More on eyes playing tricks and meniere’s

I got a lot of good responses on my blog post about eyes playing tricks on you with a little help from meniere’s.



Here there are.


Jeff said...

I sometimes have a strange one a bit like this. Apart from feeling a reaction to unusual movements or shifts of perspective on TV, I sometimes get it on the computer as well. The odd thing is that it happens when things DON'T move!


What I mean by that is that sometimes on a page there is something you can click and you expect to get a menu or a pop-up or whatever. If I click and nothing happens, I feel a bit of a wobble. It's almost as if the body is expecting the visual feedback in response to the physical mouse click and if it doesn't happen the circle isn't complete and your balance has to kick in to compensate. It doesn't happen all the time, only when I'm not feeling great already. Pretty strange, eh?

That is strange. Our eyes seemed to be controlled by what we think will happen. I know that if I stare at a monitor too long images sometimes ‘bounce’ around. Of course I have bee working with computer graphics for years and that might also have something to do with it.



Anonymous said...

My doctor explained to me that MD involves deterioration of the Vestibular System. When you read what the Vestibular System controls...it all makes sense. Just a bit what it does is "The vestibular system sends signals primarily to the neural structures that control our eye movements, and to the muscles that keep us upright." This explains my wacky eye movements sometimes and Drop Attacks in MD patients. Love your posts David! Keep it up!!


Thanks, when I had the vestibular therapy last year the therapist though it was odd that someone with meniere’s would benefit from it, but it definitely helped me.


Lita wrote...
I too have had similar situations and have read that those of us with MD are really "re-training" our brains how to think and react to visual situations like the car moving that was adjacent to you. A non-visual example for me was when we purchased a front-load washing machine. I had heard that some of them create quite a bit of vibration, depending on the location in your home and your home's structure. The first week we owned the new washer I couldn't stand in the same room or the adjacent rooms while the washer was spinning. The floor shook a little too much and my brain couldn't figure it out. I was so scared I was going into vertigo that my anxiety triggers kicked in. After a couple of weeks I could stand in the next room and now I can be in the laundry room while the washer is spinning. Also, any situation where pressure changes in a room really confuses me and I have to leave. An example would be a windy day outside and 2 people simultaneously open front and back doors to the house, creating a pressure change in the house. I usually grab my ear (my left is the one involved) and look around to see what happened while other people in the room haven't sensed a thing. It's so subtle and strange and I used to be self conscious about it, but the brain seems to be able to re-learn because most situations I can handle here at home. I have had Meniere's for 2 years but have not had vertigo in 15 months - yay! Love your blog. I visit often. Thanks David! -Lita in Washington State, USA

Thanks Lita, it is really strange about the washer. I am glad that you haven’t had the vertigo in such a long time. Hopefully it will stay away for a long time.


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