Hey my names Danny, I’m a 27 year old male from the east coast of the United States. A little bit about me. I am a diesel mechanic. Have a passion for working on vehicles being with my family and having an abundance of animals( 2 cats, 1 dog, 4 rabbits, 3 goats 2 mini horses, and a full-sized horse) I’m also a new ish dad. My little girl just turned one a few days ago.
I’ll start from the beginning. Last November me and my girlfriend were driving about 3 hours away from home for a horse convention. Everything was just a normal day unti we were on our way home. We pulled over to grab a few snacks and switch seats so she drove the rest of the way home. I had fallen asleep for maybe about 30 minutes or so. I won’t up to my ear drum on the ride side was feeling like it would Tense up real quick then release. Didn’t really bother me just found it odd.( I do already have ear problems and just figured I was just over tired) made it back home everything was fine, went to bed. The next the a few hours into the day my ear drum did it again but it was on the left and a little more pronounced. Again thought nothing of it and went on with my day. So that was day 2 on day 3 I went to work as usual was fine all day. Then came home jumped in the shower, about half way threw I noticed my ears felt full one after the other. It was very weird. At first I thought I had water in them but no mater what I did it would not go away. I came out of the shower and was holding my daughter on the couch with my head tilted on the arm rest. Not even 5 minutes and my normal tinnitus( self inflicted) sky rocketed to 10/10. This lasted for about 2 weeks. Then I made an a point meant moth my pcp. She diagnosed me with ETD. Went back and forth for 3 months with my doctor trying to figure something out. In that time I had a few more symptoms show up.(I’ll list all my symptoms down below) made an appointment with an ent but that was 3 months out. So ended up talking to my dentist and had regular X-rays done and a cleaning. She stated my bite looked good. Slight over bite very minor. And have full range of motion in my jaw. Ended up getting a night guard. The night guard did nothing for me if anything it made it worse. I ended up going to a rmk specialist who took a panoramic X-ray, he felt my jaw said I had tense neck muscles. He ended up giving me a quick split and said if I didn’t feel better then i would need pt. So tried the splint for a week. Still no change. The specialist had called me by the end of the first week and asked if it was any better. After telling him it felt the same he suggested his pt dr. I opted out because I didn’t have anymore money to spend on something that I don’t even have a clear diagnosis on. Went back to my pcp still waiting for my ent appointment. She gave me prednisone and after a few days I was finally able to some what release pressure from my ears. A few weeks went by still had all sorts of problems. Saw the ent. Ended up with a tiny cut in the worse side and felt a lot of the pressure disappear but was still in pain. At the following appointment I discussed with him that I was also getting this weird sinus pressure issue and my nose would get stuffed up randomly durning the day. It was never on both sides but either one side or the other. Went and did a nasal rinse with steroids for about a month. Seamed to help the fullness for a bit then slowly got worse again. And that brings me to here. I have another appointment with the ent again in august and am just trying to figure out what is going on. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I know people on here are not doctors but you guys know way more about this then I do. I’ll list all the symptoms in order Spence I got them and a close up of my panoramic X-ray that I had received today after calling the specialist.
Ear drum tensed
Ear fullness
Loud tinnitus
Jaw pain
Ear pain
Tense neck
Numbness under ear/jaw
Random muscle spasms on temple, neck, lips
Intermittent sharp pain by tonsil area on left side when swallowing or burping. Doesn’t happen all the time
Feels better when eating
Sinus pressure/ stuffy ness
Pressure around eyes
Blurry vision
When waking up I sometimes get like these weird spikes like something pulses in my head
Can feel/ hear my heart beat when laying down on a pillow
Random tooth pain on the left side
Here are both right and left panoramic