Acupuncture has helped me!

It's funny you mention this because I just told my husband tonight that I'm willing to try anything, even Acupuncture. This is great to hear! I'm glad it helped you!

 

Congratulations on your improvement! Keep informing us of how you are doing over time since for now it has only been 5 months since you started, the interesting thing is to see if it works for 1-2 years.

By the way, do you know what herbs he's giving you?

 

So glad you are better! For me I find that there is little rhyme or reason for flare ups. Alcohol is a personal trigger however. And I do watch sodium and caffeine intake. Otherwise those mountain roads can aggregate as well. I do have eustasian (sp)? tube dysfunction, which really limits my flying anymore, sadly. But Menieres just shows up most of the time with NO apparent reason noted. Ugh. Remember, herbs are drugs so be careful. Best to you.

 

Please can you ask your acupuncture practitioner which point are being needled and what the herbs are.

I am seeing one now with no success

 

I went to acupuncture for 3 months 3 times a week. He said my problem was in my kidneys. Stuck needles in my ankles mostly. Still got vertigo so quit going to him. Happy it worked for you!

 

Good luck to you. I may try it. I have not stopped alcohol, as my ENT never said I should. In fact my consumption has gone up since this crap started. It has unfortunately been my crutch. I should try stopping drinking before I try the acupuncture.

 

For anyone considering acupuncture - please make sure you consult someone who has trained for years in Chinese medicine and this is what they do full time. By this I mean that many other practitioners - MDs, chiropractors, physiotherapists, etc. will offer "acupuncture" as part of their many services but many (not all) such practitioners take a course over a few weekends, learn a few points and off they go!

That is not Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine is a very complex thing that takes years to learn, with it's own interpretations of the cause of disease and its treatment. Quite frankly, you likely won't find help from someone who doesn't have a full grasp of Chinese medicine theory. Note too that Chinese medicine is more than acupuncture. As mentioned by Keithyboy in the original posting, his treatment plan included Chinese herbs. A properly trained Chinese Medicine practitioner will give you not only the needles but herbs and discuss diet with you (for example, Meniere's from what I understand is considered "fire" or "Yang rising".... so the dietary recommenations would be "cooling" foods.... It's a comprehensive approach and that is what you want if you are going to spend the money!

Regarding naturopathic doctors - definitely worth considering especially for their ability to order certain lab tests such as IgG Food Sensitivity Testing as well as their ability to provide IV vitamin therapy (Vitamin C, gluthione) and of course give you ideas about the best supplementation. Although between the other suggestions here such as the JOH regimen, high dose B Vitamins, pycnogenol, etc.... you could probably figure that out on your own. They would also be able to provide guidance on Candida and Leaky Gut Syndrome (though again, you can do your own reading... but they can do the testing to confirm).