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So, I’ve been looking at this thread for a couple months and thought I would finally join in. It’s sucks to see so many suffering but it also helps I’m not alone. My thumping started a little over a year ago, in my left ear. I feel like it had gone away for some months and then last summer it seemed to start happening more regularly. It would last 30 min to 1 hour maybe. Over time it started lasting longer and it also eventually moved to my right ear. As others have mentioned, burped, hiccuping or yawning seems to trigger it, but it does start thumping on its own sometimes. I wonder if maybe acid reflux plays a part in all this as I do have gerd. All I know is I’m tired. Saw an otolaryngologist and had a hearing test done. He said everything is fine and I just have “super hearing” (I couldnt believe he said that). He also walked out mid me asking a question, so never going back there again. Also tried Flonase for a week and it seemed to help and then it came back. I’m just not sure anymore. I’m sure I have MEM, not looking for surgery but if that’s the case then so be it. I’ll be calling ENTs in my area to see if they’ve dealt with MEM. My spasms happen usually every 2 or 3 days, but I’ll have a few thumps on the off days so to speak. When it happens in my right ear, it’s a lot softer than when it happens in my left, which I find interesting. Anyways, I hope we all can find a solution, it really is tough, especially when it lasts more than a few hours (have had it last for 12 hours or so before).
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Sorry you have to experience this I bin dealing with it for a for almost a handful of years now and it’s made my life a living sh%t hole no joke excuse my language but it’s the truth. I’m getting Botox done here soon my medical insurance just approved it about a week ago so I’ll definitely keep everyone posted. I would probably suggest doing the same thing before doing surgery only cause I read blogs and there’s one on google you can see about a 8year old girl who has the same similar condition as us well long story short the parents did surgery first and it failed and they did Botox after and they had success with it so before you do surgery cause you can’t reverse it after it’s done try and do Botox there’s blogs out there of people finding relief from it struggling with tittnitus. I’m not shocked that ENT left the room while you were asking a question a lot of them will do that I even experienced it myself Handful of times these doctors aren’t really so helping all the time and they can be very rude and also very eager to do surgery cause they love the anatomy behind it. Some of them are even idiots with degrees, yes I said it a big idiot, lot of them aren’t going to be there to comfort you and pin point your problem. Let alone you don’t even have enough time with these doctors anyways, your in and out in no time and there aware of that, there’s doctors out there who want to help those and it’s like finding a needle in a haystack, you need to find a doctor who is experienced with tittnitus and also find one who uses Botox cause alot of them don’t ! You also need to see a therapist/physiatrist monthly and let them know this has made your mental health go down let them know you suffer with depression and anxiety from it cause I sure do ! Don’t sleep on it ! You may think your going to wake up tomorrow fine but your not sorry to tell you but it’s the truth. Look into Botox ! Also my doctor said there’s hearing aids out there that may work for me !
God Bless.