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Ménière's disease

mood: scared scared

I had two really nasty vertigo attacks early Thursday morning. I've been experiencing mild vertigo for a few months, but these scared me enough to see the doctor. Apparently, I have Ménière's disease. We are both hoping it is not permanent. He's trying me on one type of medication to start with.

This site has some pretty good descriptions for those who are interested.


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Posted on Feb. 4th, 2011 at 09:56 pm | | Leave a comment | 4 comments | | Flag

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seanchaidh

You're the second person I know who's been diagnosed, actually.
Posted on Feb. 5th, 2011 03:24 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

njc2007

Apparently the incidence is something like 1/2000, so I'm not surprised you know someone with it.

Edited at 2011-02-06 12:58 am (UTC)
Posted on Feb. 5th, 2011 08:41 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

rusty_armour

I'm so sorry. That sounds absolutely horrible. I know this may not seem like much comfort at the moment, but I think it's good that you were diagnosed and know what you're dealing with. I truly hope it isn't permanent and that the medication you're taking will help.
Posted on Feb. 6th, 2011 01:46 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

njc2007

I guess I'm in the denial stage because I'm hoping it's a misdiagnosis. It is a permanent and progressive condition and I'm not ready to resign myself to that until we've exhausted every other possible diagnosis.
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2011 03:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply
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