What calmed your ear fullness?

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Hi Serk! I'm going on 4 years with MM and have only recently found a strong connection with suppressed symptoms and a Keto diet for me. Result is posted in your survey.

 

MM is just shorthand for Ménière’s

 

I do not follow a low salt diet while on keto. There is a slight correlation with heavy sodium intake and flare ups with me but as long as I don't overdo it I'm okay. It's way too early on keto to say definitively whether or not it's helping but I had two weeks where hearing came back and all other symptoms were background noise. This is the first time I put more than a couple good days together. Always explore what's out there and stay hopeful.

 

I noticed your post has over 200 views, yet only a few responses to your survey. I was very interested to follow the survey results, but I'm wondering if not many of us with MM have found much relief from the fullness. I've had MM with all that comes with it, for about 3 years now. I'm on 2400mg/day of Acyclovir just in the last few months, in addition to the JOH plan, and I recently added B5, B6, and B12. I'm stringing several weeks at a time of no vertigo, so I'm making some progress. The tinnitus and hyper-sensitivity are generally much less, so progress there, too, but the fullness is still all there. I can tell you that although it's annoying when I think about it, I am mostly able to ignore it, and that is just a matter of living with it for so long. So, don't despair over this symptom. It's amazing how your mind can adjust, so try to relax with it if you can. I will continue to watch this thread and your survey, too, for some better results people may be having. I wish you the best in your quest to find a course of action that will work for you. You are in the right place here for help and support. The people on this forum are the best.

 

From the Latin (medical) term, "morbus Ménière." MM

 

Allergy treatment and antivirals. Hard to say which one most, probably allergy treatment helped the fullness most.

 

only vomiting

 

Valtrex (generic) is what made the biggest impact for me. I did the full load dose for 8 weeks before tapering. Since then while there is some increased fullness when I am sick or significant weather changes it is 90% better!

 

How many weeks into taking it did you experience a noticeable change in fullness? Was it gradual or did you wake up one day and notice a difference?

 

I think I can say with some certainty that stopping all the supplements I was talking (JOH, acyclovir, OLE, etc) reduced my ear fullness. I stopped abruptly after developing (probably unrelated) eye problems. I eventually noticed that the sensation of ear pressure was lowered. I didn’t draw a correlation until I started taking some of the antivirals again (OLE and acyclovir); within two days the pressure increased. I stopped, and the feeling went away.

Also, using earbuds seems to cause the sensation to worsen. I’ve switched to over the ear headphones and I think I’m better for the change.

 

I'll give it a shot.

 

AV's increased pressure for me as well. At the time I was the only poster with such a response. It lasted 3 months until i wnt off the AV's. MAV treatment was the elixer for me. Vertigo, dizzy, pressure all went away. If Only I could recover my failed ear.

 

I'd taken your advice a few months ago about Candida. I bought some supplements on Amazon, eliminated starches and switched to natural sugars in my diet. But I'm switching to high gear; in the past week I've dropped all sugar and now only eat stuff on the Candida diet. I know that doctors don't accept Candida as a real thing, but I'm going to go for it. I'll report back in a few weeks.

 

Sounds like a plan with a potential side benefit. I'll bet you will drop a few pounds. Chocolate is a major migraine trigger. Since most chocolate products are loaded with sugar, you will be skipping this as well?

 

I don't think I can lose any more weight, but maybe. I've eliminated most sugars over the last couple of months. The only things I had were honey, syrup and fruit (mainly oranges and bananas). I had thought that they were allowed on the candida diet, but I was mistaken. So they're gone. I've been eating plain greek yogurt (which is horrible tasting) because I thought that it was supposed to help with this. However, I'm reading that it's probably not a good idea since it does have some sugar and it's made from dairy. Sucks, because I just bought a bunch of it.

 

You get an A for effort.