Have you ever heard of Meniere's Disease??

I am so sorry you have this Disease. I have never heard of it until you posted it. I will see what I can do to make it more known around here. I wonder if I can make people do donations like they do for cancer. I think it should be known that people have this disease. I hope there will be a cure for it soon. It sounds like it would be hard to cope with rining in your ears and everything that goes along with that.
Take care,
I will see what I can do and hopefully there will be a cure.
Your friend,
Trish

I am very sorry that you have this condition.
I have not heard of it but I am learning from reading your discussion.
I am wondering if you have to wear a medical bracelet I believe that should be helpful for you.

I also have menieres diesease, although not to the degree of severity that you do. My worst experiences with menieres came around 3 years ago. I had several vertigo attacks within about a month. I was in a job that was high stress, which was affecting the amount sleep I was getting at night. I was having to depend on alot of caffeine to stay awake. Also I was not paying attention to my diet. As you may already know that doctors have determined that caffeine, sodium, stress, alcohol and smoking are all contributors to making menieres worse.
There are many options that you may want to discuss with your doctor. One thing that I have had done is called a endolymphatic shunt. What it involves is surgically putting a shunt (a small tube with a valve on one end) into the cochlea. Before my surgery, I was having small attacks a couple of times a week, as well as declining low and high frequencies. After surgery I have not experienced these attacks once. The low frequencies came up 40 decibels in that ear as well. This is only one of 3 or 4 surgical options that are available. I hope that this info helps, and good luck.

I developed Meniere's about 7 months ago. It was ruining my life. I could not go to work, I could not drive, and basically, could not function. I had lost complete hearing in my left ear. I am a pharmaceutical rep, and driving is a daily demand.

I was very fortunate to find an excellent ENT, in Colorado. He is young, aggressive, and very well educated. Surgery is a last resort for him. We tried the Decadron injections, which gave a little relief of the vertigo. I later developed an ear infection, and half of my tympanic membrane was gone.

The major issue was the vertigo, as far as being able to work and function. Dr. Chain and I, decided to do a tympanoplasty ( repair the ear drum ) and a endo lymphatic shunt to keep the fluid out of the inner ear. It has been five weeks since the surgery. I have had two Meniere's attack since then, and no vertigo. It has about 70% chance of success, but I was willing to take the chance. It was the right thing to do.

I have been in the medical field my whole adult life. This man is someone I would trust and know I never have to travel to Mayo, or other facility. He is very talented and cautious.
His name is Jeff Chain M.D. 303-798-1309. If it had not been for him, I would have been on disability.