Ringing....and now fluttering 😕

[Norah52]

I've been having trouble with a ringing in my left ear for a few months. GP confirmed my ear was rather blocked & suggested drops & booking an appt for micro suction. Few weeks down the line and a number of 'suction sessions' later and the audiologist regretfully advises the wax isn't a cause for my tinnitus after all. Not the result i wanted but accept that I will just have to learn to live with it.

Since my appt last week I've now been getting a sensation in my right ear. It's not all the time. Comes and goes (Almost like a switch been turning on then off after about 2 seconds). It's not ringing but like a fluttering sensation with just a bit of pressure (so hard to describe things that go on inside) I guess a bit like when you have water in your ear and waiting for ear to pop & clear. Just wondering if this is another form of tinnitus.

[Michael8272]

Hi, I have tinnitus over a year now,but it's funny you should write this post, I'm getting this same fluttering sensation in each ear now aswel,only stared yesterday, it's like a muscle twitching or something. It's really annoying.

[Norah52 in reply to Michael8272]

Michael, certainly is very annoying. I'm kind of getting used to the left ear ringing (If that's ever possible) but this is something different altogether. It's almost like a vibration in my ear. When there's no sound i can't hear it. I was sitting alone with no sound, it's all fine. Husband starts talking and it vibrates in time to him talking. Feels like when you walk out of a really noisy party (just as an example) and your ears are literally buzzing.

Hoping it is a short term thing. With the ringing in one ear & vibrating in the other.....can feel myself slowly losing the plot....☹

[Michael8272 in reply to Norah52]

Hi Norah, just had look on Dr Google and it seems to be a muscle contracting behind the ear drum and should settle but I just don't know any more.tensor tympani syndrome"

Thanks Michael