in time with my heart beat. I’m not even sure I’d describe it as a sound, it’s more of a feeling.Ģ. A heartbeat like thudding for a few seconds in my left ear intermittently. I’m a 28 year old male, no other medical issues, no hypertension, no medications. Hello, I was wondering if anyone on this forum could tell me more about my PT or if anyone is experiencing something similar.
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