Tinnitus and Now Also Pulsating Hissing

Hi, @TinniTom,

I also had tinnitus for many years, and then suddenly started hearing a pulsating sound. Mine is only in one ear (right ear), and it started after taking a blood pressure drug for the first time. I've had the hissing and pulsating for over 6 years now; have had a number of tests, but was never able to find a cause.

It could be that your tinnitus ear was already vulnerable, and something may have triggered the pulsating. Have you had any lifestyle changes or changes in your health recently? Have you been taking any new prescription drugs?

Mine has not gotten any worse, and in fact, I'm now better able to live with it than in the beginning.

I hope you're having a peaceful day, so far!

Best wishes,
Karen

 

Hi, @TinniTom,

Since you have a cold, your tinnitus and pulsating could possibly settle down again after you recover. Have you been taking any cold medicines or antibiotics? There are antibiotics that cause tinnitus to get worse, in some cases.

My tinnitus was very loud when the pulsating first started about 6 years ago. On a scale of 1 to 10, it was somewhere between an 8 and 9 most of the time. It has settled down since then. The pulsating was really bad then, too. I still have the pulsating, but I have learned how to live with it, and I can put it mostly out of my mind during the day. It is still there at night, but I've learned to sleep on my good ear instead of my bad ear, and that helps.

Hope you start to feel better soon!

Karen