@markm there was no specific virus that I was tested for. I was told that the two levels of my blood work that indicate a virus were both off but seemed to be resolving themselves. This was about a week before my symptoms really started resolving. Otherwise everything was healthy. My Vitamin D levels were ALMOST too low by about 1 point.
How long did the vertigo symptoms last. Is it still happening?
I think it's important for us who have suffered from these vertigo spells, to remember that we all may have different vertigo triggers. For example, some seem to have BPPV, which is resolved with Epley maneuvers and what not.
Others who have had consistent vertigo may have vestibular neuronitis and cannot be resolved through Epley maneuvers, and just have to essentially ride it out. So those who tried Epley and failed to get better, do not have BPPV. Those of who have not found relief within a week or so probably have developed Meniere's. This was either latent and triggered by the vaccine or you already had vestibular issues that have been worsened by the vaccine.
The majority of people who have suffered from this for more than a few days/weeks/months seem to have all or most of the following symptoms:
- A sensation of fullness, congestion, or pressure in the affected ear, often in only one ear
- Vertigo - It may occur at least 20 minutes up to several hours (but not more than 24 hours)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Hearing
- Tinnitus – Buzzing, ringing, or hissing noises in the ear
- Cognitive and mental fog
I was looking at the stages of Meniere's and found this:
The Aura Stage
It may include the following symptoms:
- Headaches
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Increased ear pressure
- Tinnitus
- Sensitivity to sound
- Hearing loss
- A vague sensation of uneasiness
The Early Stage
These symptoms may appear:
- Tinnitus
- Spontaneous, violent vertigo
- Ear fullness (called aural fullness)
- Fluctuating hearing loss
The Attack Stage
This stage is notorious for these symptoms:
- Nystagmus – uncontrolled eye jerking
- Nausea and vomiting
- Cold sweats
- Anxiety and panic
- Fast heart rate
- Blurry vision
- Trembling
- Diarrhea
- Heart palpitations
In Between Attacks Stage
After the attack stage, you will be tired and may need to sleep for several hours to recover. Many patients remain symptom-free. However, others may continue to exhibit any of these symptoms.
- Fatigue or sleepiness
- Appetite changes
- Headaches
- Heavy head sensation
- Being easily distracted
- Groping to find the correct words to say
- Clumsiness
- Diarrhea
- Feeling faint or lightheaded
- Difficulty concentrating
- Sensitivity to sound
- Sound distortion
- Loss of self-reliance and self-confidence
- A feeling of motion sickness, queasiness, or nausea
- Anger, fear, worry, and anxiety
- Vomiting
- Problems with the vision– blurring, bouncing, glare intensification, focusing, etc.
- Feeling unsteady– suddenly falling, staggering, or stumbling, problems walking, looking for something to hold onto when walking, and continually looking down.
The Late-Stage of Meniere’s Disease
At this stage, you may feel the following:
- Issues with your vision and balance replace vertigo
- More intense ear congestion and tinnitus
- More significant and constant hearing loss
- These symptoms can get worse when you are in low lighting, if you are fatigued, or if you see a lot of visually stimulating sights surrounding you.
- Drop attacks happen where you fall while conscious
I think most of us have experienced a few of these symptoms. What's odd to me is that I seem to fit in all three categories: BPPV- My vertigo was only positional and was triggered only by turning left, while sleeping or if I moved my head to the left during a vertigo episode. It's never really started if I was standing or randomly. All three episodes happened when I shifted to my left side, while lying down.
At the same time, my vertigo spells except the last one, lasted several hours. One lasted at least 4 and the other lasted 42 hours. Epley maneuvers didn't really do much, but anti-inflammatories did help. Which indicates potential vestibular inflammation.
But in between spells I have experienced a few of Meniere's symptoms: mild lightheadedness, nausea, mild pressure/fullness in the left ear, anxiety and panic, fast heart rate/palpitations, cold sweats, and heavy head sensation (this only two or three times). No tinnitus, or hearing issues, no problems with vision, no fainting, no hearing loss nor unsteadiness except during the vertigo spells. No sound distortion, no drop attacks. No balance problems outside of my vertigo spells.
Anyway, just because something worked on someone and it didn't work on you it doesn't mean you will be like this forever. Just be patient. Unless something truly severe is happening (vision loss, hearing loss), there's not much to worry about. Everything is either manageable or treatable in the end. Just keep being positive and taking precautions or doing what you need to to manage your symptoms.
@collegecoxy You'll be OK. Your symptoms seem mild. Vertigo, as scary as it is, is usually not a sign of something life-threatening and it's usually manageable and it eventually goes away. Drink a ton of water, take some vitamin C, try 800 mg of Ibuprofen and see how that goes.
here to report my symptoms - got first dose (moderna) april 13 - was fine for about 14 days, then slowly started noticing the vertigo, it was not extremely apparently - but doing certain things would trigger it (lying down for a workout, flipping over on a pillow too quickly). Basically stopped doing certain movements so it wouldnt trigger the vertigo, felt like it slowly got better, and each time I tested myself - it would be a 1/5 chance I would get a bout of vertigo. Received second dose on May 12 - same thing happened - went about 1.5 weeks not doing certain moves, seemed like it was getting better and less noticeable, but today as I went to workout - it happened again. Wondering if I should completely stop doing certain movements to minimize this terrible feeling. Doctor suggested doing the head exercises - but afraid it could further worsen things.
Hello everyone. I’ve been in the background for many months but I think it’s time people knew my story and add just one more person to this forum.
37 year old. I received my first Pfizer vaccine on March 6. No bad side effects until a few days later when I had days upon days of ear pressure and dizziness. I went to an ENT. He said I had some sinus inflammation and an inner ear inflammation. He gave me Flonase, ibuprofen, a muscle relaxer (said it must be my TMJ which has never had a flare up). Nothing worked. Went to neurologist. MRI came out good. Said it was TMJ. Had my second shot March 28 (was super hesitant not to take it).
