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... but I've been suffering from pulsatile tinnitus in my right ear for probably a decade or so. I have no idea why--I've always avoided loud noises whenever I could and I don't have any memory of an ear-damaging experience. Lately it's been extra annoying, in that I'll hear that turbulent fluid flow in my right ear and sometimes when it's quiet at night, I'll get a single high-pitched tone playing in my left ear. Sometimes I feel like everything else in this would could be bearable if I could just stop hearing my blood pumping through my veins!

 

I went to an ENT, years ago, and he prescribed several consecutive courses of prednisone along with an MRI that wiped out my bank account (I had really lousy insurance at the time) and showed nothing. He sent me away with instructions to stretch my neck, and nothing has gotten better.
Since that time I haven't bothered going back to a doctor about it because I feel like I might as well flush my money down the toilet for all the good it'll do. I realize that's a terrible attitude to have, so maybe I should make an appointment. At the very least, if there's something that an MRI or other imaging could show, maybe it will have grown large enough by now to show up.