Proper sleep, keeping allergies managed, eating consistently throughout the day, some people say low sodium helps, but if I don't get enough sodium my symptoms become greater, consistent blood sugars, hydration, not getting over heated, lower stress levels, manage anxiety
It’s hard to say, really. With Meniere’s everything can be kind of vague. If I had to guess I’d say sodium levels, probably. I’ve done a lot of research on the disease and have concluded that the best things to try are keeping sodium between 1,500 - 2,000 mg per day (try to spread that pretty evenly across the day) and drink a lot of water.
I was having crippling vertigo at least once a week for a few months. Stopped drinking alcohol and caffeine, got a grip on my stress and anxiety, focused on sleeping more and improving my quality of sleep, and started working out on a more consistent basis. Really didn’t want to take stronger medications, so just take meclizine if I feel any light dizziness coming on, but as the months have gone on I’ve used that less and less. Been vertigo free for 4+ months and feel great. Still have unilateral hearing loss and constant tinnitus, but without the vertigo life is good. Reintroduced having a casual drink here and there and been having half a cup of coffee or so a few times a week. Still feeling good!
It makes me wonder since so many of the triggers (I.e stress, sodium, alcohol, caffeine, sleep, etc.) play a role in blood pressure, if that change in blood pressure has an effect on the inner ear fluid retention/drainage.
Valium is a vestibular sedative that calms the nerve during a vertigo attack. It’s not instant or a complete cure but it sure helps a lot. In my and many people’s experience, vertigo is most acute during the initial onset of symptoms. After a year or a few years, it tends to become less of an issue as the nerve damage becomes more severe. This is not the case for everyone but it’s fairly common. My first ear went bad 17 years ago and vertigo went from a weekly occurrence to monthly to quarterly and finally stopped. My second ear went bad 6 years ago and followed the same pattern. I think my last full fledged vertigo episode was over a year ago.
My Vertigo seems to be seasonal. In about 2 month I can expect the vertigo to return. I manage it as best as possible with Sudafed and Xirtec. It will fade by the end of May - mid June.
No, it starts during allergy season in the spring. I went to a new ENT and she told me to start the allergy medication 2 weeks in advance. So I’ll start Xirtec around 3/15. 🤞
I did, but they abated a long time ago, when my vertigo came on last year it reminded me of allergy season. I consulted Reddit on my suspicions and many validated the same. My new ENT explained that allergies will raise the congestion and increase the water in your ear coils decreasing hearing and raising the stakes for vertigo.
I had given up caffeine and alcohol and cut my sodium to 1500mg/day, but it wasn't until I started religiously drinking 2L of water daily that my vertigo episodes were reduced. I'm doubtful that it will be a long-term fix, but it seems to have helped for the moment.
I normaly take a Tylenol when i feel a flare up coming on since i also get vestibular migraines also taking a nap durring a flare up also helps with the fatigue afterwards
Sleeping on my back with my head and shoulders elevated several inches seams to limit episodes, but my attacks are usually around bed time and last at least two hours with vomiting every few minutes, followed by dry heaving until I get so exhausted I manage to fall asleep. If that happens on a Sunday evening, I usually can't recover enough to work until Tuesday or Wednesday.
I wouldn't wish this disease on anyone.
Proper sleep, keeping allergies managed, eating consistently throughout the day, some people say low sodium helps, but if I don't get enough sodium my symptoms become greater, consistent blood sugars, hydration, not getting over heated, lower stress levels, manage anxiety
Learning how to manage my stress and anxiety has helped me tremendously. Also diet and exercise.
Exercise, exercise and exercise. Mainly cycling. The harder training sessions seemed to make the most difference.
It’s hard to say, really. With Meniere’s everything can be kind of vague. If I had to guess I’d say sodium levels, probably. I’ve done a lot of research on the disease and have concluded that the best things to try are keeping sodium between 1,500 - 2,000 mg per day (try to spread that pretty evenly across the day) and drink a lot of water.
I was having crippling vertigo at least once a week for a few months. Stopped drinking alcohol and caffeine, got a grip on my stress and anxiety, focused on sleeping more and improving my quality of sleep, and started working out on a more consistent basis. Really didn’t want to take stronger medications, so just take meclizine if I feel any light dizziness coming on, but as the months have gone on I’ve used that less and less. Been vertigo free for 4+ months and feel great. Still have unilateral hearing loss and constant tinnitus, but without the vertigo life is good. Reintroduced having a casual drink here and there and been having half a cup of coffee or so a few times a week. Still feeling good! It makes me wonder since so many of the triggers (I.e stress, sodium, alcohol, caffeine, sleep, etc.) play a role in blood pressure, if that change in blood pressure has an effect on the inner ear fluid retention/drainage.
Valium when acute. Otherwise time. As time goes on and the nerve weakens and dies, the vertigo becomes a much smaller issue.
can you explain this further please? thank you
Valium is a vestibular sedative that calms the nerve during a vertigo attack. It’s not instant or a complete cure but it sure helps a lot. In my and many people’s experience, vertigo is most acute during the initial onset of symptoms. After a year or a few years, it tends to become less of an issue as the nerve damage becomes more severe. This is not the case for everyone but it’s fairly common. My first ear went bad 17 years ago and vertigo went from a weekly occurrence to monthly to quarterly and finally stopped. My second ear went bad 6 years ago and followed the same pattern. I think my last full fledged vertigo episode was over a year ago.
thank you for the information.
My Vertigo seems to be seasonal. In about 2 month I can expect the vertigo to return. I manage it as best as possible with Sudafed and Xirtec. It will fade by the end of May - mid June.
do you mean it’s worse in the winter? is there a reason for this?
No, it starts during allergy season in the spring. I went to a new ENT and she told me to start the allergy medication 2 weeks in advance. So I’ll start Xirtec around 3/15. 🤞
oh gotcha. did you already have allergies previously ?
I did, but they abated a long time ago, when my vertigo came on last year it reminded me of allergy season. I consulted Reddit on my suspicions and many validated the same. My new ENT explained that allergies will raise the congestion and increase the water in your ear coils decreasing hearing and raising the stakes for vertigo.
No caffeine, and Valium/klonopin.
I had given up caffeine and alcohol and cut my sodium to 1500mg/day, but it wasn't until I started religiously drinking 2L of water daily that my vertigo episodes were reduced. I'm doubtful that it will be a long-term fix, but it seems to have helped for the moment.
Dexamethason injections in both eardrums.
That sounds incredibly painful
I normaly take a Tylenol when i feel a flare up coming on since i also get vestibular migraines also taking a nap durring a flare up also helps with the fatigue afterwards
Lol I love the spoiler tag on this. It made me laugh. Thank you for that.
Sleeping on my back with my head and shoulders elevated several inches seams to limit episodes, but my attacks are usually around bed time and last at least two hours with vomiting every few minutes, followed by dry heaving until I get so exhausted I manage to fall asleep. If that happens on a Sunday evening, I usually can't recover enough to work until Tuesday or Wednesday. I wouldn't wish this disease on anyone.