New Tinnitus Diagnosis: I Hear Drumming When Lying on Right Side Only

Hi, @jane S !

As @billie48 has stated, I do have some experience similar to yours, and will be glad to answer any questions I can for you about pulsatile tinnitus.

From what you have described, yours does sound like it could be pulsatile, and it looks as if it has been happening gradually for you. Pulsatile tinnitus has many possible causes, but it usually is vascular in nature. Yes, it is possible that yours is related to blood pressure. Have you been monitoring your blood pressure recently, and have you ever noticed that it is slightly elevated? Also, are you on any blood pressure drugs, or other drugs, that might have brought this on?

I think it's unlikely that the use of a hair dryer could have caused your PT. It's more likely something else. One common cause of PT is benign intracranial hypertension, which has to do with fluid buildup around the brain. That is something that can be determined by a doctor, and there are remedies for it.

I have pulsatile tinnitus, too. It is only in my right ear, and, just like you, I notice it most when I try to sleep at night. Mine started after my blood pressure became elevated, and I was put on a blood pressure drug. It's been five years since mine started, and I have since gotten off the blood pressure meds, but my pulsatile tinnitus is still there.

If yours continues to be bothersome, you might want to be checked out by a doctor.

In the meantime, please let me know if you have any questions, or just need some moral support. I totally understand what you're going through!!

Best wishes,
Karen