How Do You Know You Have Pulsatile Tinnitus?

Today I woke up in the middle of the night and noticed a non-constant tone in my ear. High-pitched as always. But I'm struggling to call it pulsatile T because it isn't pulsating along with my heart rate. I hear a constant whine for a few seconds and then it lowers in volume for 1 second etc.

Is this pulsatile T or just a non-constant type of T?

 

Hey Karen,

Thanks for your reply - yes I didn't quite think it was pulsatile but just wanted to check.

Do you also have a constant (non-pulsatile) type of tinnitus? Which do you think is easier to get used to (assuming the same tone/frequency)?

 

Hi reading your post,heart goes out to you with this pulsating tinnitus ,plus the hissing tinnitus.do you think your anxiety/ stress levels increased with it,as never know if one came before the other ,or did it begin at the same time ?why I ask that. As of late my husbands been saying his tinnitus pulsates if he lays on the louder sounding ear,says it comes and goes.did say to him hope that's not catching,jokingly of course.i did wonder if his asthma inhaler he takes prior to bedtime was doing it.Your much in the know Karen what's your view.Drs probably wouldn't have a clue.

 

Thanks Karen will let him read this up,often says he didn't know why it happens laying on his worst ear.hes on statins to but no BP meds,you try and consider everything,the cause,even down to age related.Trials this life throws up hey.Dont stop at tinnitus either.Thanks again.

 

Hubby said to thank you for info,he's been on statins for fair while,he's going to mention this to his dr,his cholesterol is on an even level,he's a slim Jim ,so it's family genes,tell my cousin about Red yeast rice,as she had heart attack 3 yrs ago,another slim one,but high cholesterol.Good tip.Have put in my little red book that site,informative,always us with this tinny can learn from. Ta

 

Thanks Karen ,as luck would have it ,I have some of them in,my cholesterol has never been checked,husbands is below the 5 marker.Good info from you appreciated.

 

There is a 99.9% certain way to discover whether your T is pulsatile.
Go have a carotid artery triplex (it's basically an ultrasound on either side of your throat).
Ask your doctor to hear the flow of blood (he will probably do it himself, since listening to the blood flow is essential to the examination).
When I heard the sound of my blood flowing through the ultrasound machine speaker I knew that my T was pulsatile.

But I pretty much already knew it since it goes all pulsatile on me when i exercise a bit more than usual