Hello everyone, my names Miah I am 20, and I have had tinnitus for just over two years now.
It initially started during an ear infection and worsened over time then spread to both ears.
For a long time I didn't know why I had it, but recently I've been experiencing something happening in my ear that I can't find much info about that I think could be a cause. I got an ear infection about a week ago again, and that's when this became a more prominent issue.
Basically, it feels like something in my ear is collapsing/ not opening/ not working. It typically happens for some reason when I sleep (lay down), but it sounds like something is collapsing in my ear. A very loud whooshing sound that I can make by engaging the right muscles.
When it happens I have slight muffled hearing and it feels as though my eustachian tube or something is collapsed or full. It's hard to explain, but my ears not only feel full but I can't pop them, and when I try to that's when the whooshing sound comes along. It almost feels like a muscle that's trying to pick up my eustachian tube is falling.
I can't "pop" them by blowing and plugging my nose, it just straight up feels collapsed. I don't know what to do or how to treat it, I am very scared it's going to get worse along with my tinnitus.
Whenever I have it my tinnitus definitely gets louder and I hate it.
If anyone knows even slightly what I'm talking about please let me know. I am afraid.
It initially started during an ear infection and worsened over time then spread to both ears.
For a long time I didn't know why I had it, but recently I've been experiencing something happening in my ear that I can't find much info about that I think could be a cause. I got an ear infection about a week ago again, and that's when this became a more prominent issue.
Basically, it feels like something in my ear is collapsing/ not opening/ not working. It typically happens for some reason when I sleep (lay down), but it sounds like something is collapsing in my ear. A very loud whooshing sound that I can make by engaging the right muscles.
When it happens I have slight muffled hearing and it feels as though my eustachian tube or something is collapsed or full. It's hard to explain, but my ears not only feel full but I can't pop them, and when I try to that's when the whooshing sound comes along. It almost feels like a muscle that's trying to pick up my eustachian tube is falling.
I can't "pop" them by blowing and plugging my nose, it just straight up feels collapsed. I don't know what to do or how to treat it, I am very scared it's going to get worse along with my tinnitus.
Whenever I have it my tinnitus definitely gets louder and I hate it.
If anyone knows even slightly what I'm talking about please let me know. I am afraid.