10 year post op Shunt surgery

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  1. yanksgirl

    yanksgirl Member

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    I had endolymphatic surgery in 2012! It has worked really well as far as not having vertigo anymore--that's been great!
    However, my 'head pressure' has continued and gotten worse thru the years!
    Meaning--no pain, no vertigo, but awful feeling like I feel such 'fullness'--pressure inside my head, that makes me 'crazy' so much of the time--when I'm upright.
    It eases when I lay back for a few mins. but as soon as I'm up and about, the pressure gets worse--and of late, really bad! No doctor has the answer, so wonder if anyone here has this problem and how it's treated? Thank you
    Yanksgirl
     
  2. Lin

    Lin New Member

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    Hi, Have you thought about your eustachian tube being open? Here are the symptoms I found:
    SYMPTOMS OF PATULOUS EUSTACHIAN TUBE
    • Autophony: hearing one’s own voice abnormally loud. This is also present in superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome
    • Ear blockage or fullness
    • Symptom relief by lying down
    • Hyperacusis: hearing sounds as abnormally loud
    • Tympanophonia: hearing one’s own breathing sounds, heart sounds or any sound emanating from the upper body. This will not be present in superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome
    • A feeling of “head-in-the-barrel” sensation
    • Eardrum movement while breathing
    I have this happen sometimes with my good ear and always get relief when I lay down. My ENT brought this up and told me to back off some on my low salt diet, this has helped with the frequency (and I have added some weight back on). Just a thought...
     
  3. Jenn2323

    Jenn2323 New Member

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    I take Pychogenol, garlic, magnesium, vit c, zinc biomelanin and probiotics my fullness is so mild I dont notice it anymore.
     

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