I’ve had that on and off since 2010…non-stop for the last two years but it goes away when I go to bed and comes back when I get up in the morning. It gets much louder when I’m physically active i.e. working in my yard, passing the vacuum, washing my floors, walking faster, going up the stairs etc.
I don’t know why…
I don’t hear my heart
I just feel this pulsating shooting pain that last for a bit and then goes away. Its like something is stabbing me inside my ear but in tune with my heart beat without the noise
It does go away though
Anybody get this on and off? I have gotten used to it and ignore it
LOL
Scott, I love the description of something I’ve definitely experienced. I think of this and any wooshing in my head as blood pressure. N’est-ce pas?
Yess I’ve had this.
I almost literally don’t believe it. The more I learn and educate myself about MIgraines the more reassured I become that this is what I have been suffering from for so long. And I just thought it was an inner ear virus - hah!
GFresh – welcome to the club! 
That’s the way it was for me too. A period of years looking for and finally watching the pieces fall into place before there were any decent forums around to find the info easily.
I know this is a bit late in the chain, but I have this exact wooshing and pressure that pulses in my ears every day sporadically. It really seems to have a mind of it’s own and is very bothersome. I’ve been diagnosed with MAV, but I really feel as though this all started after my ears got really clogged on a plane. I couldn’t hear out of my left ear for a while on the plane’s descent but was fine after landing. A day later I had my first vertigo attack and I have felt symptoms almost 24-7 since then - I feel like the world is surreal.
All tests came up normal/clean which is what lead to the MAV diagnosis as I have a history of migraines (family too) and I have migraine like symptoms (noise sensitivity/light sensitivity/nausea) during bad episodes.
Does anyone have experience with this wooshing or found anything that helps? I am on nortriptyline 25 mg every day and hasn’t really proved to do anything for me. I am going to give it more time.
I get this, and it is indicative of my Secondary Hydrops (I injured my inner ear about 3 years ago).
It can worsen depending on diet and what I drink. Alcohol & Coffee can make it worse. So can a cheesy pasta dish.
I was on Amitriptyline (a relative of Nori) for about 1.5 years which helped a lot with all the symptoms but unforunately it does nothing for the tinnitus. The only solution is to be careful with your diet and drink lots and lots of water in the hope of speeding up the processes to rebalance the fluids in the ear.
The good news is that it has generally got better, and the whooshing has decreased in intensity and frequency over time (but it’s taken a looooong time).
I no longer need to take the Ami, thank goodness and the dizziness has finally mostly disappeared.
I’ve had a separate diagnosis of both MAV & Secondary Hydrops (SEH) post Perilymph Fistula. The latter (SEH) is a much more plausible diagnosis because I had definite trauma to my ear and Secondary Hydrops is a classic consequence of this.
It actually makes me quite angry that so many doctors ignore ear trauma and tell you that its a migraine condition. It puts the whole branch of medicine into disrepute. The level of dogma involved has become quite ridiculous, imho, and the whole discipline really needs to re-evaluate things. I’m sure there are many other causes of MAV but claiming it’s caused by migraine when there is clear evidence of physical or baro-trauma is stretching things beyond what is believable. I can no longer take some specialists seriously! One told me that the trauma I’d experienced (despite it being just before I started feeling dizzy) couldn’t have been to blame and instead I must have experienced a genetic mutation (!!!)