Ear popping - Ear, Nose & Throat Message Board

ilovepinkhair · 12-04-2007, 12:35 AM

Ever since i got anxiety disorder I found that i could pop and crack my ears. It doesn't hurt but i do it constantly and i freak out when i can't pop them. Also on occasion i notice when i pop them sometimes my hearing heightens. I don't have to full open my mouth i just bend my jaw a certain way and i can pop them. What i want to know is this normal or do i have something wrong with my ears? also i will admit i have cleaned my ears out with q-tip and bobby pin but not to far into the ear. I know it's bad but my ears get clogged so badly.

medina2007 · 01-06-2008, 11:46 PM

Hello there,

I think i know what you mean with the ear popping. However i have had that since i was a kid. Does that means i have had anxiety since then!? I hope not

... i do the ear popping too to balance out my hearing because sometimes my ears on their own get unbalanced. The reason i got on this board is because right now i have my right ear blocked with earwax, i think. I woke up like that 2 days ago and no getting better. I have tried the earwax removal kit but it didn't work at all. Right now i'm moving my jaw a lot and yawning too to try to unblock the ear... Anyway just wanted to tell you that i know what ear popping is and i too know all about the jaw movement tricks

. I don't think is a normal thing but assuming you have read the board you can see a lot of people suffer from ear related stuff.

medina

MrsLinda · 01-16-2008, 01:18 PM

Hi there.....doing that "jaw thing right now" as a result of congestion. I have had issues with my ears for years including allergies. Unfortunately, I too freak if I can't "pop" my ears. I don't know why but I just do.

I'm getting over bronchitis and it has caused some congestion and while my ears are not clogged, I do feel some pressure. If it wasn't for the anti-biotic he had me on I think I could have really run into some problems. So for the past three days I've been walking around making all these faces in an attempt to "releive the pressure" in the ears. But I also realize that this is temporary and at least I can hear; they're not plugged. I'm taking Sudafed which does help. But not the Sudafed PE. I bring my i.d. and get the one they keep behind the counter. That works best for me. In addition the doctor gave me Astelin spray which works well. I'm seeing him tomorrow for a follow up to the bronchitis and I'll let him know about the pressure.

Hang in there....