Timeless - Here’s one idea. Just putting it out there…
Dr. Hain mentions a thing called “benign intracranial hypertension.” However, that’s probably not the case, as he says it most often occurs in females who are significantly overweight. The test for this is a lumbar puncture. In this disorder, says one article, “the headache is initially episodic then usually progresses over weeks to daily headache with features typical of raised intracranial pressure.”
The flipside is that it could be CAUSED by migraine, which can cause vasospasm. Hain again: “While in the past Migraine was felt to be related to vasospasm, presently it is thought that the blood flow changes are not primary. Instead, it is felt that Migraine is related to abnormal sensitivity to sensory inputs. Nevertheless, there is recent evidence in the other direction – migraine is associated with a mutation in a gene that controls a potent vasoconstrictor.”
Hain speaks specifically of pulsatile tinnitus on one page. Go to this link:
dizziness-and-balance.com/di … nnitus.htm
Look for the section “Vascular problems causing tinnitus – pulsatile tinnitus.” Further down the page is a section marked “Special tests for pulsatile tinnitus.”
So, from what I understand (or think I do) about this, it sounds like migraine can cause pulsatile tinnitus, but migraine, dizziness, and P.T. can also all be SYMPTOMS of something else like intracranial hypertension. Unfortunately, I don’t know which of these scenarios to guess at, and both ideas could be wrong in your case. I’d take matters to your neurologist and see if he thinks you should have some testing done for P.T., as it could indicate a different problem (Hain adds that “benign” in “benign intracranial hypertension” is a poor choice of words).