Been on prednisone and week cause i most likely have lost hearing. (I think i waited too long Not sure if its the prednisone or just the losing hearing that is make my eyes move like when my attacks happen. Prednisone several years ago did not do this to me, infact it was opposite, however it is a higher dose. Just thinking it could also be inner ear regulating for losing hearing. Either way, I’m sick of having to lay down. Anyone have similar experience when they lost hearing and making attacks happen?
Sorry, Ledwards, I do not quite understand what you mean. Rapid eye movements belong to Menière's Disease, as loss of hearing does. Cortisone might help. But you can't rely on.There is no cure for Menière's Disease. What you can do after attacks is to train your brain with special exercises. You should ask your ear doctor. Best wishes Susanne
I just mean if you lose hearing i think it messes with your inner ear. Which in turn may be why im having nystagmus happen. Seeing if others who have lost hearing have experienced same. Seems after it stabilizes it will get better. Hopefully.
Meniere is an endolymphatic hydrops whose cause is unknown (secondary hydrops). When it is known what causes this dropsy it is no longer Meniere (primary dropsy). Hydrops is an increase in endolymphatic fluid in the inner ear. This increase in fluid causes the inner ear canals that have their own fluid to detect horizontal and vertical position and inform the brain to stop working, so your brain begins to receive information that does not match what it is receiving from your other hearing, your own body and, of course, your own vision. Human balance is made up of three pillars: Inner ear, vision and the information that the body itself transmits to the brain about its position and placement. When one of these three pillars fails, there is vertigo or dizziness (also when it is the brain that fails due to neurological problems, brain tumor, etc). In any case, nystagmus is a consequence of endolymphatic hydrops and not the other way around. When your ear sends wrong signals, your sight tries to synchronize with that information without success, so your eyes begin to move involuntarily looking for a reference. Nystagmus and vertigo are just symptoms, they are very annoying, but they are not dangerous or important to find a cure, it is as if you have a disease that causes you fever and continuous nasal bleeding, but instead of treating the cause you only take ibuprofen and blood transfusions throughout his life. Basically this is Meniere: We have pills for the symptoms, but no cure (yet). To understand the magnitude of the rarity and difficulty of studying this disease, it is enough to say that until a few years ago endolymphatic hydrops was a mere theory, now it has been confirmed that this happens thanks to the improvement in magnetic resonance technology.
Ledwards, I have the same symptoms. I have bilateral MD and where custom hearing aids on both sides. When I have vertigo attacks my eyes go from side to side very quickly and sometimes they also go up and down very rapidly as well. Its pretty freaky and when people see it they don't know what to think. It always passes but then I'm down for the count for many days recovering. It sucks. Good luck.