Barometric pressure

Barometric pressure changes can cause issues in some people. It can effect or bring on menieres symptoms in some people and there is a fair amount of research and background on this.

 

With El Niño gaining steam this year, does anyone have a suggestion on a good location to ride out the crazy weather? Anyone not on a diuretic considering going on one until the atmosphere finds stability again?

 

It is just reassuring to me that I am not the only want the barometric pressure causes problems with! It is reassuring to me that it is not in my mind! Sorry you have to go through the changes though! I just do not feel so alone anymore! I am affected more with hearing loss than the vertigo with this MM and when the barometric pressure changes my hearing aides do not work, the hearing gets so bad, I can hear loud sounds but have trouble understanding speech.

 

I swear our barometer is Bipolar.

 

It absolutley makes a difference in my tinnitus and lightheadedness for sure.

 

No, it isn't.
Yes, it is.
No, it isn't!
Yes, it is!

 

Yep, that's about right. My head and ears are proof.

 

I seem to have the same issue. Hard to tell but my aural fullness and hearing loss tend to track with the weather.

And by that I mean the Menieres. The bipolar is an entirely different discussion.

 

People might not agree with me, but I believe air pressure has nothing to do with Meniere's. Nothing in the science of Meniere's suggests that air pressure will have any effect.. I asked doctors about it, nobody can give me a straight answer. No patient has ever provided any concrete details on how their symptoms map to air pressure. Think about it - if air pressure has a significant effect, then get rid of the air pressure, it's that simple. Everyone should feel much better if they just move somewhere else, like they do with allergies. But the fact is, this doesn't happen.

 

barometric pressure is a weather indicator, I don't know any place that does not have storms (except deserts maybe) Maybe you are confusing it with altitude but there is no where one can move where barometric pressure will be non existent.

 

edit* where changes in barometric pressure will be non existent

 

I have to disagree. I know I am just an N=1 but we moved from the midwest, where the barometer stayed pretty steady aside from approaching summer storms... to the East coast for a year where it was pretty much the same case... and now out West less than a mile from the foothills of the Rockies and the weather here is very, very different. Yes it is high semi-arid desert BUT the mountains seem to do all kinds of crazy things to weather patterns. I have a phone app that tracks barometric pressure and more often than not, it swings wildly from low to high... and we don't need big storms for that to happen, it can be a lovely summer day. My ears have responded accordingly.

 

I don't know what science OR Dr's say - But I know for SURE for ME - it absolutley affects me -- I felt like shit ALL last week while we had a high pressure system hanging over us- lightheaded - dizzy - tinnitus ramped up - fatigue - it moved on and i feel great again....so i am not a dr or a scientist or even a weatherman - but I know..... it affects me.

 

there is no possible way we can get rid of air pressure it's part of nature.

 

also here is a DR a well known Dr who treats MM and MAV Dr Hains and he acknowledges people with MM and MAV are affected by barometric pressure

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/symptoms/pressure.htm

 

Good article - although I didn't need to read it to know - LOL ..... But I am passing along to my gf - thank you for posting

 

you're welcome

 

Sorry guys we can agree to disagree. People think Meniere's is affected by a million things. Logically speaking, the majority would be in your heads. Even the whole salt thing is likely bogus. I go by logic and this is why -

1) Getting an ear tube does not cure Menieres.
2) Putting in ear plugs does not affect Menieres.
3) Flying in planes does not trigger immediate vertigo.
4) Most menieres patients are not affected by air pressure.
5) The link Vicki put up actually proves my point exactly. The doctor just puts Menieres in there without an explanation whatsoever on why pressure would affect it. He talks about fistula and diving and valsalva etc, and then randomly sticks Meniere's in there, like wtf?
6) For those who thinks pressure changes with weather, that means you can move somewhere else and feel better. But you don't, because it doesn't work like that.
7) For those who thinks pressure is everywhere and there's nothing we can do about it, well then it really DOESN'T affect Menieres right? That's like saying air or blood affects Menieres, it is way too generic.

If you really believe air pressure affects your "Menieres", then do something about it. Because for once, you actually can. Try valsalva. Do pressure tests. Move somewhere, even temporarily. Put in the ear tube. Figure it out. And if you are right, then you probably do NOT have Menieres anyway. Good luck.

 

PleaseNoDizzy, I live in CO also and am still trying to figure out whether the barometric pressure affects my meniere's. What phone app do you use that tracks the barometric pressure? Thanks!