Last night, I had the strangest vertigo attack. I'm hesitant to even refer to it as vertigo but am at a loss as to what else to call it. I was sitting on my bed when all of the sudden, I got really nauseous and my head got that really heavy feeling that usually means an attack is imminent. Nothing was spinning yet so I just sat there really still waiting to see what was going on. The feeling was getting worse so I laid down and stared at one point on my bedroom wall still waiting. My head felt heavier and I knew if I tried to get up, it would end badly. I couldn't really move without getting a little spin and more nauseous. I finally starting taking my Valium and it took 4 mg to calm the feeling in my head. I also had to take some Zofran to make the nausea go away. All in all this lasted an hour.
Of course, now I'm trying to figure out what triggered it. I know that it may be futile but I always try anyway to find something to point to as a cause. Was it the hectic weekend I had? My son's 7th birthday was Sunday. Was it something I ate when we went out to eat? I'm usually not affected by food or sodium though. I have been suspicious of MSG and after doing some research there was some in what I had for lunch. But I barely ate anything so who knows?
Someone else suggested to me that this may be burnout. This person had experienced the same thing and her doctor told her it was burnout. That's what I'm hoping. My other choice is always the threat that I'm going bilateral. I see my doctor next week so I will definitely ask about it. In the meantime, I hope it doesn't happen again. I've been dizzy all day and I have to be the primary one to pick up the kids from school this week. I can't afford to be dizzy. Argh!
On the Vitamin D front, I can tell a difference already since I started supplementing. I'm now 12 days in. The muscle cramps and joint pain are long gone. The extreme fatigue has eased up. Now it's just normal ol' fatigue probably from the Meniere's.
So that's the latest. Wish for myself I had better news!
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Wow. I was diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency in November of last year and with Meniere's last month. Do you know if there are any epidemiological studies linking prevalence of D deficiency with Meniere's the way there are with MS?
ReplyDeletehey cincinnati,
ReplyDeleteno i don't know of any studies. i do know that vitamin d deficiency is extremely common. i do know of other people with meniere's who also have a vitamin d deficiency. i am curious to see how i will feel once i get my vitman d levels up. have you tried going to the vitamin d council's website?
i wish you well and lots of good health!