Labyrinthitis - "brain shifts"??

Hi

Yes - all of your symptoms I've had as a result of Botox.

Hi, my husband was 7 years old when he started to have spells of dizziness, etc. He is now 36 years old and is still fighting this disorder. We live in Texas. He has never been diagnosed with LAB, but has been to every doctor imaginable, including ENT has had MRI's, been on steroids,antibiotics, blood work, allergy testing and still no answers....So he stopped going to doctors since he was not getting any help. About 5 years ago, he started doing his own research. He came across candida yeast overgrowth forums and found that many people with this, had his same symptoms. He began his journey to tackle this with diet. He completely cut out ALL yeast And SUGAR! You would be shocked to realize that almost every food has yeast. This was the hardest thing he had ever done in his life. The first 2 weeks, he felt like he was dieing. His symptoms became worse, but that was to be expected, from what he had read. He stuck to it and by week 6, he was a different person. He felt good for the first time in his life. He stayed on this for about a year and was ecstatic that he had found the cure. Unfortunately, he has strayed from the diet and slowly but surely all of his symptoms are back with a vengeance. He has tried several times to go back on the diet but because it is extremely difficult, and with stress, anxiety, and depression, he has not had the will power to stay on it long enough to reap the results, and therefore falters. Within the last couple of years, the brain fog, spinning, and headaches have been dibilitating. He hasn't gone to the doctor in many years. He has decided to tackle this again, but from all sides. So, he is not only going to start his candida yeast/no sugar diet again, but is also going to doctors to see what they have to offer as well. Of course, that will be a long journey, since our Healthcare system in America SUCKS! But we will give it another shot. Just wondering if anyone else had done any research on candida yeast overgrowth????? Thanks!

update as I haven't been on here for a while!

My hearing has deteriorated enough to wear a hearing aid now. Of course it could be age related but I do think the labyrinthitis has been a factor. I am managing well, however and have been to the pub with younger colleagues & great I could hear everything. I do my balance exercises very regularly. I was away in a snowstorm in Austria recently and without the normal visual cues, next day I had an attack...had to go to bed then got up and did all the balance exercises I could think of and it worked, I felt OK again.  Obviously lab will always be there but I'm well enough to cope as long as I do the exercises.  I have certainly been told that the inner ear doesn't work on one side. By the way never be fobbed off. I went to the Dr initially at the beginning of March 2012 but wasn't seen by a consultant til July. My ear was suctioned on three occasions before they could see the bacterial infection. Bacterial infections can be dangerous as they are so near the brain and should have been sorted long before.On a positive note, if you feel well enough do those exercises. I do know however that everyone is a bit different.

Good luck

Hi, Has anyone found that taking an anti anxiety/deoressant helped them at all???? 

I went out drikning about 8 weeks ago and got into bed happy and tipsy, to then feel what i called a brian shift, form then on i was light headed/dizzy for almost two weeks and it jsuut then went away over the space of say 3 to 4 days..... KI then had another drink! so stupid i know, and it all returned but worse, PLUS major anxiety. I did have anxiety the first time during the two weeks bout, BUT i didnt worry too mnuch and when the anxiety went away the feeling light heaededness and dizziness went away too. I do not have any vertigo issues whatsoever, ever so slight fulness in one eart and at night i can hear a very low buzz from my head or ears i dont know, when i close my ears i cannot hear it, so is that tinnitus or not. 

I paid to see an ENT consultant who did the hallpike nad epley manouvres on me, and he basically told me that i didnt have lab or menieres, but is sending me for MRI, balance tests with a physio and hearing tests.

SO...... i am now jsut started taking citalopram (Celexa) 10mg two days ago in the hope that this is all anxiety????? time will tell but oh my goodness what a state i have gotten myself into over this lightheadedness/dizziness.

Oh the only other symptom i ahve is very light head behind the eye pressure and my eyes feels constantly tired no matter how much sleep ive had, i feel drowsy.

Any comments on this? is it my ears or what?

Thanks in advance, 

Hi

Im really relieved to read your experience as I was diagnosed with a inner ear infection and later BPPV. Ive suffered a dreadful thick head issue ,light sensitivity,blurred vision,dry eyes,headache and vertigo . Ive been suffering with short term memory and concentration problems. My GP seems to think the memory concentration issue isnt a related problem but clearly many people on this forum suffer with it.  After 6 weeks or more Ive been given a specialist referal . Any one else have memory issues related to this problem

I think I have the same type of thing but I do not understand alot of your abbreviations. What is BPPV or lab? What is physio? What does six week wait went private mean? What is epley? What is dix-halpike? Yeah I can look all that up and i probably will but just reading your story it makes it really hard to understand. Just the opinion of someone who is trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with him. Besides the symptons u mentiones above I also get blurry/double vision. Thanks for sharing either way. Have a nice day and a great holiday season.

Hi Doug, as you have mentioned the holiday season then I guess you are in the US? I think that's part of the problem, I am referring to UK terms in the main, and to the UK health system!!

So lab is labyrinthitis, BPPV is a very similar condition that you can certainly google. Six week wait refers to the length of time that I would have to wait to see a physio(therapist) on the NHS (UK free health service) so I paid to see one sooner. Epley (manoeuvre) is a treatment for BPPV and Dix Halpike is a similar test to check which type of vertigo is present.

Hope that helps all you US folk, and happy holidays indeed!

Hi again Doug. I'm not sure about the double vision and how that might fit with vertigo, but you might want to research Meniere's Disease? Do you mean your ears feel like they're full occasionally? I know ear or vestibular problems cause lots of unp!easant symptoms you might not expect. I have not had double vision but maybe others have?

Good luck with your tests. I think it's fair to say that if you've not had acute vertigo then you probably can rule out labyrinthitis!!

Hello everyone

This is just for information; it is nearly 3 years since I first had this horrible illness of labyrinthitis. I have felt well for a long time now but it did affect my hearing so that I have a moderate hearing loss and now wear hearing aids not great but better than feeling ill and I also know that it does sometimes give people tinnitis. Anyway, I still do my set of balance exercises as suggested by the balance nurse and if I don't do them the old sensations of falling and head feelng full can come back. What I am trying to say is that these exercises are very helpful for me;  I was told that the labyrinth on one side doesn't work at all and the exercises help my brain to adapt so hopefully the exercises can help everyone?

Maggie 

I have permanent turning around feeling but i m going to the doctors or hospital again i hope soon.no position of mine makes it better but will try exercises soon. You should avoid swimming because of water though. Sometimes water causes infectin,. I try my best not to get water in my ears from bathing and hairwashing and from wind and cold.