My husband has Meniere’s disease and he says, “some days, life just wasn’t worth living!” If you have this disease, or if you know anyone who has this horrible disease I bet they also feel like that. David still has his disease, but he no longer has the symptoms that made his life so unbearable at times.
Do you suffer from dizzy spells? Have you been diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease?
I have had Meniere’s disease for several years, and it was so bad at times I would have to crawl to bed and spend one or maybe two days just lying there because I was so dizzy.
This could happen on a daily basis.
I had to stop working, and haven’t worked for about three years. I had to plan my days around how I felt in the morning. Some days driving or walking was out of the question and even on the mornings when I felt ok I would never know when I would get dizzy.
The next thing that happened was I began to get very depressed.
I started to have financial problems and I was a prisoner in my own home. I went from being self sufficient to totally reliant on other people.
I had seen my family Doctor and had the normal prescription drugs for Meniere’s, all to no avail. I was referred to a specialist and had all the hearing test and an MRI done, again to no avail.
One doctor I spoke to on the internet was experiencing the same problems as I was. He would have to be carried out of his office and driven home, and cancel all his appointments.
He found an interesting solution for Meniere’s, and I decided to see if it would work for me. I had nothing to loose except a few dollars and I had spent a lot on prescription drugs, which didn’t work.
His solution was a combination of high quality vitamins and nutritional supplements. I started this in the middle of May 2000 and by the beginning of June my dizzy spells were gone.
I was fine until I was admitted to the hospital this Nov. 2000 for one week. My Doctor took me off the vitamins and nutritional supplements and at the end of five days I was dizzy again. The next day I was discharged and started taking my vitamin’s and nutritional supplements again and two days later I was dizzy free.