Wondering

No it doesnt. Try antivirals. Though JOH does have some ingredients designed to slow down the replication of the virsu it is not the same thing nor as powerful in the antiviral arena. If antivirals work for you they work, if they dont they dont. You would really be shortchaning your self and perhaps suffering when you dont have to try to theorize an answer.

 

yo yo yo. don't be theorizing. just do.

 

For me the JOH has provided relief. Been on it for 13 months or so. The AV's had no positive affect. I actually had a negative affect from my 3 month experience of AV. So what am I saying? stop presuming and try all the low impact options. Things like JOH, diet and AV's are a no brainer. None of them involve "the knife".

 

I started AVs almost seven weeks ago. I didn't feel better at all until about a week ago. I felt waaaayyy worse the entire time after starting AVs. It can take up to three months for AVs to work, so don't give up on JOH. Keep in mind, this type of treatment is working in the premise that not only does the virus need to be tamed, but healing needs to occur. All of this takes time.

 

RWJ, I was just playing about the theorizing thing. I thought it was funny how June used the word.

Anyway, hope we didn't discourage you from coming back hear. I just read most of your posts. You're the $150 hearing aid guy.

Seriously though, why haven't you gotten on antivirals yet? They have a good reputation for being successful if you have a virus. Which you very well might have.

I need to buy that hearing aid and keep it on my keychain because I often forget to bring my expensive one.

You're from NW Ohio. I was too. What town?

 

Exactly my thoughts on the newfound info about the genetic link. MM isn't "passed down", but the factors that allow the inner ear to be compromised are. My chiropractor asked me if I had any Jewish ancestry, apparently that's one of the predetermining factors. Almost seems like he knows more about MM that my ENT...

My wife is also from Toledo.

 

I am from Toledo.

I am Spartacus.

Interesting about heredity. My dad had 2 serious episodes of Bell's Palsy. His face has since returned to normal and he had some reconstructive surgery. I think the theory on BP is that a virus makes a facial nerve go haywire. But not sure. He developed nearly debilitating migraines at 19 and has had a headache nearly every day since then. He's not Jewish but pretty close.

 

My mom doesn't have vertigo, but does have terrible tinnitus, ear pressure and migraines. My grandfather had vertigo and my uncle has numerous ear issues but not vertigo. I definitely think there is a genetic component! BTW - I'm from Cincinnati. Maybe Ohio is the culprit??

 

Rwj, sorry if i came off judgemental. I answer too quickly sometimes. My real intended point is that all of us here, not to mention the doctors, often talk like the answer is known. It isnt. It really isnt completely known by anyone. What most of us here have found is it is trial and error but antivirals are probably leading in success. Good luck, you most likely will find something that works for you, just judging from what people report back here.

 

I totally agree. JOH did nothing for me. Antivirals cured me.

I also take 3000 mg of lysine per day. Hit it with everything.

 

I think there's a huge genetic link. My grandpa had MM really bad. One of his daughters, my aunt has MM, And a few of my Grandpa's nieces (my mom's cousins) have MM too.
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The family link also fits the virus theory. You are much more likely to catch a virus if you are close to someone.

 

I seem to have developed an odd thing where i do not retain immunities to herpes viruses. At age 59,i developed cmv mono. It took a while to dx because the dr did not suspect at that age i wouldnt have already had that virus which most people have had by adulthood. But the lab tests showed it was a first time infection of cmv. A few years later i developed EB mono, same result. Dr’s find it odd. It is as if something wiped the slate clean as regards these antibodies. If it is proben to happen again they will pack me off to an infectuous disease specialist. My point is just that menieres and other auto immune people may not be ‘typical’ and some of the rules and tests might not always apply.

 

Coincidentally or not, it was months after the very bad cmv that i developed cochlear hydrops.