Ear pain is the worst pain I have known. I was literally banging my head against a brick wall, it was so bad.
The pain was totally untouched by Mum's Distalgesics and I dared not nick anything stronger.
I found some local anaesthetic ear drops in the medicine cabinet, which I'd learned were a Bad Thing, but I used them anyway. Bliss, instant relief!
I was a 22 year old student at the time.
A few years later, I treated a colleague, who was on duty, with a few drops of local anaesthetic plus appropriate antibiotics. He was a very happy man when he left the department and felt fit to continue working.
I am told local anaesthetics on inflamed eardrums are Norty and increase the chance of perforation.
I think very strong painkillers are needed for a bad earache but a few surreptitious drops of lignocaine mean you can knock out the pain but keep the patient alert.
Get well soon.
I sympathise!