I found my cause-Meniere's symptoms fading away.

To put it as simply and in less words as possible. It was all muscular in the neck and jaw. So muscular tightness dysfunction was responsible for vertigo about every six months lasting 6-12 hours in duration. In between was nearly full time feeling unbalanced like just having got off of boat, having springs and or thick sponges taped to the bottom of my feet. Then there was sensitivity to light, allergy symptoms like I never experienced before that also mainly affected my eyes. There was periods of brain fog, periods of head pressure, periods of head pressure and whooshing of my heart beat in my ears. There were periods of grayed out vision like looking across a room through fog. There was near constant keep me awake tinnitus that came and went. Sometimes there was loss of hearing for a few minutes. Loud sounds such as at a concert were unbearable and required ear plugs. There were a few times it felt like my brain has been zapped. Making me think maybe it was seizure of some sort. Through it all was constant unrentlenting ear pressure in my right ear that started to move into my left good ear. I tried all kinds of things including upper cervical chiropractic that helped, along with massage and trigger point massage that really had little affect. So what was it? Simple years long over ten years of clenching and sometimes grinding of teeth that in turn caused the muscular dysfunction that in turn caused the Meniere's symptoms I just described. Once got enough control over my clenching especially at night is over a long period of time is when I started experiencing a difference. If I clenched during the night ear pressure would return every time. As would the sore upper molars one of which is cracked. I did get a TMJD consult by way of a cone beam 3D x-Ray that shows I do not have TMJD. TMJD is one of the better known causes of Meniere's symptoms. I am very close to being completely without Meniere's symptoms now. I still have left over neck and jaw muscle stiffness that without constant PT will stiffen up and again try to bring back ear pressure and nasal congestion. I am not having to take any allergy meds this spring although I do take only one a week as opposed to several a day to include nasal sprays. As I visit varying discussion support forums I'm struck by the number of people complaining of muscular issues in the neck. That being the case there is cause that requires to be found. Then as think about tight muscles I believe it prevents normal flow of blood and fluids in and out of the head area thereby causing a number of Meniere's like symptoms.

 

Besides trying to discover the cause stopping clenching has very tough. It's been a matter of breaking a bad habit by keeping my top and bottoms molars apart and not touching. I'm notb100% there and may never be. But I'm far enough along to get results. In that im also looking into sleep apnea and snoring to see if there is any link. It's also been teaching my mind and body to naturally be in a relaxed state despite being prone to both. It has taken months and I considered hypnotherapy along with Behavioral therapy and if I had to digging deeper into the physchological realm. Like you though I felt I had thrown enough money at this. There is quite a bit of self help so I'm have learned to do my own Pat and use a Theracane to do my own trigger point therapy. I do believe in finding and addressing root cause. Had it turned out I had TMJD I'm certain until addressed in total those symptoms would still prevail. I believe there are all kinds of causes of muscular dysfunction that lead to Meniere's symptoms not necessarily in the realm of TMJD. Then there are viral causes and food sensitives such as in gluten and celiac disease. Then the thyroid cannot be overlooked either or B12 Deficiency. But it seems to me the muscular and viral cause lead the way.