Apparently, headache medicine options may work for Meniere’ potentially similar issues.
But does having migraine make you disposed to getting Meniere disease?
I have occasional migraines, or had at one time. My dad has Meniere’s, but he had part of his temporal bone removed back in the 1930’s due to infection.
We aren’t sure temporal bone surgery caused Meniere’s of whether it was a coincidence.
I’d take migraines any day over Meniere disease.
My father has this and it can make him bed bound for days. He gets terribly dizzy, nauseous, and has trouble with balance.
Nowadays, it’s actually controlled rather well for him with Diazepam at the onset of symptoms.
I started having migraines after vigorous exercise in my late 20’s and developed full blown bilateral Meniere’s by my early 30’s. Low end hearing loss, and the terrifying incapacitating vertigo attacks that would last for hours. I truly wanted to die during the episodes. Think sea sickness x10. Eventually one ear was permanently damaged with a lose of 80% the other ear 40%. By the grace of God I went into remission and it has been 15 years since a vertigo attack. I can hear with hearing aids. My balance is good I am very fortunate. It is a horrible disease and it’s cause is really unknown.
I thought MD was Muscular Distrophe.
My doctor has it. I see MD at the end of his name.
I use to get frequent migraines. Mostly from the combo of old crt computer monitors and overhead fluorescent lights. I get them after the first snow too. But I tell you all what... Marijuana stops them, for me, as soon as the “flashes” start. Completely. In minutes.
I have a terrible case of tinnitus and slight balance issues. I thought it was a case of meniere’s because I once had a case of vertigo a four or five years ago. but no such incidents since then.
my ear doctor didn’t think that I have vertigo.
I look forward to the day when doctors will find a cure for tinnitus. It really degrades the quality of life.
Hello all. Long time lurker. Signed up to post on this article. Started with the tinnitus over 10 years ago and then the hearing loss followed shortly thereafter. the vertigo started 5 years ago and my regular doctor sent me to an ENT. I was diagnosed with Meniere’s. I quit smoking, alcohol, caffeine and salt. It didn’t work. The meclizine and valium didn’t work. I had intratympanic dexamethazone shots for months. They worked for a few weeks and the vertigo returned with a vengeance. I used to get a warning but now they come with no warning and are extremely violent. The nausea and vomiting last for hours. I had to stop driving over a year ago. I was terrified of having an attack and hurting someone. The anxiety of wondering when the next attack will come is debilitating. Thank God I can work from home and my supervisors have been wonderful about me having to lay down when an attack comes.
My ENT referred me to Dr. Tawfik at Vanderbilt and he is wonderful. I go back late September for a cochlear implant assessment, another MRI and a final vestibular function test. If all goes well, I am having a labyrinthectomy and a cochlear implant. I’m nearly deaf in my affected ear and have no speech recognition. If it goes bilateral, I will have the same for the right ear. I would rather be completely deaf than have this vertigo any longer. I’ve also started having what they call drop attacks. It’s like someone is pushing me to the ground. I’m afraid I’m going to get a face full of concrete if something isn’t done.
Anyway, that’s my story and I am praying for all the sufferers on this forum. My husband drivers a truck and has had to start driving local so he can get me to my appointments and run me around to do my errands.
Best of luck to all of you. I know how you all feel.
and thanks for listening to my long windedness. :)