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Menieres symptoms

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Waffalobill
Waffalobill

Was told today i may have menieres. I do have the symptoms. Had a VNG, MRi all that stuff. Have to see a neurologist. But my PT told me without significant hearing loss its not menieres. Is the hearing loss always a factor ?

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  • debbie82116
    debbie82116 Waffalobill

    Posted

    Over time it is.....
    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill debbie82116

      Posted

      Thats what i thought i read. But she seemed confident it couldnt be cause of the lack of hearing loss. I have some hearing loss. Just not alot.
    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill debbie82116

      Posted

      And this doc ,when i told him it ran in my family, said years ago they blamed every dizzy spell on menieres. I thought he wrote it off. Now he thinks it is. And one of his specialties is menieres.
  • Sochima822
    Sochima822 Waffalobill

    Posted

    It doesn't have to be significant. With even minor hearing loss you could still be diagnosed with Menieres as long as you have all the other symptoms.

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill Sochima822

      Posted

      What i figured. Doc who suspects menieres has experience with it. Why i chose to see him. Plus been a ENT almost 40 years. PT graduated in2009. Lol. So i am leaning more towards the experience. Even tho PT is cute. Lol
    • DizzyLizzy68
      DizzyLizzy68 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Lol, I had the dizziness first for a year, then a sudden sensoneural hearing loss in the bad ear, Constant fluctuating tinnitus. I went to Stanford., and they still argued basilar migraine vs menieres! !

      They claim there are variants of menieres. . Cochlear menieres, with hearing loss only; or vestibular menieres. The fact is that menieres fits a pretty tight diagnosis, and it's pretty rare. Migraine can attack the inner ear. The symptoms can overlap, and some specialists think migraine may even be a migraine variant.

      My diagnosis is currently migraine, and I am doing well.

    • DizzyLizzy68
      DizzyLizzy68

      Posted

      Meant menieres could be a migraine variant.
    • Sochima822
      Sochima822 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Good idea you go with a doctor who has experience! As for the PT, well just admire her cuteness and forget about what she thinks, lol.
    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill Sochima822

      Posted

      I been taking 2 mg diazepam for vertigo and dizziness. But it doesnt work anymore. When symptoms first showed up it stopped it. Now my left ear is far worse. It barely does anything. 10 years ago i had the warm and cold water test. I couldnt tell the difference. Both sides it made the vertigo kick in full force. Had VNG redone. Left ear barely responded to stimulus. Right it was instant. Its super sensitive.
    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill Sochima822

      Posted

      Talked to doc about upping the dose. Said it works in low dose. Not so well in higher dose. Think they are afraid i will get addicted.
    • DizzyLizzy68
      DizzyLizzy68 Sochima822

      Posted

      Yes you can. As a matter of fact, migraine is so common in menieres (abt 50% of menieres pts have migraine and/or MAV), that it has led some researchers to speculate that they may be indeed related.
  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 Waffalobill

    Posted

    Did you do an audiogram?  What were the findings?

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Seen audiologist yesterday. Dont have exact numbers. Told me i have lost some lows and highs. The one that bothered me was the results of the VNG. My left ear barely responding to the stimulus at all. My right being really sensitive. MRI showed some narrowing of blood vessels. Wants me to go to a neurologist
    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Lows is important, especially if it is on the left.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill eleftherio33095

      Posted

      I was told i was losing lows years ago. Said with age you lose some. Then i was only 43 .
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