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Thumping/drumming in one ear

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Feb 25 7:48pm | Replies (143)

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@tamshe3

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 @tamshe3 and others
Thank you for sharing. How much magnesium do you take? Does it help? I have the drumming thumping in my right ear as you described. Once it starts it goes on almost all night. I'm really scared and it's making me anxious and crazy!!

Also, has anyone tried acupuncture? I was going to look into doing this at some point if this does not go away soon. I was just wondering if anyone has or has not had success with it. If I try it I will let everyone know.