buzzing in ears, may be something to do with neck?
Hi all. Reading some of the posts in this community has encouraged me to write my experience, and maybe someone can help/share similar experiences.
Last year, I experienced a buzzing sound in my ears (at the time, I thought it was both my ears). The sound would come and go, but it was not loud enough to bother me. I could play music or a show in the background, and it wouldn't really faze me. In December 2025, it started to get more frequent and louder. In February 2026, I saw an ENT specialist and was told it was tinnitus that I would just have to live with forever.
Since then, I have noticed my tinnitus becoming even MORE frequent (I would even experience full days of the buzzing sound) and it has become LOUDER than it was before. I have also noticed that the movement of my neck affected how the tinnitus would sound. Moving it side to side would either stop the buzzing, make the buzzing louder, or it would increase a low-pitched buzzing sound (and sometimes a very high-pitched buzzing sound). Moving it up or down would do the same; moving it down would make it 10x louder (also, I started to notice two different pitches of buzzing, and I believe it is only in my left ear).
One night, I decided to massage my neck before bed to see if it would change anything (because I wake up many times throughout the night over how loud the buzzing noise is). I started to press down on certain areas and noticed one area that I would hold down, and the buzzing sound would disappear instantly. It's like where you hold down on the left side of your neck to take your pulse. I really mean it when I say the buzzing sound went away the moment I pressed down on my neck (COMPLETELY gone, not even a faint buzzing sound). The moment I stopped holding on to that part of the neck, it came back immediately, then I held down again, GONE, stopped holding on, BACK. I also noticed that the rhythm of the buzzing sound follows the rhythm of my pulse. I have NO idea what this is, my doctors are just as confused as I am and have set me up to do some CT scans (which will be in 2 months since it's not an emergency). Has anyone experienced this? Has anyone heard of anything like this???? The noise has been so hard to handle; it's taking over my hearing in my left ear at this point. I'm a student, and I work part-time; it's insanely hard to go on like this. The only time when I can find some relief is when I press on that part of my neck.
Note: I also noticed that when I sleep on my right side its so loud, and when I sleep on my left side, it disappears completely or is quieter. I do think lying down/sleeping makes it worse as its pretty bad in the mornings too.