So, I've scared myself straight for about 2 weeks looking up "pulsatile tinnitus" on the internet, and coming up with results from folks who've had it for over 10 years.

Basically, I've been experiencing a pulse in my right ear - pretty loud in quiet rooms and when I'm trying to sleep.

I've seen 2 ENTs who checked my hearing (which is fine) and my ears for infection. Nothing came up. I'm only 23, and I walk about 2 hours every other night, so I assume my circulatory system is okay. My blood pressure was checked to be normal. I've had this for a little over 2 months now.

I always used to wear in-ear headphones for music - the type that you stick inside your ear..and i would always wear earbuds to block out noise (how fitting that I have this now). I did get sick at one point, but it was only a head cold that lasted 3 days. In that time, I don't think I had an ear infection, but I think the pulsing came after that..though I can't be too sure. I'm begging and praying that the pulsing is on account of some fluid in my ear, possibly lodged in through the earbuds/phones but I have a suspicion it isn't. I just bought pseudoephedrine tablets, and this is my second day on them. When I yawn, the affected ear feels a slight blocking from the eustachian tube. I told my ENT of this, but he checked the pressure in my ears and said there was no fluid.

If this isn't from something simple like fluid in the middle ear, then is it possible that it could go away as spontaneously as it came? Has pulsatile tinnitus ever just gone away on its own? I'm extremely tense with the possibility that I'll have this indefinitely. I don't have health insurance so the CT/MRI scan might have to wait a bit.

Thanks for reading.