Meniere’s?

I have found over the years that "Meniers" is difficult for many doctors to diagnose. From my experience I would say your symptoms are classsic meniers. When mine started it was just the ear blocking and my hearing going down to zero in that ear. But I didn't have the vertigo. Therefore the doc said it was not meniers. I suffered like that for years, on and off fullness and deafness with the tinnitus getting worse and my hearing getting worse overall in that ear. Then...wham...veritgo. THEN the doctor called it meniers. As you have probably already discovered, they don't really know what causes meniers, they just have guesses. But the overall symptom that everyone seems to have is the one ear getting full and the resulting hearing loss. Soooo... I would, if I were you, assume you do have it and try some of the treatments you will find on this forum. Cut back on salt, see if your doc will prescribe a diuretic. Start a log and see if you can find triggers for the symptoms. For instance, I have found amongst other things, that atmospheric pressure changes will sometimes bring on the ear fullness. Not much I can do about it but still intersting to know. I take a number of chinese herb pills that are suppose to help with veritgo and also help drain the inner ear. They seem to help. I also think that allergies sometimes bring on my symptoms so I'm going to see an alergist. Anyway, the disease really stinks to say the least but many here have learned to live with it and many have found ways to, if not defeat it, at least lesson the symptoms.

 

One thing I have found, and I know it's not the same for everyone, is that my vertigo attacks have only happened when my ear was full. I have dizziness much of the time but I just live with that (It's like being stoned. My son thinks that is "cool"..I don't). So at least that's a bit of a warning for me. I carry a pill bottle with dramamine and one with vallium in case the worse happens. For one of my attacks I did find the dramamine helped. I was at work so it was a real life saver. But the other times, nothing helped. Thus far I have gone 7 months without an attack so I'm hoping my regime is working. The test will be this summer as it always gets worse then.

Keep checking this forum. There are a bunch of really good people with excellent advise but they don't check the forum all the time.

 

You mentioned that your consultant can't diagnose you at the moment. Who is your consultant? You really need to see a doctor who specializes in Meniere's, such as a neurotologist. You've had an MRI which is essential when diagnosing Meniere's but there are a number of other tests as well that should be done to rule out other possible causes.