There are many disorders and diseases that seem to go through stages, unfortunately most go from bad to worse. Early warning signs in the early stages are sometimes key to your treatments. Are there stages of Meniere’s disease?
Over the past year since I have started this blog I have given a lot of thought to why I have Meniere’s disease. At first I thought it was just the car accident that I was in. But I am not so sure now. In an earlier post I wrote about my problems with being car sick as a child. Maybe this was the first stage of my meniere’s disease. I can’t say for sure. Also as a child I had what seemed like a lot of problems with earaches. I went to the doctor’s repeatedly to get drops for my ears to relieve the pain. Was this somehow a sign that I was moving closer to meniere’s?
About twenty years ago I had headaches that were attributed to my high blood pressure. I started on medication and my blood pressure went from too high to too low. When it was too low I would get very light headed, similar to the feeling I would have before a meniere’s attack I went off the blood pressure medication for a few years only to get back on it a last year. Of course the mix up in my blood pressure might also have something to do with me taking a diuretic, which I still take.
So after the car sickness and earaches during my youth, and the headaches during my thirties and forties, the car accident came along and then came the Meniere’s disease. Of course whether all this things tie in together I’m not sure but it seems more than a coincidence.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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I'm new to this site... I have had MD for a little over nine years....I had the endolymphatic sac shunt surgery in the beginning and it worked well for four years then one night at an Italian restaraunt... I went into the worst attack ever.. was taken to hospital after getting sick all over the place from everywhere.. it was awful. I found that valium relieved my symptoms a lot and then I got addicted to it and my doc weaned me off it. The only relief I get now is medical marijuana. I wanted to know does anyone else find relief from MD using marijuana. Luckily, I live in CA and easily obtained a medical marijuana card because I have MD. I have been able to get off ALL my meds, although I'm really bad about watching my sodium so I should get back on my diuretic... at least wondering. Anyway, I know it is sooo controversial so I wanted to start a little discussion and see if anyone else is getting this kind of relief.
Controversy aside, if medical marijuana helps your MD then it's a good thing. I'm more curious about the addiction to valium, simply because I have a low-dose perscription to be taken as-needed. I seem to need it a lot, although not every day. As a long-term solution, however, addiction worries me. I know the author of this site is also on low-dose valium. Do you worry about addiction?
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