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It really made me laugh. I will not get the denile letter in hand until Monday. Then I will go to work and see if I can teach them a little math.

BTDT. After $500 in tests they said I was dizzy.

I was at my remote cabin- 50 miles from the boat landing and another 140 from Fairbanks when it hit. 2 days later I was well enough to navigate... It wasn't all that much fun.

Was so bad I could not sit on a chair and kept falling off. The floor kept trying to throw me off too...

In my case, it was this: (tho it could be a brain stem tumor, or several other things):

In our inner ears we have tiny hairs, to which are attached little carbonate (limestone) spicules, which help determine our sense of balance Some of mine broke loose and were just banging around in there....

They said it could take up to 6 months to go away, but it was only a couple weeks. And nothing like that first couple days...

Good luck.

same here.... the meclizine didn't do a thing for me... just took a little time. first time is scary because you don't know whats going on... after that, just a nuisance.

Wife had it several years back and the Dr's said it was in inner ear infection.
Now I get the same same thing once every cupple months. Mine usuall only lasts one day. Must have caught it from her.

Virgil B.

Yes my hearing is ok

Sometimes Meniere's disease-which is only one of the potential causes- shows up WITHOUT bad hearing loss. My wife has had it for 6 years now; bilaterally since last winter. If it's that, you don't get over it. You just get used to it, and it "might" go away sometime. It can become a new normal, though you're stuck with plenty of misery. The front line stuff- LOW SODIUM, including all sodium stuff preservatives, not just salt. MANGANESE supplement- not magnesium- can work small wonders, though docs here don't seem to get it, just in Europe. Avoiding bright a/o fluorescent light, crowds of people, too much TV, whatever stimuli seem to bother. Drugs in my wife's life include
valium to leave the house, triamterene daily, and the most unexpected thing we'd never have tried without desperation- little lemon drops laced with 10mg of THC. Yep, pot drops. One of the best tools of all, and I voted against it when it passed.
Those who say it has no medical value are wrong, period.
Good luck to you. I hope it will turn out to be different, in your case.

Meniere's is why I asked if he had a hearing test. He did not answer, just said it was OK. But I more I find out about Meniere's the more I find they don't know. Otolaryngologists all have different decisive definitions of what is and what isn't. Two have said my hearing loss is classic Meniere's and two say it isn't anything like classic Meniere's. Some say it is not Meniere's without the rapid eye movement, others say that is not always the case. Same with ear pressure and the length of the attacks, if they last less than four hours it is not an attack. In my mind it you have to sit down to keep from falling over it is an attack. Biggest bag of worms I have experienced.

Yeah, it manifests differently in almost everybody. Almost think it's hard to get a diagnosis because patients don't want to admit it, just like doctors don't. Ran into several people who went the whole route; wouldn't say or believe until Mayo, or whomever they couldn't argue with, anymore. But my Mrs. has a pretty good life, after years of learning about it, only about 1/3 of her time is spent struggling. It takes knowing your limitations and acceptance, to live your best with it.

The doctors argue about what it is but in reality it makes no difference at all to me. It has changed my life and so far there has been no treatment that makes any noticeable difference. I have to walk to get somewhere or have my wife drive me, you do NOT want me driving. So, I make adjustments. If I start to feeling sorry for myself I go the the VA Hospital and just look around. I walk away feeling pretty lucky that this is all I have to deal with. I still have all my arms and legs, I can see and hear with my hearing aids, and even though some here might argue the point I still have my mind.

ok I have never had it, I have some relatives who have had it before. BUT I had a tech here in August helping me install some software and he has it and during our install he had a attack.

he has a APP he downloaded on his ipad and he uses ear buds to play it, the app has sound adjustments, one thing I heard him say was " he has to set the gamma settings" so that both ears begin to hear the same type of humming noise, about 25 min of that and it goes away, I wish I knew the name of the APP - he swears by it - he's a very bright young man, lots of knowledge

I look for it. Thanks.

Scott, I am seeing an ear,nose and throat specialist on Monday. Hopefully get this all sorted out then. I will certainly post the results. I have a friend with Meniere's hope it isn't that.

I hope you don't have Meniere's too. There is no nown cure for Meniere's. Lots of other thins can cause your problem that can be cured or at least treated.

�Vertigo� Great movie...Kim Novak

As an audioprosthologist I often see such symptoms in patients; I immediately refer them to an ENT for correct diagnosis and treatment.

Meniere's is a possibility, but it often is accompanied by fluctuating hearing and nausea. It could also be labrynthitis which is an infection of the inner ear.

And yes, some of the otolythic crystals can get out of whack and run amok. A good ENT will quickly and accurately diagnose the problem. Sometimes it is as simple as a low-sodium diet.

Best of luck to you.....it is quite unsettling.

Saw an audialigist today. It was supposed to be a 2hr test. He figured it out in an hour. My right ear has suffered damage in the balance mechanism most likely due to a virus. The difference between balance of both ears caused the vertigo. The amazing human brain has compensated for the imbalance and the effects have pretty much gone away. I am so far back to normal. Thank you all for the replys. I am very relieved.

good to hear that.

That is great news!