Bad earaches for 2 months the cause is weird..

Both of my ears have been extremely painful, especially when  bending down. The pressure is unbearable. Went to a GP and he checked my ears and said they look fine. Must be Eustachian Tube problem. He gave me amoxicillin and steroid nose spray. It hasn't helped at all. He said it could be allergic  reaction to something. That's when it occurred to me that I had cleaned out my mealworm raising trays the day before I started having earaches. I've raised mealworms to feed Bluebirds for years.The mealworms live in uncooked oatmeal and I feed them organic baby carrots. their poop is called frass and it's kind of like an orangey dry, dusty substance. I sifted all the mealworks out and put the frass in a container (about 3 lbs  of it) to put on the plants in my garden. I normally do this on the deck but it was raining and I wantrd to get it done. I didn't wear my respirator. BIG mistake. I must have inhaled a bunch of dust because this all started the next day. I'm 90% sure it was the frass dust (I've read from mealworm growers that it has 17 allergens in it) but I've been taking Claritin, switching off with Benadryl for weeks and my ears are as  bad or worse then in the beginning.The pain is going down my jaw and into my neck on both sides and I have a  constant headache. Should I try going to an ENT? Or and allergist? I hate doctors and don't want the runaround and unnecessary tests. Any ideas? Sick of living like this.

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