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Menieres disease

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jacqueline88909
jacqueline88909

I would like to hear from anyone who suffers from Menieres disease. ..their syptoms medication etc ....as I have been diagnosed

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  • Waffalobill
    Waffalobill jacqueline88909

    Posted

    Can find tons of info on it just Google menieres. Frequent bouts of vertigo, dizzy alot. It affects everyone a little different. Some take meclazine and it helps. Did nothing for me. Depending where you live there's a list of meds. I take low dose diazepam helps a little. Diuretics help most ppl. Did nothing for me. Doc started inner tympanic gentamicin injections. Some get steroids.

    • lily65668
      lily65668 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Whoo Bill! Gentamicin!

      Have you already lost your hearing due to the Ménière's? I know someone like you will be up on all the possible side-effects. I guess this is just a measure of how desperate you are. I hope it goes well for you.

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill lily65668

      Posted

      I had some hearing loss from menieres. That's one of the issues with it. The gentamicin if done right has little impact on hearing. So far, after 2 injections, my hearing has not changed. If you had vertigo spells several times a day and dizzy 24/7 for a year and a half, after dealing with these issues 6 months a year for 11 years already, you get so you will try anything. What's it going to do effect my balance? Severe dizziness for 11 years has done that already.

    • jacqueline88909
      jacqueline88909 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Goodness I'm so sorry you have suffered all that time.....I'm only in my 3rd year...and even then it's not all the time ...it seems to go on holiday. ..but then comes back with a vengeance! !!@

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