There is always the worry when you travel and have Meniere’s disease. Whether by car, boat or plane something can go wrong. It doesn’t all have to do with motion either.
When I am traveling by car even short distances I always have this feeling that I am going to have an attack, because I have had 2 major attacks while driving. I haven’t had any attacks lately but I still worry about it. I think in my own case the anxiety of worrying about an attack stressed me out so much that it causes me to become dizzy. I have been told that with Meniere’s disease unlike vertigo sudden motion doesn’t cause an attack. I really don’t know if I believe that completely. I have had the tests to see if I had vertigo and I don’t. One of the tests had the doctor jerk my head to the side and see if my eyes had any movement. But I know there are times when I move my head too quickly I will become dizzy.
Traveling by plane doesn’t bother me. I know that it bothers some people because of the high altitude. But from what I have read the altitude doesn’t affect the inner ear just the middle ear. I still carry antivert on the plane with me anyway.
I don’t take many boat rides. The last one that I took only lasted two hours and I stayed inside the cabin. I didn’t have any problem with sea sickness.
One of the main problems with Meniere’s disease is the lack of definite information about it. There are so many unknowns that it is difficult to determine what causes an attack.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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I noticed that within a couple of weeks after traveling that I have cluster attacks with my meniere's. They usually last 3-4 weeks. I am able to double up on my medicine, eat ginger snaps and drink gingerale. I also practice my vestibular exercises. These things appear to help.
That's interesting about the ginger snaps and gingerale. I had never heard about using them for meniere's disease. The vestibular exercises are good. I have used them myself.
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