I ask if anyone has gone through the burn out because I think I might finally be there. My ear that’s the worst of the two has had mm for over twenty years now. About five days ago I started getting a loud roaring noise not my usual ringing and it kind of felt like I had a little ear ache. After that my balance has been messed up. If I’m sitting or laying down I feel perfectly fine. If I move my head side to side or walk I feel completely of balance and need to hold onto something when I walk. I’m going back to the doctor this Wednesday to get checked out. I’m in my third round of AV’S but I don’t think they are doing anythin. Any opinions are welcome.
I’m a confused by your post. To me burnout means the end of the debilitating vertigo. It’s the end of suffering and your post indicates that you are still suffering. I had the classic symptoms for 20 + years. I had vertigo episodes two or three times a week for years . Then gradually it changed to two or three times a month. As time went on the vertigo episodes became farther apart until I had the worst one ever . It lasted longer than any I had ever had. The usuals were 12 hours. The last one was almost 20. That was almost 10 years ago. I was not on meds or supplements or a special diet. I have no idea why the vertigo stopped. I am still deaf in the affected ear; the tinnitus is 24/7. Most days I experience the aural fullness. The off balance feeling you describe as well as the feeling you are experiencing when you move your head doesn’t equate with what I think of as burnout. Have you looked into the possibility that you may have BBPV.?
I have not looked into bbpv because my doctor said I didn’t have it. Maybe it’s about time to have another opinion.
Now after all the dizziness let up I keep getting vertigo about every hour and a half. Glad I was sitting down when they hit or I probably would have fallen down. Life sucks sometimes but I remind myself that there are other people with much worse problems.
Woodsrider, I agree with Vixen on these symptoms not adding up to burn out. You mention 3 rounds of A/V's. Have you switched up the type or manufacturer of the A/Vs? I found no relief with a couple of manufacturers of valacyclovir but have found great relief for the past 8 months using the Northstar generic. Wishing you all the best health.
Didn't mean to quote all of that previously, part of that quote was my comments My MM can be described like this on any given day. The ringing changes almost daily to the point that from day to day, I never know what I'm in for. It goes from loud to soft (sometimes so soft that it's almost not noticeable....almost) from the standard ringing that I'm used to (which is most of the time) to roaring and also musical (although the musical never lasts more than a few minutes for me) the ringing also changes during the course of the day, so just because I wake up with it being soft doesn't mean that's how it will be by the end of the day. The pressure and fullness could be described the same way, it changes daily and over the course of the day, from very heavy and full, to light and hardly noticeable. The other thing I've noticed lately (maybe over the last month or so) is slight pain in the ear. Nothing extreme at all, just an occasional ache or mild tinge of pain from deep inside. I have a pretty high tolerance for pain so it doesn't really bother me, but I have noticed it and it seemed like something new. I just chalked it up to the continued pressure and fullness causing it. As already pointed out, my understanding of MM burn out is alleviation of symptoms, not changes.
I read up on the burn out a little more and I don’t think it’s what’s going on. I think it’s just changing it’s tactics how to make me feel worse. I’m low sodium,no processed foods,drink only water,water pill,betahystine, and joh for about a month. Today was great until this evening I was doing dishes and out of no where a vertigo attack hit me. Had a handful of silverware that went flying all over. Sat down on the floor and a minute later I felt ok. I’m going to look into another antiviral and I see the ear doctor in two days. Hopefully something will change soon. Until then have to keep pushing foreword.
Woodsrider, you mention being on JOH for a month. It took me 10 weeks before I found relief the first time around with JOH. The A/Vs could easily take that long or longer to become effective. Hang in there and document everything you're doing. Hang in there.