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I'm glad you are starting to feel better, Bea! Great news! Not so great about the rest of it.

 

Bumblebea, congrats on feeling better!

 

I am so sorry. Vertigo is so horrible and hard.

Given the change of symptoms, could it have been vertigo from something other than MM? Perhaps MAV or BPPV?

 

That's great, Bea! I'm so glad you're doing so well!

 

That's great to hear!

If you're staying a prolonged period at the max dose, be sure to tell your doctor so you can get regular blood work, etc.

 

My doc just gave me a scrip for 1Mg of Valtrex a day on Thursday and I've had more vertigo in the last four days than I have had in four months. (Well, attacks. I was always a little dizzy overall.)

Is it the general consensus that once you start the antivirals that things get worse for a bit before they get better?

 

I don’t think that anyone really knows. Best to persevere until you are done with persevering. If it works you are likely to become a convert (and the chosen few become evangelists), if it partially works you might become a sceptical convert, and if it fails .... then it is probably best to move on...

Good luck with the rest of your trial.

I am a sceptical convert myself.

 

I tried to get my doc to get me 3X a day but he wouldn't budge. He's very skeptical on the antivirals as I don't show any other symptoms, like cold sores, and haven't had any other signs that would point to such. He also mentioned that - And please don't flame me for this folks. Just passing it along. - he's read just as many papers that say they don't work compared to those that says it does.

I'm on Mylan. Seems that there have been discussions on the different generics in other threads. I've only been taking it for less than a week though so it seems to at least be doing something. That something being no fun at all ... so far.

 

That has happened to several of us. It got worse before better. But you need to hit it with 3000 mg a day, and not just 1000 mg. That is what Dr. Gacek (and many others follow him) recommends.

 

I'd be interested in seeing the papers he's referring to. They likely don't exist. In the meantime, i'd personally fire his ass and move to a doctor who cares about you. It's silly not to try antivirals at the recommended dose by Dr. Gacek, given that they are one of the safest drugs on the planet. The side effects are extremely rare and easily checked with regular blood tests.

As my doctor said, "Can't hurt to try".

 

Oh he knows about Gacek and JoH and .... he rattled off half the things I've read on the board.

I'll ask him for pointers to the "AVs don't work" papers. Again, not trying to rain on anyone's parade, I'm on the things myself.

 

Well, some doctors won't do it. I suspect it's because they: a) don't make any money from it, and you can't imagine how much they get from those surgeries they love, or b) they don't like admitting being wrong all along about things.

Fortunately, any doctor can script it. Or a nurse practitioner.