11 1/2 weeks of this. It’s a dizziness that comes and goes. Some days it’s constant and other days it comes in and out. I’m scheduled to see my PcP and ENT again in a couple of days. I even took Xanax thinking it was anxiety but it didn’t solve it. I’ve also taking Meclezine. Some days I don’t know how I function. ;( This is debilitating. I just want to be normal again. I’ve never, ever had any issues like this! I’m going to start taking Tumeric and more Vitamin C to see if that helps.
I think it's important for us who have suffered from these vertigo spells, to remember that we all may have different vertigo triggers. For example, some seem to have BPPV, which is resolved with Epley maneuvers and what not.
Others who have had consistent vertigo may have vestibular neuronitis and cannot be resolved through Epley maneuvers, and just have to essentially ride it out. So those who tried Epley and failed to get better, do not have BPPV. Those of who have not found relief within a week or so probably have developed Meniere's. This was either latent and triggered by the vaccine or you already had vestibular issues that have been worsened by the vaccine.
The majority of people who have suffered from this for more than a few days/weeks/months seem to have all or most of the following symptoms:
- A sensation of fullness, congestion, or pressure in the affected ear, often in only one ear
- Vertigo - It may occur at least 20 minutes up to several hours (but not more than 24 hours)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Hearing
- Tinnitus – Buzzing, ringing, or hissing noises in the ear
- Cognitive and mental fog
I was looking at the stages of Meniere's and found this:
The Aura Stage
It may include the following symptoms:
- Headaches
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Increased ear pressure
- Tinnitus
- Sensitivity to sound
- Hearing loss
- A vague sensation of uneasiness
The Early Stage
These symptoms may appear:
- Tinnitus
- Spontaneous, violent vertigo
- Ear fullness (called aural fullness)
- Fluctuating hearing loss
The Attack Stage
This stage is notorious for these symptoms:
- Nystagmus – uncontrolled eye jerking
- Nausea and vomiting
- Cold sweats
- Anxiety and panic
- Fast heart rate
- Blurry vision
- Trembling
- Diarrhea
- Heart palpitations
In Between Attacks Stage
After the attack stage, you will be tired and may need to sleep for several hours to recover. Many patients remain symptom-free. However, others may continue to exhibit any of these symptoms.
- Fatigue or sleepiness
- Appetite changes
- Headaches
- Heavy head sensation
- Being easily distracted
- Groping to find the correct words to say
- Clumsiness
- Diarrhea
- Feeling faint or lightheaded
- Difficulty concentrating
- Sensitivity to sound
- Sound distortion
- Loss of self-reliance and self-confidence
- A feeling of motion sickness, queasiness, or nausea
- Anger, fear, worry, and anxiety
- Vomiting
- Problems with the vision– blurring, bouncing, glare intensification, focusing, etc.
- Feeling unsteady– suddenly falling, staggering, or stumbling, problems walking, looking for something to hold onto when walking, and continually looking down.
The Late-Stage of Meniere’s Disease
At this stage, you may feel the following:
- Issues with your vision and balance replace vertigo
- More intense ear congestion and tinnitus
- More significant and constant hearing loss
- These symptoms can get worse when you are in low lighting, if you are fatigued, or if you see a lot of visually stimulating sights surrounding you.
- Drop attacks happen where you fall while conscious
I think most of us have experienced a few of these symptoms. What's odd to me is that I seem to fit in all three categories: BPPV- My vertigo was only positional and was triggered only by turning left, while sleeping or if I moved my head to the left during a vertigo episode. It's never really started if I was standing or randomly. All three episodes happened when I shifted to my left side, while lying down.
At the same time, my vertigo spells except the last one, lasted several hours. One lasted at least 4 and the other lasted 42 hours. Epley maneuvers didn't really do much, but anti-inflammatories did help. Which indicates potential vestibular inflammation.
But in between spells I have experienced a few of Meniere's symptoms: mild lightheadedness, nausea, mild pressure/fullness in the left ear, anxiety and panic, fast heart rate/palpitations, cold sweats, and heavy head sensation (this only two or three times). No tinnitus, or hearing issues, no problems with vision, no fainting, no hearing loss nor unsteadiness except during the vertigo spells. No sound distortion, no drop attacks. No balance problems outside of my vertigo spells.
Anyway, just because something worked on someone and it didn't work on you it doesn't mean you will be like this forever. Just be patient. Unless something truly severe is happening (vision loss, hearing loss), there's not much to worry about. Everything is either manageable or treatable in the end. Just keep being positive and taking precautions or doing what you need to to manage your symptoms.
Thank you for your post. I think it's important to remember that we are facing the unknown. We have never encountered Covid-19 before or any of the newly developed vaccines. Our reaction and side effects to the vaccine are unprecedented. We may have some aspects or symptoms of Meniere's disease, but that does not mean because we've had symptoms for longer than a few days or weeks that we have Meniere's. Many of us have one component or two of several different conditions. I do agree that we need to be patient and allow our bodies time to heal. Hopefully, we will steadily recover over time.
@markm Same! My tachycardia only happened in the middle of the night or while resting, not while standing up. It usually got better for me when I was moving around or when I had my heating pad on me.
For those who have Meniere’s Disease, what are the symptoms and how is it diagnosed?
Received second dose of Moderna vaccine on Apr 15. Ten days later I had mild dizziness for a week, which then faded. Now 4 weeks after dose 2, I got out of bed, began walking and collapsed like someone had pulled my power cord. I have experienced vertigo, nausea and dizziness now for 5 days straight with no end in sight.
