I Am Affected By Meniere's Disease
This week is balance awareness week in the UK.
What is Ménière's disease?
(From NHS England)
For me over 12 years or so my menieres has progressed so that I'm almost totally deaf in my left ear, right is a bit better. I have loud roaring (like a jet engine) tinnitus 24x7.
Most days currently I'm reasonably steady but it does feel like the world is always shifting under me esp laying down I feel like I'm spinning over backwards. Some nights sleeping is impossible.
For 18 months until June this year I was experiencing vertigo attacks 3 or 4 times a week. They lasted normally 2-3 hours. It was like someone threw me out of a plane. Luckily a new regime and not working any more seems to be helping.
I get drop attacks at times too
They are frightening. I can barely move and speaking is really difficult for a few minutes. During one someone arrived with a defib thinking I'd had a heart attack! By then I could say some words thankfully.
Thank you very much for reading this. If you got to the end put "Inner ear" as the start of your comment.
What is Ménière's disease?
Ménière's disease is a condition of the inner ear that causes sudden attacks of:
feeling like the room is spinning around you (vertigo)
a ringing noise inside the ear (tinnitus)
ear pressure felt deep inside the ear
hearing loss
Symptoms of Ménière's disease
During an attack of Ménière's disease, you may:
feel dizziness with a spinning sensation
feel unsteady on your feet
feel sick or vomit
hear ringing, roaring or buzzing inside the ear
have a sudden drop in hearing
These symptoms, which typically happen all at once, can last minutes or hours, but most commonly last 2 to 3 hours.
feeling like the room is spinning around you (vertigo)
a ringing noise inside the ear (tinnitus)
ear pressure felt deep inside the ear
hearing loss
Symptoms of Ménière's disease
During an attack of Ménière's disease, you may:
feel dizziness with a spinning sensation
feel unsteady on your feet
feel sick or vomit
hear ringing, roaring or buzzing inside the ear
have a sudden drop in hearing
These symptoms, which typically happen all at once, can last minutes or hours, but most commonly last 2 to 3 hours.
Distress is common in people with Ménière's disease, as it's difficult and unpredictable.
(From NHS England)
For me over 12 years or so my menieres has progressed so that I'm almost totally deaf in my left ear, right is a bit better. I have loud roaring (like a jet engine) tinnitus 24x7.
Most days currently I'm reasonably steady but it does feel like the world is always shifting under me esp laying down I feel like I'm spinning over backwards. Some nights sleeping is impossible.
For 18 months until June this year I was experiencing vertigo attacks 3 or 4 times a week. They lasted normally 2-3 hours. It was like someone threw me out of a plane. Luckily a new regime and not working any more seems to be helping.
I get drop attacks at times too
A drop attack is a sudden fall without loss of consciousness...
Drop attacks that have a vestibular origin within the inner ear may be experienced by some people in the later stages of Ménière's disease (these may be referred to as Tumarkin [drop] attacks, or as Tumarkin's otolithic crisis).
(Wikipedia) Drop attacks that have a vestibular origin within the inner ear may be experienced by some people in the later stages of Ménière's disease (these may be referred to as Tumarkin [drop] attacks, or as Tumarkin's otolithic crisis).
They are frightening. I can barely move and speaking is really difficult for a few minutes. During one someone arrived with a defib thinking I'd had a heart attack! By then I could say some words thankfully.
Thank you very much for reading this. If you got to the end put "Inner ear" as the start of your comment.
