?Meniere's Disease?

Question

I am being checked out for meniere's disease. I just had 2 episodes of vertigo. besides that -white noise and days where i just feel queasy and a bit off kilter. I am afraid it will be meniere's which leads to hearing impairment. Has anyone been diagnosed? How did you have your first symptoms. Has anyone had episodes of viertigo and tinnitus and have it be nothing? I am VERY worried and starting to obsess. Help get me off this tilt o' whirl!

I am getting an ENG did it induce an eposode for you? Anything like diet changes that can help? My 3kids are 2, 5& 6yrs and even a mild day can be hard for me. The meclozone just makes me want to sleep. I'm 34 and this has come out of no where! Thanks for letting me vent. I'll get thru it and it won't kill me at least!

Answer 1

I have Meniere's - diagnosed about 14 years ago. For me, it started with being really dizzy upon awakening, or getting out of bed. Ear pain and ear being blocked for a while. I haven't had any hearing loss - at least, not that I know of. Interestingly, a brother in law of mine was diagnosed several years ago, and has had a lot of hearing loss. He is about 10 years older than I am, though I don't know if that is a factor.
Mine is a moderate case, I guess. At first, I was taking a medication called Sert (not sure of spelling), was on it for almost two years, but it did nothing for me. It did do my brother in law some good, though, so one can never tell.
I would say the first few years, my "bouts" weren't that frequent - they were manageable and I could go about my normal life; it was more of an inconvenience to be dizzy just sometimes. However, about six years ago, the bouts were more serious - happening more frequently and lasting more than a few days. Had to stay home and hold onto those walls. Sometimes I would be throwing up from being so dizzy and queasy. Then for some reason, the last few years the occasions have been less frequent.
So, like all conditions, things depend upon the person and can vary. For me, I know it will be coming because I'll get sharp stabs of pain in my right ear, then sometimes the left, and it's a good warning for me of what will be upcoming. My husband and son help me make light of my dizziness, and how silly I look sometimes around the house when I'm unbalanced. I guess I've been lucky in a way that I'm a stay at home mom, and don't have to worry about how this would affect my working life - and I don't have to drive if I'm dizzy.
Good luck - and just get all the information you can from your specialist.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I was diagnosed with Meniere's disease back in 1980. I was fine
when I went to bed and when I tried to get out of bed the next
morning, wow......it's like someone pushed me over...or even
a bad hangover, the room was spinning, I felt no pain but I
sure had to vomit.....I laid back down and the feeling went away.

I was prescribed motion sickness medication, took it as prescribed
and was better in a few days......etiology not known and for a
few years I had similar episodes but knew exactly what to do.

I could never put my fingers on what precipitated these
episodes, and they lasted for many years although very
infrequently. I haven't had a attack since the mid-90s.

My hearing is OK although I am in my 60's and assume It can
about from aging.....a little hearing loss......My husband and
my children call it "selective hearing" and we all joke about it.

don't stress out, all will be find if you rest during an episode.
do not do any driving, or operate any dangerous materials.

Hon. don't be frightened. do see your Dr. as planned. good luck

Answer 4

A friend of mine had that disease. Technically she still has it, but no longer suffers from it because she had an operation to sever the nerve that runs from one of her ears to her brain. That is the cure for an extreme case. Hopefully yours will not be as bad as her case, if you have it at all. The operation does cure it, tho she is now deaf in that ear. She considers it well worth it. She lives a happy, normal life now.