Meniere’s disease and exhaustion

During the past few weeks I have had more than a few meniere’s attacks. They haven’t lasted too long but long enough to remind me that I still have to deal with this disorder. Besides the meniere’s attacks I have also had the feeling that an attack was about to come on quite a few times. I took the Antivert at times and at times I took the Phenergan. I think that they helped stave off attacks with they come with side effect, exhaustion.


After an attack of meniere’s especially a bad attack you feel like you have run a marathon carrying weights on your back. Not only are you physically tired but mentally tired as well. The stress as you well know can wear you out also. Recovery time from an attack could be a day or even days. After one particularly bad attack I remember being exhausted for about a week.

What really keeps you from getting your energy back is the medication that meniere’s patients usually take. Antivert, Phenergan and valium all work to some degree but they all make you tired especially the Phenergan, which I usually only use when I am extremely sick. It really becomes a difficult decision for me sometimes, if I take the medicine I still might get sick and I will be even more tired. But if I don’t take the medicine I risk having an attack.

Another issue that I have read somewhere is that you may build up a tolerance to Antivert. I don’t know if that is true or not (I hope not!)

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