Question: I have high blood pressure. My doctor is trying to bring it down. I am taking several blood pressure meds. Though my bp is getting better, it's already taken 8 months. A problem for me is I can hear loud sounds, like squish, squish in my head. It sounds exactly like blood pressure. These sounds have gone away after several weeks of medication. However the sounds I hear on the right side of my neck have not gone away and occasionally bother me. It worries me (Also I do not think my doctor believes me.) I worry that my carotid artery on the right side is having some trouble and that I may have a stroke soon. Two questions: has any other person(s) ever heard these sounds? And could this be leading up to a stroke? Vi

You must have misread my question. I do not have ringing in the ear. I do not hear any sounds in my ear and I have perfect hearing. I can hear my blood pressure in my head...loudly. I can hear the blood pressure in my neck...clearly. I hear it in my head, not my ear.If I had ringing in my ear, I would have asked my doctor about it. The sound I hear is NOT a ringing. It is the sound blood pressure makes when it is amplified. My current BP is anywhere from 139/109 to 148/88 to 123/71 to 177/89. Meds are Bystolic,10mg.,Losartin HCTZ 100 12.5 and Amlodipine Beselate 2.5mg. No hearing loss and yes I sleep well with Ambien. I do not know of having any tests for ringing in the ear since I don't have that. I am aware that people don't talk of hearing their own blood coursing through their veins, but truly I do. In my head. And I am not crazy...just an ordinary person. I want to know if this signifies a coming stroke?