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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / March 2006Pulsating Tinnitus and Palpitations
Hello to everyone! I am new to this group and look forward to sharing ideas with you. I have been suffering with heart palpitations for almost 2 years now and have been learning to deal with them, but now my pulsating tinnitus that occurs in both ears is so loud that I can hardly sleep at night nor concentrate in the day because of the drastic increase in whooshing/whistling sounds. I did have and still do have what seems to be a sinus infection for a few years now, and have used a sinus irrigator last year for this problem. I am worried that I might have done something to my ears from possibly using this irrigator the wrong way!! Perhaps I held it the wrong direction towards my ears, or pressed the end of the unit too far into my nose while irrigating? Could this possibly cause my drastic increase in tinnitus and pulsating tinnitus levels?? Or maybe this increased tinnitus is fluctuating hormone levels since I am perimenopausal? Please I need your help and comments! Thanks so much, Dianne If you have come to this group to ask about pusatile tinnitus -PT - then I assume you have already seen your doctor about this, and he found no reason for it. If you did not see a doctor, please do that first. What is happening about the palpitations? If a doctor cannot find a reason for the PT then it is a muscular tension problem in the neck and/or shoulder muscles. There is initial information at http://eebee.net/pt.shtml Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ >Hello to everyone! I am new to this group and look forward to sharing ideas >with you. I have been suffering with heart palpitations for almost 2 years [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >perimenopausal? Please I need your help and comments! Thanks so much, >Dianne Thanks for the info. Elly. I have gone to doctors and they are at a loss regarding this pulsating tinnitus. I was offered an MRA but heard that these are only indicated if the pulsating is on one side of the head. My pulsatile tinnitus is on both sides, so I passed on the offer. Regarding the palpitations, I am chalking it up to hormone fluctuations. Have gone to a cardiologist this past year and he diagnosed me as having a "rapid resting heartbeat". Somehow I feel there could be a possible link here between the two symptoms. Although my pulsating DOES get louder when I turn my head either direction, or press on the muscles in my face area, so am thinking it may also have a TMJ factor too.Has anyone had any experience or success regarding their tinnitus with the NTI Tension Suppression Splint, or with any other type of splint therapy?? Thanks! Dianne Ive endured double sided pulsating tinnitus for eight years. The medical profession can do nothing to aleviate my condition, so as you can imagine, I have pursued all avenues in alternative medicine seeking relief. Homeopathy did nothing for me, neither did acapuncture or Chinese herbal medicine. Spasmodic relief was obtained from neck and shoulder massage, but long term diminution gradually came from following relaxation excercises, e.g. controled breathing, muscle relaxation etc. I still have the condition of course but I feel that I now control it, rather then the reverse. Lawrence Thanks Lawrence for your information. I believe that I too will have to learn some relaxation techniques. Perhaps Pilates exercises? Has anyone with tinnitus had any success with an Osteopath? Also, what did you do to try and maintain some sort of sleep? I am getting 1 - 3 hours of sleep a night for many weeks now as the pulsating tinnitus keeps me wide awake, and this is really exhausting me. Dianne > Thanks Lawrence for your information. I believe that I too will have to > learn some relaxation techniques. Perhaps Pilates exercises? Has anyone > with tinnitus had any success with an Osteopath? Also, what did you do to > try and maintain some sort of sleep? I am getting 1 - 3 hours of sleep a > night for many weeks now as the pulsating tinnitus keeps me wide awake, > and this is really exhausting me. Dianne Some folks keep a white noise machine or radio tuned to static in the bedroom for masking, or set the radio timer to a talk station to turn off after they're asleep. Some folks take Xanax or Ativan, some antidepressants that help with sleep and with the anxiety reaction to tinnitus. Some folks have posted in the past about help from learning self hypnosis. HTH, Susan > Thanks Lawrence for your information. I believe that I too will have > to learn some relaxation techniques. Perhaps Pilates exercises? Has > anyone with tinnitus had any success with an Osteopath? Also, what > did you do to try and maintain some sort of sleep? I am getting 1 - 3 > hours of sleep a night for many weeks now as the pulsating tinnitus > keeps me wide awake, and this is really exhausting me. Dianne If it's any consolation, I know how you feel. I go to bed normally about 2 am and finally fall asleep at around 6. I'm then screwed for the following day. I saw an audiologist from the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital here in London today, who leant me for a month a "WELLCARE" machine that will play me white noise, brooks, rain and waves to see whether that helps. If it does, I'll report back. Ive endured double sided pulsating tinnitus for eight years. The medical profession can do nothing to aleviate my condition, so as you can imagine, I have pursued all avenues in alternative medicine seeking relief. Homeopathy did nothing for me, neither did acapuncture or Chinese herbal medicine. Spasmodic relief was obtained from neck and shoulder massage, but long term diminution gradually came from following relaxation excercises, e.g. controled breathing, muscle relaxation etc. I still have the condition of course but I feel that I now control it, rather then the reverse. Lawrence Hi Dianne, Glad to hear that someone makes their own decisions sometimes. Things like MRA (is that the same as MRI?) only result in scaring patients witless and usually produce nothing worthwhile. Their main use seems to be to rule out something dangerous - which most of the time there isn't. Now Lawrence has found a certain measure of relief through massage and relaxation. That confirms the muscle theory. So perhaps you could also go and have an initial massage to relieve it in the early stages. Then go on to doing the neck stretches. Then ask yourself - What is happening in my life that could be setting up this tension in the neck/shoulder muscles. Can you tell us what you do for a job? computers? Telephones? etc. http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ >Thanks for the info. Elly. I have gone to doctors and they are at a loss >regarding this pulsating tinnitus. I was offered an MRA but heard that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >or success regarding their tinnitus with the NTI Tension Suppression >Splint, or with any other type of splint therapy?? Thanks! Dianne Hi Dianne I read your description above and was elated to hear your symptoms, sounds crazy but you described exactly what I have. I am currently seeing a neurologist and undergoing some lab tests for anemia, thyroid and some sort of cranial pressure your description of your symptoms are identical, I have had this since first week of jan/06. especially your description of turning your head and pressing on face muscles. all the doctors I have saw ( I think 7 now) do not know or ever heard of the pressing face comment. I now have also the heart palpitations and seem to be getting weaker and more tired, or is it just more stressed each day. I too am postmenopausal and had a complete hysterectomy july/05. I also wondered if it was tmj, although dentist said no. please e-mail if possible, just knowing someone out there with my symptoms is comforting this is my first post, not sure if my e-mail will show , in case it doesn't it is countrykate888@yahoo.ca Anita It may well be due to poor blood circulation in the head. Talk to a pharmacist and try gingko biloba for a month. Never mind the 'controlled' studies.
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