You might have something there. My "thumping" (" TTS" for Tensor Tympani Syndrome) emerged around the time I resumed taking Citalapram. I'd been on this med and similar others in the past, and I definitely had those "flash" effects that you hear about but no thumping until recently, probably for about 1-1/2 years.

For a bit of history, I had an MRI in 2018 to investigate terminal neuralgia, and today I had another to investigate the TTS. Both times, no findings.

I live in DC with windows immediately facing a very busy street and lot of insanely loud music blaring from vehicles, even motorcycles. There are times when a vehicle is still quite far away and I'm inside on the second floor of the building, windows closed, and my ear drum starts pulsating, keeping time with percussion in the music blaring from that vehicle. Even worse though is living below three people who wear shoes on wooden laminate floors, with two small yipping dogs. My TTS goes nuts when the dogs run back and forth, and when these people walk, it sounds like a marching band, and that can be triggering too.

I wish there was a way to make the TTS stop. I definitely need stay on Citalapram.