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Worse Laying Down

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sharonl
sharonl

Hi...I have menieres in both my ears. So far I am lucky as I am not suffering with vertigo which is a blessing.

However I feel the tinnitus is worse and at night when laying down I have the fullness feeling. Sometimes when I wake up through the night it feels like I might pass out..a fainting feeling. I realize now that I probably won't because it is more of the feeling in my ears. My body does not feel like I am going to faint...just the feeling in my ears. If anyone reading this has fainted before, you know the feeling ...very hard to describe.

I am not on any medication whatsoever for menieres. I also find that trips in the car make my ears worse ... tinnitus is louder. I do not notice it in the car only after I get out for a while or the next day.

Just wondering if I am alone with these symptoms or if anyone has any advise.

Many thanks!

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  • julie80169
    julie80169 sharonl

    Posted

    The only bit I can relate to is the tinnitus being worse when i lay down. I only have it in my right ear so find i have to lay all night on my left side otherwise i get the fullness feeling in my right ear and it completely blocks off my hearing making me go completely deaf and seeing as i am already completely deaf on my left side this doesn't help at all. Like you i am not on medication but have to go an see the ENT consultant in January so that could change. I've been suffering so bad with the tinnitus this year that i have only managed to be at work for 3

    months this year.

    • sharonl
      sharonl julie80169

      Posted

      julie80169

      I wish you luck on your appointment in January. If you have time afterwards, let me know how it went.

      Take care!

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