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My Menier's Journey

It started in 1988. I turned my head to look behind me and BAM hearing in my right ear was muffled. Hearing test confirmed this. Unable to get a diagnosis. I had ear fullness, and some "clicking" sounds in this ear along with hearing distortion.

Around 15 years later, I started to get periods of dizziness, Then full blown vertigo attacks would come in clusters.
I was diagnosed with Menier's Disease during this time.

Vertigo attacks subsided 4 years ago (2014). This April I had a severe vertigo attack (totally out of the blue) followed by 2 more less severe attacks. Since then, I have 24/7 dizziness. Not spinning vertigo, but a light headed, disoriented feeling. There has been 3 weeks (not concurrent) that I had no symptoms.

I haven't had much tinnitus.

I take Diazipam when I'm having an attack.

I have an appt. with my ENT tomorrow....hoping he can help me.

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Mind Over Meniere's: How I Conquered Meniere's Disease and Learned to Thrive

Glenn Schweitzer was 24 years old and in his senior year of college when an attack of violent vertigo changed his life forever. He was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, a complex and debilitating chronic illness that causes vertigo, tinnitus, ear pressure, and progressive hearing loss. To this day, there is still no cure or even an understanding of what causes it. But he eventually found ways to cope and was able to take back his health, piece by piece.

Meniere Man In The Kitchen

Through the Author's personal experience with Meniere's disease and his holistic approach to recovery (without surgery/medical procedures) he believes that good nutrition was a key and essential building block in his complete recovery story.

Meniere Man Meditation

When the Author was diagnosed with Meniere’s, his ENT specialist handed him an A4 leaflet and told him to keep away from stress and to not eat salt. That was it! There were no books on the subject in bookstores or libraries. The internet was in its infancy - you couldn’t even send an email.

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