I am starting Valtrex tonight

Yes hi Redbird and Julie! Fingers crossed for us. Hallelujah the doc agreed to valtrex, and renewed my benzodiazepines.
I had a short vertigo around 5 a.m. Big chinook wind out today. Feeling some disequilibrium so will take it easy.

 

Hi RedBird and Anne, it's nice to be trying this with you. RedBird, sorry you had the attack last night - God, it's a miserable feeling.

I just finished day 14 on the antivirals. It's hard for me to tell if they are helping because my attacks have been sporadic in the past. But I have not had any full blown attacks since I started, and (maybe it's just wishful thinking) the bouts of "swimminess" seem to be less severe and maybe the ear fullness is a bit better? I guess the jury is still out.

 

Day 2. Another wind warning and chinook arch. Head feeling off and risky so took Advil, Tylenol, gravol and a nibble of clonazepam before my dental appointment. Survived it, and even managed going to the pharmacy and organic food store. I think my ThereSpecs glasses are helping me with fluorescent lights. I’m home now - had hoped to go to one more thing, but got a hint of vertigo for a few seconds so I’ll lay low now.

 

Boo vertigo, redbird. Sorry to hear it. Lots of people here say that if it’s going to help it can take awhile.

I’ve been in generic mylan valacyclovir for a week. Just traded them in for brand name Valtrex. Merry Christmas to me $$$$!!! I’m still getting vertigo every 2-3 days but less violent than earlier this fall.

 

sorry to hear it redbird.

 

Hi redbird and julieZ
Phooey I just had a vertigo. Was feeling precarious all morning, chatted on the phone with a friend, got up to put the phone back on hubby’s desk, and got knocked right into him. Didn’t spin long, as long as I lie still. Had some Ativan, gravol, sniffling my rubbing alcohol, slowly eating a bit of lunch. Might try some of my new CBD oil but a little concerned... how safe is it to be doing so many experiments on myself at once? Yet I just want to throw everything possible at The Beast.

Ok that’s enough screen time for me... whoozy... back to the Contemplative Couch... fight the boredom and self pity.

 

I’ve been on brand name valtrex and lemon Bv for 2 weeks; Vinpocetine, reactive, and Vit C for 3 weeks. I tried CBD oil for a few days, and think it backfired. I started some sublingual B12 a couple days ago.

I started wearing my dental guard again a few days ago.

I’ve also reviewed “Heal your Headache” and am treating any MAV component- so quit Advil and Tylenol cold turkey, finally weaned off caffeine (today is Day 1!), and am continuing to take little nibbles of clonazepam when I’m feeling off balance.

All that... and maybe I’m doing better? I’ve had a few mini-vertigo in the last week, but brief and I didn’t have to take extra meds. And I went to a movie!! First time in months.

Next addition is very gradually increasing my exercise - I walk and stretch, do gentle yoga and tai chi, but let harder cardio workouts fall away this year. Maybe that’s a contributor to my shitty year of vertigo? I read here that getting that old heart rate up is good - makes sense, when we are able.

And the next test will be next week when I return to art classes. That old building may be a big trigger for me, so I may need to take a break or quit altogether.

 

I was able to get the load dose of valcyclovir (3x day) extended to 6 weeks, then tapered. I do want to share that initially my generic was manuf by Northstar. About 4 months in I noticed the refill looked different and noted it was from Mylan. Not a big deal...I have always considered generics to all be the same. For me...on THIS med...wrong. Within 48 hrs I had an attack. I got it switched back to Northstar (had to change pharmacy) and it was night/day difference. I can't explain the why. One other time since then they mistakenly gave me the Mylan and I figured I would give it the old college try...same thing, attack in under 48 hrs. So now my generic is always filled with Northstar.

Major weather fluctuations can still make my ear fill up a bit and make me feel off.

Good luck all. Hope it works for you.

 

I was on anti-virals, things got better, lost insurance, couldn't reup the prescription, things got worse, had a friend that helped me out and now ... about two weeks later .... things seem to be better. I know that's less than two weeks but keep at it. I know some people think the generic manufacturers are important but I've gone through two of them now and no difference. Just a data point. Not arguing.

 

That sucks, Redbird11. Do you have a Plan B in the works?

 

Fingers crossed for you

 

I hope the TMJ treatment offers you relief on both fronts. Those two parts of the anatomy are so close together, there just has to be some overlap in both symptoms and causation for those affected by both.

I had about 5-7 years of TMJ issues in my 20's. Nothing severe enough to get formally treated, and at the time there was no way I could have afforded it anyway. Eventually the problem kind of faded but to this day I still get some clicking and popping but none of the pain and stiffness I used to have. The MM didn't crop up until over a decade later.