Monday, February 16, 2015

Virus? Meneires? Something Else

Woke up the next day, Friday, feeling sub-clinical flu-ish.  achey, sore throat, no energy.   Went to work and my throat was hoarse, losing my voice.   Home early and napped.

Valentines Day, we slept in.  Felt rested and enjoyed a quiet morning at home.   We went out for a few errands and that little bit of activity just wiped me out.    No Vertigo just weak.  
Could be over-diuresing.  I lost 11 lbs of weight over a week.  Added in the HCTZ and made sure to take the afternoon doses.   Doubled up on my KCL when I noticed I was having fasiculations in my calf.

Here it is Monday.  Still extremely weak with a head fog.  No vertigo or nausea.

Beginning to believe the Gluten sensitivity science.  Found some articles from a researcher at House Ear Institute that supported an auto-immune cause.      Calling Dr Brown to get my annual labs and discuss Functional Medicine.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Really tired of this vertigo

Went and saw Dr David Levin on Monday.  A young doc with the latest info.  Introduced me to a drug called betahistine.  It acts to dilate the vasculature around the middle ear and increase flow of the endolymph.  He gave me information but didn't give me a script.   Put me on prednisone 3x a day for a week.      My Diamox prescription went up to $125 a month.  He switched me to HCTZ but said that Diamox is the standard treatment for Meniere's.   I looked into Canadian pharmacies on-line and found that I could get 100 for $55.  

Had one good day Tuesday without symptoms.
Yesterday was Wednesday and I had the onset of vertigo around 1pm.  Sweats and gait disturbance.
The symptoms intensified and I took a meclizine around 2:30.   That gave me some relief for a while but driving home, the vertigo returned.  I had to stop and rest for a bit and then proceeded.  Just about a mile from home, I had a sudden a sudden nausea attack and had to pull over to barf on the side of the road.  Went to bed for two hours then felt better.

Today is Thursday, 2/12/15.   Working at my desk and had another sudden onset of symptoms.  Vertigo & sweats. No nausea yet.  

I'm frustrated with this.   It is effecting the quality of my life and ability to work.   I need relief.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

The week wasn't over.

Last entry, I thought my symptoms had passed.  On Friday, I had another severe attack at work on Friday.  Just sitting at my desk, turned my head wrong and set it off.   I tried to sit with my eyes closed but it didn't help.  The nausea kept building.    I had to call Annie to pick me up.  It was bad enough that I couldn't drive.  I came home and went to sleep until the next day.   Wonder if I picked up some virus that was causing these attacks.