I can't definitely link the two, but suffice to say last night was the worst vertigo attack I've ever had. It led to being sick for several hours. Can't recall the last time I've ever had that. Past few days, however, I have what I suspect is some sort of partial blockage in at least one ear and possibly both. At any rate, my hearing in the left ear, especially, has been greatly reduced. After the events of last night, today is better but I still noticed my hearing is not as it usually is. Can't recall ever having blocked / clogged ears that lasted more than a day at most. Started yesterday morning but then was able to function during the day, but then things went downhill quick late last night. Had the 2nd moderna shot this past Tuesday - so possibly some delayed side effect? I am usually able to continue to manage my daily affairs during nearly all meniere's attacks by using the Divertigo oil, but last night it didn't help at all. I literally had no balance whatsoever and couldn't even walk a few steps without falling over. Had to crawl to the bathroom and, needless to say, spent a long time there. Have an appt. today to have ears checked. I just thought I'd report this to see if anyone has had a similar experieince of possibly clogged (?) ears in conjunction with a really bad episode. I am on Triamterine /HCTZ for the past several years, which has also helped greatly. Thanks for any thoughts...
When I have any sort of congestion in my head or ears, it tends to bring on my vertigo. I've been afraid to get the COVID vaccine because I've read of a lot of people having symptoms of dizziness and vertigo afterwards. I wonder if your episode was precipitated by the shot.
Most interesting that you mention this, being that I too wonder the same thing. As a bit of an update - I went to two different doctors yesterday. First was a walk-in clinic that is associated with my usual PCP. She didn't find any wax or other obvious blockage in the ear canals, and so called and made an appt. with my ENT. They did an updated hearing test (good idea since it's been 4 years) which thankfully only showed minimal loss since '17; however, he ALSO mentioned the possibility of some weird aftereffect of the shot. I've not specifically heard too much of what you mention - that of reports of dizziness / vertigo - but an article in our newspaper yesterday referred to these people who wound up with longterm symptoms after testing positive for covid, and some of those do include vertigo, etc. At any rate, the ENT put me on fluticasone propionate - which I see is mentioned at various places in the forum - to see if this helps with reducing this sensation of fullness / pressure / clogging. If not, he suggests the possbility of using stronger steroids though is hesitant due to a possible association with reduction in vaccine effectiveness (?). See where it goes from here. Thanks for the reply and take care...I should also say 'welcome to the forum'!!!
I totally feel for you. Been there and done that. From what I understand and believe is that the fullness is in your endolymphatic sac. There are a number of compartments and the one gets too full with endolymphatic fluid. A theory is that it gets so full it bursts and the fluid goes into another compartment. When that happens... vertigo. I had the on and off fullness and deafness for years but without the vertigo. Then suddenly...wham, incapacitating vertigo. All I could do was lie on the floor and puke. Since then I have done many of the things you read about on this forum. One goal for me is to try and keep the ear from getting too full. I take a diuretic, a steroid nasal spray and some chinese herbs meant to stop vertigo and some meant to clear congestion in the ear. So far it seems to be helping as the fullness has been kept to a minimum. I can give you brand names if you are interested.
Biffer...thanks. I do have to wonder if there is any link to the moderna shot. One vestibular forum I came across has many reports of people (who have no prior history of vestibular issues) now reporting them following either the 1st or 2nd moderna. My wife also says her left ear seems just a bit 'off' compared to normal. We'll see what happens with the nasal spray that was prescribed following my visit to the ENT on Monday. I'll keep close track of how things go (another attack today though took Bonine immediately and was able to avoid any significant vertigo and no sickness.) IF it would be associated with the moderna, quite honestly I sure would have taken my chances with covid rather than run the risk of some sort of permanent hearing issue on top of what I already had.
Look into taking a diuretic. That can help. And cut out the salt if you haven't already. The problem I found with the ear fullness was that once you let it get bad it took a while to get it to diminish. (I got the Pfizer shot with no effects)
I already take Triamterine/HCTZ. Low salt diet (well, basically). We don't cook with salt and I hardly ever add it. This ear fullness happened suddenly, not gradually. Started a few days after the moderna. I've been managing nearly all episodes by using Divertigo for the past several years. I swear by the stuff, though whatever was going on Sunday night was not aided much by the oil.
I've never tried Divertigo. I'll get some (always up for what ever is out there and works). One I like is called Inner Ear Balance. Something else I have failed to mention is that I think sometimes my ear fullness is exacerbated by a change in air pressure. Another product I throw into the mix when the ear fullness gets bad is one called Clear Sinus and Ear. That's interesting about the Moderna. Now I'm glad I got the other one.
Hate to make a judgment call on moderna simply because of reading some reports of people with similar symptoms on an internet forum, but it surely does raise some interesting questions. Several people I know had moderna with no aftereffects. Thanks for mentioning the other treatments. I do think Divertigo is a good product, and it has mostly really good reviews. What I like is that it comes in a really small 5 ml. bottle, and so easy to carry around.