First, a couple things... I'm 29, and have been experiencing tinnitus for a long time now. My hearing is fine. My tinnitus is more ringing than anything else, although I do have a weird morse code once in a while.
More recently though, the ringing in my left ear (and sometimes even my right) follows my heartbeat.
It is NOT a pounding like sensation in my ear. It sounds like the ringing gets louder as my heart pumps and then more quiet in between. As if I have become sensitive to hearing the blood rushing through my skull.
Sometimes if I stand up quickly - and most likely with bad posture, my head pounds and the noise gets really loud until my body adjusts to the change in gravity.
I am a bit worried, and have an appointment set for February with an ENT. The thing is, I don't think it would bother me that much if I knew it was nothing.
I'm just wondering if anyone else's (ringing) tinnitus has a tendency to follow their heartbeat as I have described.
More recently though, the ringing in my left ear (and sometimes even my right) follows my heartbeat.
It is NOT a pounding like sensation in my ear. It sounds like the ringing gets louder as my heart pumps and then more quiet in between. As if I have become sensitive to hearing the blood rushing through my skull.
Sometimes if I stand up quickly - and most likely with bad posture, my head pounds and the noise gets really loud until my body adjusts to the change in gravity.
I am a bit worried, and have an appointment set for February with an ENT. The thing is, I don't think it would bother me that much if I knew it was nothing.
I'm just wondering if anyone else's (ringing) tinnitus has a tendency to follow their heartbeat as I have described.