damn dawg, scalp issues suck. i had one too but no idea what it was still. it's gone. might have been psoriaris or something. itchy patches that scab up, one night i must have scratched so hard when half asleep, i woke up with legit blood stains on my pillow and dried blood in my hair because i went so hard on it while being barely conscious.
i mean i'm in germany, so i can't compare how competent average docs are from here to the us, but with me they always used to downplay everything about the tinnitus/noise. i was pretty afraid it could be something worse, like aneurysm, blood pressure issues, tumor, chronic infection, but pretty much every doc is like "nah, it's probably harmless, i'm not gonna do tests. if this is cancer or something, you'd probably be dead by now. so it's probably just something chronic for the rest of your life. just deal with it. that is all. good day!" like they didn't even check blood pressure and stuff, it's crazy.
to the point where i distrusted medicals so much that i straight didn't go to a doc for almost two years because i felt they were shitting me until this and various other things gone much worse. luckily i found a professional who is more understanding and seems motivated to find out what the fuck is going on.
i'm happy i'm insured, but that insurance can also lead to them not sending you to an mri because that shit is expensive and not necessarily covered, unless they are pretty sure they will find something, which kind of defeats the purpose. i am eligible for a big checkup now though at age 35, so i hope to get that done in spring. but i am terribly afraid. i have so many little gnarly things about my body i'm concerned about that i'm almost paranoid by now and always suspect they find something is wrong with me. i have also a small surgery on hold rn due to covid. shit sucks.