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Laby is short for labyrinthectomy. It’s a surgical procedure that removes the balance anatomy from the affected ear. Gets rid of the vertigo...
It doesn’t go away, it’s masked due to the other input of the TV. My tinnitus is acting up right now in my “good” ear and I notice it less when...
I suffered drop attacks and for me it was a no-brainer to get the laby. Of course, I was dx’d with Ménière’s so there’s that too. I had had the...
I know it sucks...I have tinnitus in an ear that was surgically removed with a labyrinthectomy. Unfortunately, our brains freak out because they...
I take Amitriptyline also.
For me, when symptoms are gone I eat and drink whatever I want-alcohol included. hope this passes for you soon. -Kevin
Sounds familiar. Hate to welcome you to this club, but there is a lot of great information here and definitely don’t be passive about your care!...
Fullness: Completely gone. Tinnitus: I presume I will have forever—most days tolerable, though.
You may want to look for neurotologist or otolaryngologist as specialists. I live up in DFW and the Dallas Ear Institute is great, but it would...
Hi again, beks. I do have a hearing aid as I used to use the CROS system. I hardly ever wear it because, as you know, all it does is amplify sound...
Hey, @beks and welcome! This is hard to answer as things have changed so much since the pandemic, but I will try my best. My wife has been...
That’s great and encouraging news! Glad to hear It! Anecdotally, I have found that every time I reduce lysine below 3,000MG/day, symptoms return....
Playing guitar when my ear can tolerate it and doesn’t pitch shift the sound, lol, and motorcycle rides on country roads. Both my solitude and...
My ear returned to proper place after sac decompression, later after laby, and later after cochlear implant. Completely normal what you are...
Congrats on your retirement! #Jealous.
@Rebecca, it’s been almost 7 years since my laby so I’m not completely sure on time frames. I did have a complication of a cerebral spinal fluid...
@Rebecca, the laby gets rid of the fullness also because it destroys the anatomy that causes it. The only symptom I still have in that ear is...
I had a labyrinthectomy prior to going bilateral and now have a cochlear implant in that same ear. Don’t regret the laby one bit—gave me my life...
@KaSchu, don’t wish you had a musical talent...MD kills that without remorse-on bad days I wish I never was a musician. I have autoimmune with...
@meemil, I can relate. I’m a guitarist and had to stop performing live in 2005 due to the vertigo attacks. Kept busy writing and recording in home...