Meniere’s disease and pain killers

Besides this blog I also have one about sleep apnea. I try to update them twice a week on Sunday and Wednesday. Usually they don’t have anything in common but today they do. The pain killers that I have taken for my meniere’s disease have been causing havoc with my sleep.


After my last gent injection on June 9 I experienced quite a bit of discomfort. Not only did I have a major headache but my ear ached also. The doctor called in a pain medication to see if it would ease off the pain. It did, at least a little. The problem is that it made me tired because the pain killer is also a sedative which isn’t good for sleep apnea patients because it makes the muscles in the back of the throat relaxed which causes more blockage of the airway. So it either live with the pain and not rest, or vice versa.


Of course if you have Meniere’s then you know that a good many of the meds have some sedating effect which can make it really rough during the day when you would like to stay awake! Valium is one of them. I used to take valium, low dosage, every morning. Since I have been on short term disability I have stopped taking it every day. Right now I have been taking it when I feel an attack coming on. I think that it has worked pretty good.


And Antivert also is a sedative and like valium I try to limit the number that I take, now only if I feel an extreme attack coming on. The med that I take after an attack is phenregan which really makes me tired. After taking it I usually can’t do much of anything.

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