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Hi,
I see it’s been a awhile since you’ve written this so I hope you see my reply. I use white noise every night, admittedly on my phone and held right near my ear. I developed a sudden loud flutter in my ear recently, seemingly out of nowhere. It was constant for nearly two days and has slowly decreased to intermittent. I find noise significantly increases the flutter whereas the silence decreases the thumping. I saw an ENT who confirmed it’s one of the small muscles behind the eardrum having a spasm. I’ve stopped using the white noise, started taking magnesium and was prescribed a muscle relaxer to help ease the spasms. It’s been so distressing to have a constant drumming in the ear and worrying that it’ll never go away. Best of luck!
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Hi Brittany, thank you for sharing your symptoms. We have the same. My left ear started fluttering about a month ago and usually happens in the evening more. I'm scared and anxious now. Have you had any MRI/MRA scans or additional testing? How are you coping? Would like to talk with you further if interested. Thanks!
Hello, sorry to hear about your ear. I am having similar issues. Mine is random thumping throughout the day. Some days are worse than others. Sometimes it’s a lot of thumping which makes me anxious. My ear doctor also said it was spasms of the ear muscles kind of like an eye twitch in the ear. He recommended magnesium. I started to take it and it did help for a couple of days and I didn’t take it last night and today the thumping is back. If it makes you feel better my doctor said it is usually just goes away on its own over time. I also had this 4 years ago and it would thump all night and I couldn’t sleep and it made me so anxious. One night I layed down and slept with my hand on my bad ear and applied a lot of pressure and the thumping stopped! Shortly after that they went away and didn’t return until now. I’m hoping it goes away on its own soon but the magnesium does seem to help a bit. Please let me know if you find anything else that works.
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Hello, I started similar symptoms a few days ago. Can you share info about your ENT, because mine says its possibly due to TMJ which I have no other symptoms of. I think its spasm as well and would like to confirm with your Dr.
Is the muscle relaxer helping?