Rushing fluid sound in back of neck by base of skull

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I have a 7mm mca aneurysm and I am waiting for my second meeting with a neurosurgeon. Over the last six weeks I have had a fluid rushing sound in the back of my neck at the base of my skull. No vision changes, no headache at that time just a sound I hear that makes me nervous and lasts for between 1 and 3 seconds. I have also been getting headaches for about three weeks now and have never had headaches in my life but did recently start taking 10 mg of Lexapro. I am 26 years old and have no symptoms except for the headaches. They are sometimes extremely short and painfull and some are long and dull. Should I see someone before the 30th which is my next appt. or wait. The aneurysm was found after I had a splitting headache while at work that only lasted about 30 seconds and that was 2 days after I started the Lexapro so the aneurysm may not even be causing the symptoms. What questions should I ask this neurosurgeon that I am going to see. I was referred to him after another neurosurgeon said that coil embolization is something I should look into brfore a clipping. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give on this subject.

[HongKongPhooey]

I would say stop worrying about it, it’s very normal everyone gets it, because everyone has spinal fluid.  It's a bit like the momentary ringing in your ears that disappears when you yawn or swallow.  That is just the way we are built.  Enjoy your life!

[nikki0617]

I'm 29 and experience the same fizzing sensation at the base of my skull.  This happens as I'm laying down and usually lasts about 5 seconds or so.  I've experienced the sensation for about a year and a half now, I think.  Recently, I've experienced uncontrollable twitching of my right eyelid; and I occasionally get woken up with intense headaches in the same area as the fizzing sound.  I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm thinking about seeing a doctor.  

[MrChicken]

I am a 37 year old male who was diagnosed w/ MS two years ago. That was about the same time I noticed the fluid sound at the base of my skull. My initial attack was a lesion on my c-spine so I thought that maybe the lesion was somehow restricting the flow of spinal fluid. I mentioned it to my neurologist and he felt it was more likely nerves misfiring or something to that affect. Still sounds like fluid to me. Hope for everyone's sake on this page that it's not related to MS but the timeline was coincidental for me.

[coocoo30]

i was wondering if any of you have any stress going on in your lives. i have an extreme amount of stress. i find myself cracking my neck alot because of it. about a year ago i started to hear the squirting noise. it happened only once in awhile but just recently i have been hearing it more standing up sitting down driving. i get no other symptoms from it just the noise. the heavier i got from the stress and the more my neck hurts and i crack it the more i hear it. i am also out of shape and gained some extra weight i don't really want so i was just wondering if it could be stress related. i have as well said something to the instructors at the medical school i was going to and they looked at me like i need to go back to sleep. oh yeah thats another thing i go to sleep at like 3am and wake up around  any wheres between 8-10am. i am a single mom of four and my kiddies can be a handful. everyday they have me stressed(everyday). do anybody think it can be related to stress..

[KayJayFour]

I am 24 yrs old. I have had the same sound/feeling at the base of my head since i was 15. I started noticing at after i had a real bad cough and the back right side of my head hurt really bad after a violent cough. I kind of just assumed the sound was normal until asking a few friends. I never really thought too much about it. Lately it has been a lot more "active" i guess. I too can hear a little "squirt" every time i take a step. I am more concerned about it now because the pain in the back right side of my head is increasing and has lasted for 3 days now. I've had an MRI done when i was 18 and they said I was ok. I didn't think to mention the fluid sound at the time though.

I'm not surprised to find other people with the same thing. I am however surprised that some Doctors don't take it seriously or don't know what it is.

I have no insurance. If this persists I am going to the ER. I just don't want to get the funny looks like I'm crazy

[gjschultz]

Wow. Amazing how many other people feel this. I have since I can remember. I also have controlled hypertension and always a lot of stress but to be honest, this symptom seems to stand alone. Looking at all the people here and what they have commented about it really does appear as if it may be unrelated to any of our other symptoms.

I am really baffled. If anyone ever figures out what this is, please make sure you post here.

Thanks and good luck all! Bright Blessings!