question for you... this is really bugging me .

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OK... this may sound wierd, but I've been meaning to ask some of you wise folk out here, and I keep forgetting. But it just happened again, and I got up out of bed to post this.

For the past couple weeks, when I first lie down to go to sleep, I keep hearing a bruit in my ears !!! Really loud and rushing... like my carotids swooshing in my ears. And it's really starting to bug me. I can't remember ever hearing that in the past. ???

Any thoughts? Both ears... either side. Will wane after a period of time.. or maybe I just fall asleep and don't hear it anymore.. can't say. Never hear it when I'm upright, though. ??? :confused:

Thanx for any input... will TRY to get some sleep now... ("swooosh, swooosh, swooosh").... :stone

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let us know how you are jnette.

Im glad you went to the doc and she is on top of things.

I had the heartbeat in my left ear for 3 months during my pregnancy...then it just went away at about 8 months. My ENT doc said I should follow up if I still had it after delivery. I did have a CT scan done and it said I had a "descient jugular bulb"...whatever that means! He never did explain it to me so I assumed it was nothing.

A few months ago..it came back. Every night for the last 3 months I lay in bed...trying to go to sleep over the sound of my own heartbeat. Its kinda soothing LOL

But I wish I knew what it was! I also have CDH and TMJ...and I know tinnitus is common with TMJ...so I chalked it up to that.

I had high BP after my baby was born (almost 2 yrs ago) but it eventually went down to normal after being on meds for 6 months or so. Its still normal...so I dont think that is what is causing it.

I will be interested in what your doc finds out. Good luck!

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Get a goat ! :chuckle

Me, too.. have always loved a push mower. Something very soothing about pushmowing the yard. Kind of a "time out" for me... I can talk to my flowers and check the birdhouses, etc., etc. ;)

Hey a Goat isnt a bad Idea

And they taste so good Barbecued

They really do

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