Weather and mm

Yes it has/had a huge impact on my mm symptoms. I could tell when a storm was brewing because my ear would start humming and the aural fullness was so bad it made my ear feel 3 times the normal size. There was nothing I could do to calm the ear down other than wait it out. I wish I could tell you to try this or that but I can't. Maybe someone else has some advice for you. Good luck.

 

I'm glad you asked that question. In my journey to try and find some pattern to the ear pressure/fullness....I've often thought that the weather seemed to play a part. I'm in NW Montana....it's cold, damp, and gloomy all winter, plus we're in the mountains....my ear never lets up. We went to Arizona for a month this winter, and my ear lighted up in southern Utah, and didn't start bothering me again until we were on our way back. Arizona weather was the total opposite of Montana in the winter.

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I was told by my first Neuro-Otologist (Dr. David Barrs, now @ Mayo Clinic / Scottsdale, AZ) shortly after being diagnosed over 15 years ago that barometric pressure would likely be a major factor in regards to my symptoms and I would need to learn how to cope and manage it. Any type of storm or big temperature swing comes with a big change in the barometric pressure.

 

That is so true!

 

Weather absolutely plays a role for me. I have less issues now living in VA than I did living near Seattle.

 

And I should add that anytime I traveled to NV or AZ my ear ALWAYS cleared up and stayed clear throughout the trip.

 

Hot and dry has always been good to me for the most part as well. I spent a week in Phoenix and surrounding several years ago and it was great. I live very close to the NC coast (moved from Raleigh 10 years ago) because I always felt better here I thought... maybe placebo effect? First year was noticeably better, even had almost a whole week symptom free except for fullness feeling and Tinnitus. What really sucks is I love the mountains, but they don't love me

 

Yep for sure storms effecting barometric pressure is a factor for me too here in San Francisco. But I've also had times when my ear was pretty god and the weather didn't effect that.

 

I'm so glad I came across this post. My cochlear hydrops (a variant of mm that impairs just the ears with no vertigo) started the winter I moved to Mn. from Fl. That was 4 yrs ago and like clockwork it flares up in the winter and spring. I don't follow a low sodium diet but I'm wondering if it would help at this this time of the year when I am more likely to experience symptoms. I worry about losing my hearing. I have lost some low frequency hearing in my left ear. But both my ears are full when I am having a flare up. Has anyone had luck with things like lemon bioflavanoid?