Hi there

I am sorry that you have had such a fright. It must have been very scary for you not knowing what caused your symptoms.

I am not a doctor, and I don't know what caused the noise that you heard (or saying that it wasn't what you have been thinking) .....but.....when an aneurysm bursts, most people describe it as the worst headache they ever had (or even imagined) in their life - sometimes accompanied by visual disturbances, extreme nausea, vomiting, confusion, dizziness, loss of consciousness, loss of speech and sometimes loss of bowel/bladder function.

Of course, anything out of the ordinary needs to be checked out, and it will set your mind at rest. Do you have a family history of aneurysms? That doesn't necessarily matter, but something else to consider.

Hopefully the 'pop' was something simple like some fluid in your Eustachian tubes (ear canal) - that can make a popping noise, or a fuzzy kind of static of short-circuiting sound.

Get it checked and let me know how you get on.

Regards