Hi Everyone, It's been 4 weeks and four days that I have been vertigo and aural fullness free. EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it because on February 20th I started taking OPC? I don't know. I'm not a Dr. or biologist or scientist, all I am is Santa. I want everyone to have the gift I gave to myself, OPC. Of course I'm not really Santa but I did stay in a Holiday Inn once. OK, I am a professional Santa and I do get into my character and many times I feel Like I really am Santa. If this OPC is what has contributed to this blissful life I have been living this last four weeks I want to give it to everyone that has to deal with MM. Of course, I can't give it to you. You have to purchase it. Is it a risk and you might lose out on $76 (which is a 3 month supply?) Yes, it's a risk. But, how many other risks have you taken. I have spent a lot of money on antivirals and supplements. All risks. It could be coincidentally all in timing. Maybe the antivirals and the supplements I was taking--- finally--after 7 months made the difference. I don't know. But, I do know that after three days on OPC I am in super shape. I am back to recording again. My hearing in my left ear is about 75-80% of my right ear. Hasn't been more than 25% for a year. And mostly I was almost deaf in left ear. Will somebody PLEASE try the OPC? This might be the supplement we are all seeking. So far I am the only one that I know of that is using it. If it doesn't work for you I apologize. If it doesn't give you the same results I have achieved, I'm sorry. All I know is when I was suffering from aural fullness and vertigo I would have tried anything, except invasive surgery. Well, maybe after a few years I would have tried that. OPC might be what everyone with aural fullness and vertigo need. We won't know just because it worked for me. Or, I at least think that is what has worked for me. Many others have to try it. If you want more info go to my post----"Beginning of the End" Great Health to All!!!
Santa, I have been enjoying relief with the anti-virals. If I wasn't - and/or if there were still symptoms remaining I guarantee that I would give OPC a try! Without a doubt. (That is why I tried a/v....I had to try anything that could help!) I am SO happy that you are feeling better and enjoying life!
I bought some a week ago. Still hasn't arrived in the mail, but it's coming. Ironically, I had read about pycnogenol(not the OPC) very early in my now 7 month long struggle with this disease. I took it for 2 months, noticed a reduction in tinnitus volume, but stopped taking it, which I regret. I'm now almost done with my 3rd bottle and had already decided to give this stuff a shot when my bottle ran out. It's actually a little cheaper per pill/bottle than the stuff I was taking before, so no big deal. I'll let you know how I do with it. Course, the timing is bad. I'm also starting anti-virals right now as well. The OPC will arrive later this week early next and I'll start it then. So, I won't be a very good test regarding the effectiveness of the OPC, assuming I find significant relief in the near future. What I can do though is eliminate it at some point and I might learn something if I become symptomatic again.
Oh man, you don't even know how bad I want to order and try this supplement. I have stopped myself multiple times already because (like I said in your other post) I am not ready to wean my 11 month old son yet. Unfortunately, everything I have read said that not enough is known about taking the OPC while breastfeeding for it to be considered safe. Anyway, I am so happy for your Santa. And I hope that someone else will try and get the amazing results that you have had. It will give me something to look forward to... trying the OPC when I can.
Very happy for you Santa and anyone who can live an unihibited life not encumbered by vertigo. I have been on OPC for a while with no affect on vertigo, but I know it is still making me healthier.
Well, its payday so I went ahead and ordered a bottle. Now I will have them on hand when I am ready. I will update after I decide to start taking them. Fingers crossed.
Best of Health to you!! I hope you get the same results I am having. I have noticed that coffee does affect my hearing. But, only to a small degree. I am still having no aural fullness and no vertigo.
I messed up the other night playing with the band. At break time I took my ear plug out of my MM ear and forgot to put it back in. I played for another hour without the ear plug. I realized it later when I was leaving practice. However; my ear never had distorted noises throughout the last hour and my hearing was good for the rest of the night. When I woke up the next day my ear was making a noise. Like when you go to a concert and are too close to the speakers. It lasted most of the day. I put a plug in my ear to give it rest. This morning I woke up and it was fine. However; after playing (guitar, bass drum, hi-hat cymbals, harmonica and singing) for two hours at a preschool this morning I was wishing I had brought an ear plug. The preschoolers can sing very loud. So...........loud noises for an extended period of time stress my ear and hearing. I am going to be singing an hour with assisted living folks and another hour with memory care folks in an hour and a half. I will be wearing a plug. But, I am still going strong. No vertigo or aural fullness since Feb. 23. Thanks Vikingman for passing on the link to Sara.
Hi Santa, I'm new to this site but not Ménière's. Have been using Acyclovir for about 6 months with limited success. Am interested in trying the OPC. Could you tell me how much you take?
Hi Sharon, are you take the recommended dose of acyclovir for MM? You might want to switch to valcyclovir which is supposed to work even better. I hope the OPC does for you what it does for Santa
Hi Vicki, I started with 2400 mg and worked down to 800 and started having attacks again. Went back up to 1200 and stayed there. My ENT doesn't believe in the virus theory so I got my internist to write the script. I tried the Valcyclovir a few months ago but it tore my stomach up very quickly so went back to the Acyclovir. I live in a rural area and have found that most of the Dr's know little about this disease. What dose are you on?
I am on it 2 years and been on my maintenance dose for about 1 year but it took me many tries to go from 1200 mg to 800 mg, I would keep getting symptoms when I decreased but after a few months I was able to and so far so good on 800 mg. So don't get discouraged it will happen but takes longer sometimes. Are you vertigo free at 1200mg?
Hi Sharon I take one OPC in the morning and one at night. I am also taking 1,000 mg ( 1 gram ) of valacyclovir morning and night. I have a sensitive stomach also but, I find if I drink a large glass of water with these supplements then my stomach is ok. My general practitioner gave me a years prescription for valacyclovir. Enough to take three pills per day. I did that for about three months. That's when I started taking the OPC. Three days after starting the OPC is when my ear went crazy for a day - next day I was clear ear and no more vertigo - Then I switched to taking the Valacyclovir just twice per day. My success could be due to valacyclovir or OPC or the combination of valacyclovir and OPC. I was on acyclovir for at least four months with no success.
Vicki, I have not been dizzy free in 17 months. I have both the quick vertigo spins that last for only seconds and then I have what I call the Meniere's all day dizziness where I usually can function but am always a little dizzy. The Acyclovir gives me the most relief I've had but nothing so far has given me a spin free day. I'm thinking of trying Santa's OPC along with the Acyclovir. I've tried acupuncture, UCC, vestibular therapy and various supplements. My life has been turned upside down and I rarely even leave the house.
Sharon. Have you tried upper cervical chiropractic(as opposed to regular chiropractic)? Some of the studies done show that a high percentage of meniere's sufferers have c1 and c2 subluxation impinging blood flow and nerve impulses to the ears which contributes to symptoms. Might be worth looking into if you haven't.