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Help- First time vertigo

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zsanders1
zsanders1

I had an inner ear infection a little over a month ago. ever since the infection my ear has fealt full. I had an MRI and everything came back normal. I have had 2 full blown vertigo attacks within the past 6 weeks. I don't have any ringing in my ears nor any hearing loss. I have never had any ear problems before. Is this a sign of meniers disease? what are the first sign of symptoms someone has when they get this disease?

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  • melissa04000
    melissa04000 zsanders1

    Posted

    How long was the vertigo episodes? 
    • zsanders1
      zsanders1 melissa04000

      Posted

      the first episode lasted a couple days(2-3 days). last weeks episode lasted 1 day but there was 1-2 days of after effects where I ame extremtly tired and feel motion sick
  • melissa04000
    melissa04000 zsanders1

    Posted

    Could be menieres or migraines. Even if you don't have headaches you could have migraines. I would speak to a dr

  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 zsanders1

    Posted

    The symptoms are most likely a result of the inner ear infection that you mentioned that affected the nerve near there or its receptors related to balance.  The absence of hearing loss or ringing means that the cochlear (hearing) nerve has not been infected.This is not Meniere's disease.  Do we continue to improve following the infection?

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • zsanders1
      zsanders1 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Yes I have improved. my ear infection went away several weeks ago. the vertigo happend 4 days after the infection had went away. Ever since the infection my ear has felt full. When I exericse I feel like it might trigger the vertigo. I still feel off and about 75 percent but the ENT said nothing is wrong. It's just very confusing and I dont know what else could be wrong

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 zsanders1

      Posted

      Give it a while longer, and your brain/ear should compensate further.  Get back to me after two weeks.  If it does not go away completely you many need some vestibular rehabilitation, but lets see if it fixes itself first.  In the meantime, use your hands, eyes, as much as you can, perhaps both at the same time, to help in the healing process.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

       

    • zsanders1
      zsanders1 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      This week I started working out again. Last nignt around midnight i woke up with severe anxiety. About 10 mins later i started having a vertigo attack. I feel very nauseas and cant really eat this morning. Why does the vertigo attack cause severe anxiety? Why does it keep happening? Do you think the exercise is causing the issue?
    • melissa04000
      melissa04000 zsanders1

      Posted

      Maybe because you feel the attack coming on. So that's what starts the anxiety

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