I'm not dizzy. I don't have vertigo. My cognition is way off. I was sitting on the sofa and the room shifted quickly forward and back. Or it will shift side to side if I'm standing. Its an awful feeling! The cognition really bothers me. Misspelling, using the wrong words, not saying what I was about to, forgetting what I just thought I was going to do... So it has been quite hectic for me these last few week, but mostly in an enjoyable way. But good stress is as bad as bad stress. Not much sleep with the grands here since New Years Day. Do you all think it's just catching up to me? I'll be driving tomorrow and I wouldn't want this shifting thing to happen while driving. I also took an extra antiviral today.
U ok Bea? I just poured a Captain Morgan and Ginger Ale, why don't you join me for a late night cocktail and hopefully it will settle your symptoms a little bit. (((((Hugs)))))
Good stress can be as bad as bad stress except it usually goes away faster. Lack of sleep is a terrible stressor. I hope you can get some sleep. I do not know what to make of the shifting. Do you have someone who will be going with you tomorrow or better yet can drive ? Can you post pone things for a day til you have a chance to recover?
Thank you both. A very good idea to have someone with me. For me it's always about the stress, although I will say bad stress sets me off more. I just realized that my Dr. had decreased my Lexapro to 10 mg. awhile ago. When I went to refill my script the pharmacy claimed they hadn't gotten it and had to contact Dr. Second time I went they said they hadn't heard back and would try again. So I haven't taken that since last Tuesday. Maybe that has had an effect too. Lack of sleep has definately been an issue. Especially when the grands were here!! I don't take Valium or anything like that since all my meds have been changed. I do have Klonipin but I only take that if I have vertigo. Caffeine, chocolate, alcohol, even small amounts of salt don't affect my symptoms. Contrary to some belief, I do not abuse either alcohol or narcotics. I will call my OTo tomorrow and see what he thinks. I do have to schedule an appointment. I don't usually have to ask for advice here and am more likely to offer support and I do appreciate the responses.
I just figured out what it feels like. It's like how you feel right before a vertigo attack without actually having an attack!
"The cognition really bothers me. Misspelling, using the wrong words, not saying what I was about to, forgetting what I just thought I was going to do..." Thank you, BumbleBea. You gave me a word and description for what I sometimes experience, more often than I like.
I think I know that shifting feeling - I had it happen the day after a full on vertigo episode, I saw the TV falling out of the corner of my eye - freaked me out. hope you are feeling better and can get some rest.
Thank you all. Don't know how I'm feeling. Slept in. I'll know soon but no vertigo so that's a good thing. Maybe the extra dose of the antiviral is helping. Marion There are some reports on here about cognition. Maybe the same ones or older ones in the database. I had to read some paragraphs a couple of times to really understand it but it really helped me feel better about these"cognition" problems. You could say it was an "AH HA" moment.
I wonder if anybody has had this experience. You are in your home and feeling a little "off." Then you are out and about and you get to feeling worse. Is it that our homes are so familiar that we are more comfortable and not pushing ourselves allowing symptoms to attack?
Bumblebea - I think that when out of the house there is more exposure to sound, different lighting, etc...which could be the reason that things get worse. I know loud environments definitely increase my issues on "off" days. Back in April I had a 4 week stretch where I was off. No vertigo but felt off balance, ear issues and the room would move to the right and then back to center when blinking. After too long I remembered my old meclizine and took that. It helped right away. (Note it does nothing for me when I have a vertigo attack but for this issue it worked.) Good luck and hopefully this period fades and you feel better soon
The room would move to the right and back when you blink. That's exactly it! I don't have Meclazine. I only have Klonipin, and I really try not to take it. That being said, I took one and I'm going to bed. Hopefully I'll feel better after. You know what the worst part is?mafter feeling really good for an extended period of time, being hit again is twice as bad. Having a pity party.
The room shift just happened to me. I'd read this thread, and thought no, that doesn't happen, but it just happened. I was sitting at the computer and there was this feeling of movement, and I thought vertigo might start, but it didn't. I felt a wave of nausea with it. I probably ought to take a break from the computer, and I think I will, but that was so remarkable that this was here. I wanted to post. Yikes, I just had another small one. I hope this doesn't keep up for any of us. (Though it's better than vertigo--I'll take it over vertigo.)
My Oto says that January is the worst month for his Menieres patients. Isn't it weird that a few of us are experiencing the same thing. Doesn't it help to know you're not the only one? Feel better everyone!
My Oto says that January is the worst month for his Menieres patients. If Meniere's symptoms are otherwise controlled by a fully functioning immune system, then it makes sense that January would be a bad month --- for those with inadequate stores of accumulated vitamin D reserves in body fat. That's the case with virtually every person today who fails to supplement with 5000 IU of vitamin D-3. After September, the body can make virtually no vitamin D from sunshine on the skin, as it has no ultraviolet B radiation when the sun angle is below 45 degrees. Consequently, in fall, body reserves of vitamin D (what little they can be in people who avoid the sun in summer) are depleted. The immune system is stressed, allowing cold, flu, and herpes viruses to proliferate. Hence, increased colds, flues, and Meniere's attacks in winter. There is no other better explanation for this. --John of Ohio
I will make a point of following your advice and purchasing that the next time I'm out. It is my understanding that all vitamins take awhile to be fully absorbed and therefore helpful. I think I remember it being something like 30 days before any improvement can be expected. Is that true?
Frankly, if you are taking no vitamin D, start right off with two 5000 IU softgels, for three or four weeks, as a loading dose. Yes, it can take a while to get enough vitamin D loaded into your body fat to be effective. There is no danger whatsoever taking 10,000 IU per day for a few weeks. Vinpocetine (10 mg/day, once in the morning) has shown to remarkably increase normal brain function, eliminating the brain fog so many with Meniere's (and other conditions) have. --John of Ohio
Bumblebea, it might make sense to pick up when you are out (or have someone pick up for you) some meclizine. they sell it over the counter and even have it as generic at some drug stores so pretty cheap. For me when I had that stretch I would take the meclizine and it would stabilize me for 4 hrs or so. It makes me a little tired but nothing like when I have to take the lorazapam for full vertigo attack. That april period was not good because it was a 24/7 vision shifting, and nausea as well. Maybe give the meclizine a try to see if it will help you through this patch.
When I get to the pharmacy I will. The antivirals have had me in control for so long. I will try anything to get back to where I was. Thank you.