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I feel like I should know this by now but my health anxiety is getting the best of me.
Lately my head has felt really heavy and today I got lightheaded. My ears have been ringing and my left one felt full yesterday. Ugh.
The lightheadedness scared me today. I thought I was going to pass out I even got hot and sweaty. Is that unusual?
Thanks y'all.
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Joanne10000 Hayhue
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Hayhue Joanne10000
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Yes mine comes and goes as well! Glad I'm not alone.
pat99554 Hayhue
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Hayhue pat99554
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That's what I've been trying to tell myself as well lol
liz11458 Hayhue
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Hi hay hue yes it's normal. But horrid. I think we try our best to not rely on medication but at times we have too. The trouble is the body takes longer to adapt as its senses are numbed. I too have moments where I think I'm falling and grab onto something. At night I got sweats and light flashes through my head when trying to sleep, I'm 7months now and decided to end medication I take vertifree it's a herb med. I exercise and don't watch too much tv sleep with 3 pillows
Hayhue liz11458
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I don't take any medicine either. I guess we just have to deal with it.
Bluesmann liz11458
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cherylgold Bluesmann
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liz11458 Bluesmann
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Hi yes I find it is helpful. I came off my medication two weeks ago and just relied on this. I found though when I do lots of activity or watch too much tv which makes it worse then Cinnazine (travel sickness) tablet works wonders. So no need for headache tablets. I just take one table of 15mg and I thought it would knock me out and it didn't me shaking head slowed down and felt much better and less sick. Some may need more others may need less but I felt betahistamine just made my headaches worse after a while and who wants to be on medication long term? The Vastibular exercises are tough to do but keep doing them and say to yourself I'm not giving in to this. I think with our conditons it can make us have panic and anxiety attacks with depression and boy have I had loads of them. I now go out for a walk or slow jog and cycle and if my head is thumping or I feel dizzy after take the vertifree and if too bad then cinnazine. Keep TV to a minimal and artifical lighting. Pillows high when needed too. Hope this helps
liz11458 cherylgold
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Hi Vertifree is a combination of herbs that help the vestibular areas of the brain. Lots of reviews rate it so worth a try. I take it 3 times a day and more if my conditon is worse which touch wood hasn't been too bad over the last few weeks. Cinnazine is a travel sickness tablet and that works really well so try that. You can get it from a chemist try one dose first and see how you go. It stops sickness really fast. Hope that helps
Bluesmann cherylgold
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I believe it's an herb someone gave me a bottle of it I will check and let you know
cherylgold Bluesmann
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cherylgold Hayhue
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Have you been diagnosed with Meniere's disease? Anxiety is a big part of Meniere's disease knowing that an attack is coming on and can worsen the attack.
Typically MD is a diseases in one ear. But tinnitus can be in both ears. The dizziness the vertigo the nausea lightheadedness cloudiness is all apart of Meniere's disease that causes the vertigo and in turn causes all these symptoms.
If you have not been to an ENT yet you should go and they will probably send you for MRI'S with and without contrast to rule out any tumors or anything else going on in the inner ear. Once you've done that I would suggest that you go to a specialist at one of the universities if you have been diagnosed with Meniere's disease. They can do further treatment on you that a regular ent cannot do. You may have to go to a neurologist prior to the specialist ENT because that's what your doctor will probably recommend. Meniere's disease is a day by day hour-by-hour minute-by-minute disease that's hard to predict when the attacks will happen. They really don't know the reason or the cause and they really don't have a cure. But there is protocol that they do to try and help some people. Good luck I've been dealing with this disease for a long time with some breaks in between. But this past year has been constant and I am now on diuretics and have had steroid injections in my inner ear and I am on a 1500 milligram or less sodium diet a day to keep the sodium in my body down due to the fullness in the inner ear with fluid. I do follow a specialist at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He does have me on anxiety meds that help break the attacks when I feel one coming on. I hope the best for you.... please keep us updated.
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Hayhue cherylgold
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Yes, I have been diagnosed with MD by a neurotologist. Both of my ears are affected but my left is affected more so. That's the one that was full.
cherylgold Hayhue
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That's typical of the left here being the one that is affected with Meniere's disease. Mine just happens to be there right I guess I'm an oddball.
If you have done all the pre testing ,etc then I would suggest that if you are having problems and still cannot get it under control you go to your nearest top-of-the-line specialist and perhaps a good University that teaches ENT to new doctors in Residence. They have the wherewithal on the different types of testing and protocol for procedures that they can perform to possibly help you. Where do you live? That may determine where you can go.
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Lizzie1453 cherylgold
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Not alone, mine is the right with 20% hearing, the other is perfect hearing. I can trace the problem with my right ear back to a heavy cold many years ago which left me a bit deaf. A few years later I asked to get it syringed and was told there was nothing to syringe and the tube was blocked. It didn't bother me but I used ear plugs when I went swimming as otherwise it filled full of water and drained away in my pillow at night .
Hayhue cherylgold
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The doctor I saw is a professor of otolaryngology, neurology, bioengineering, and physical therapy at a top medical University in my state. He was the top of the top in the South Western area of my state (where I reside). He's also director of balance disorders at the Univeritys medical center.
I do think I found a pretty good one. I am unable to take a diuretic, though, as I'm allergic to sulfa so I have to stick to low salt only.
Thank you for your input tho!!
cherylgold Hayhue
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Good for you! Sounds like you are in very good hands!
Drinking lots of clear fluid like water will also help flush the sodium from your system.
Best of luck to you! It's a horrible disease to have to live with .