As someone who has suffered from excruciating ear pain for many years, I thought I might share how I finally got rid of it.
I don't know if you want all the details of my journey... if you do just let me know. In the meantime I'll just share with you the last stop of my journey: I removed gluten and dairy from my diet. Bingo! I have been following this diet - STRICTLY- since May 2006, and have had ONLY TWO reoccurrences of the old familiar ear pain: once, when I ate something that had gluten in it, and I only found out later. The second time, when I had general anesthesia for a surgical procedure, and god knows what else went into that IV, it probably contained either gluten or dairy cuz I had that old familiar ear pain that lasted 2 days.
Motrin never helped to relieve the pain, even in double doses. But removing the inflammatory foods did the trick!
I am so sorry for your pain; I hope you find relief from this agony soon!