I have Menieres Disease. It started in February 2008 with Vertigo so bad I had to go the hospital by ambulance. I was there for 4 days and they
tested to see if it was the crystals in my ear, which it was not. They told me it was probably caused by a severe inner,inner ear infection. A side
affect,which I also now have, is sudden hearing loss in my right ear. I have a constant noise in my ear like the wind or like what you hear when
you listen to a seashell. I started going to the Paparella Ear,Head and Neck Institute here in Minneapolis. I was treated first by one doctor there
for 7 months,being given one profusion, which did not help.The dizziness would come on so suddenly (the noise in my ear would stop)and sometimes lasted for a couple of hours where I would have to keep my head down until it passed. It got so I was afraid to leave the house by myself. I finally started seeing this other doctor at the Institurewho did another profusion, then steroids and finally a profusion where he actually punctured my eardrum(which did not hurt) which lasted once a week for a couple of weeks. He told me it would take a while for it to work, but it finally started to work in April of 2009. The dizziness stopped all together, but I still have the noise in my ear and my hearing has not really come back very much in that ear. I still never forget
that it could come back at any time, so I am very careful about moving my head too fast, getting up or down too fast,etc. But I can live with the noise
in my ear. I am now working again and live my life normally.
You should suggest the steroids and the profusions directly into the eardrum to your doctor.
Good luck to you.
