Most of all, try to relax and take the stress off. Maybe it's vit d, maybe you are allergic to pine or reqcting to dust from all the cleaning and getting out and putting awy decorations or completely exhausted from having family around. The possibilities are endless but something has weakened your system a little. You need rest, relaxation, proper sleep (very big one) and nutrition. I think you will be right as rain very soon. Meanwhile, dont push it and dont let anyone put more on your plate than you can handle at the moment.
Agree with what June said! ;D If/when I get tired/run down it has an immediate impact on me. Good news is that if I actually listen to my body, relax and catch up on sleep it does wonders.
After my two room shifts I went to lay down, and then had a short but dramatic and super unwelcome bit of vertigo. Only lasted about 5 seconds. Since then I have been nauseous, dizzy, headachy, and was tired for a while. All that is better now, but not totally gone. It could be MM, as part of the resurgence I'm having, but in my case I think it is MAV. The wonderful progressive glasses that stopped my MAV last summer had one small error. It has been a long haul to get that repaired. I won't go into the whole story, but I'm starting week 3 of having to switch between my distance and computer/reading progressive glasses constantly, while waiting for regular progressives to come back. I think my eyes and brain are wearing down from that and I'm getting back into MAV world. Which means I'll need to minimize computer time.
Oh so relate to this, and they have only been working for me a few months. I was devasted today. My husband and close friend, both of whom I called in tears, reminded me it is just one day. How long have you been on the antivirals, BumbleBea?
Almost two years. The first few months were back and forth. The first thing to subside was the vertigo. Then the hearing leveled up and actually got better in both ears. I'm sorry you're going through this too. I've been crying, too. Especially, when someone tries to make me feel better. I've upped my dosage again so now I'm back to 400mg. 3X a day. I keep telling myself it will pass soon and I keep reminding myself of how bad it was before the antivirals when it just wasn't one day but everyday. It's so good to have people who relate. It really helps! I hope you wake up tomorrow and feel 100% better!
Thank you, BumbleBea. Yes, it sure is good to have people who can relate. I hope you feel great in the morning, too.
I did a search on the database and found one report that I've copied to my computer. Haven't read it yet as I'm having to limit my time not only on the internet but also just reading. Everything bothers my head and eyes and makes me dizzy and off balance. This time I've been this way since last Friday. I can go along for a couple of weeks doing better, but never free of the problems associated with MM, then about once a month I'm laid low.
I don't recall if you're taking antivirals or taking another treatment. I've been good with the antivirals. Occasionally a minor spin that doesn't last long. This is the longest I've had a problem since getting relief with the antivirals. Still having problems with remembering what I was going to do next, misspelling and not being able to find that word I know I know. Almost afraid to talk to people because I'm sounding drunk, high, or just stupid!
Not taking antivirals; taking some of JOH's regimen which seemed to help at one point and I think still will when I get thru this latest hit. I know what you're talking about with the head and mind. I sometimes make the stupidest comments. My daughter-in-law's niece's birthday is on Christmas. I asked, "How many times has her birthday fallen on Christmas Day." My DIL looked at me with an amused look on her face, and replied, "Every year." DUH!
LOL! That's exactly what I mean! I guess if we can laugh at ourselves things can't be too bad. I'm feeling just a tad better today but I'm still trying to ride it out. If I get a little better everyday soon I'll be back to me again. My problem-I can't sit still when I have something I want to do. So I started on my bookcase project...I know the alphabet (LOL) After moving and placing books I should have remembered after awhile where the authors were...but nope. It was frustrating. More was the bending and reaching,stupid idea right? When I got done with that I totally cleaned the upstairs bathroom that was way overdue. One of my problems is not being able to rest until,there's nothing I can do but rest.
Bea the room shift things happens to me all the time and I can be thinking a word and it won't come out. Or I can't think of the word that I am trying to use simple words like blue. Sorry you are having to deal with this hugs.
Inability to recover common works and thoughts is brain fog. Bacopa extract and vinpocetine can reduce or eliminate this. I'm 67 but think like a 20-yr old with these supplements. --John of Ohio
John, your knowledge is amazing. Before I know it, I'll have a vitamin supply store in my house! Today I woke up feeling much better. Even bursting with energy. So I have to wonder... Was this JUST a Menieres attack that the extra antivirals helped pass quickly? OR, did not having a medication that I've been on for over two years and did without for 5 days contribute? Got the med last night and took it. Took it again this morning. I just have to wait the day out to see if it lasts. I'm going to have an easy day, no going out, so I'll see. Hubby and daughter did say that I looked and sounded much better last night. This is one of those things we will never have answers to. I hope everyone else is doing better today.
My "knowledge" is rather conventional, only in the manner inwhich I accumulate medical information. There is just a mountain of useful and proven information on alternative treatments for a host of medical conditions. Before I got Meniere's, in 1995, I, like most, was certain that modern medicine had all the answers. But as so many here have discovered, conventional medical treatments for Meniere's (which almost always starts with a low salt-diuretic regimen --- ineffectively), simply does not help, long term. As a biologist who could understand the elements of human physiology, and with the Internet providing massave amounts of information, I was able to extract information I thought might be useful. The result, several years later, was my regimen. It's nothing that conventional medicine would ever investigate or recommend. But, it works for the vast majority who persist with it. Since then, because I have the time (now retired), I continue to create a gigantic library of online alternative medicine resources, including how to thwart or stop senile dementia (bacopa extract, vinocetine, vitamin B complex, and more). Don't thank me. Thank the Internet and the hundreds of people who post intelligence information --- just as so many do here on Meniere's. --John of Ohio
My new (or rather corrected) glasses arrived!! They feel sooooo much better. I'm hoping this will stop the balance/vertigo problems I've had recently.
I have tint glasses 10% amber and without them I am walking on a boat all the time! I hope they help you as much as they helped me! I have a new life with them.
;D Marion, your comment about the Christmas birthday gave me such a good laugh! Oh, how I can relate!