One of the biggest fears I have about meniere’s disease besides having an attack while driving is falling down. I have written in the past about how meniere’s affects my movements, something that has happened recently scared me.
It was about 2 in the morning and I had to get up and use the bathroom. Usually I don’t have any problem feeling my way around to get to the light switch in the bathroom. My eyes adjust to the dark pretty well so there isn’t any problem with them, but on this particular night I felt the room sway which made me frantically feel for the wall. Panic set in, I guess because I wasn’t entirely awake. I stood there for just a second to get my bearings straight then I proceeded to turn the light on. I was lightheaded at this point and after using the bathroom, I gingerly made it back to bed.
I know that balance is coordinated between the inner ear, the feet and the eyes. This little episode makes me wonder how reliable my inner ear and my feet are when it comes to balance. Now I know that I relied too much on my vision for balance after the gent injections. But at some point in the spring I had my ears, eyes and feet all working nicely to maintain my balance. I certainly hope that the problems that I have had recently are not connected with bad signals being sent from my ‘good ear’ to the brain. If this keeps up I may get my VRT exercises out and start doing them again to see if that would help.
I’ll keep you updated.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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Thanks for sharing. I found you on Digg. Don't forget that balance has a lot of inputs from the spine too. I'm biased, but having a good-functioning spine helps balance problems.
You are absolutely right. Thanks for the comment.
Todd, what do you mean by a good functioning spine? I sufffered many drop attacks with Meniere's Disease but I also often had astrnge feeling sometimes in my spine like the nerves were irritating me.....I never really put the two together. THis would often happen after a long period of inaction, I mean not doing any sports or exercise due to a vertigo attack or something.
Tai Chi will help hugely with your ability to balance through vertigo attacks. It has a nice benefit of reducing stress levels as well.
hi,
I have heard that Tai Chi is good for balance among other things
thanks for the comment
David
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