I started swimming about nine months ago. In the beginning, I couldn't stand water getting into and get stuck in my ears, so I started wearing earplugs. I am a much better swimming now. I am able to swim 2 miles w/o breaks with using freestyle. So today, I tried swimming without earplugs. Oh man, I started getting dizzy. The pool was literally spinning. I couldn't swim anymore and had to stop for the day.
Am I the only one experiencing this, or is this a common things amongst swimmer who are used to wearing earplugs? If possible, I want to be able to swim without earplugs in the near future. Do you have any advice? Thanks.
Out of curiosity, as another person with Meniere's, do you guys feel like flip turns bring on a spell for you? And do you have a lot of short spells of vertigo or clusters of longer ones?
I guess I'm just trying to figure out how weird of a case I am, lol. I will have days where the fluids seem to be just stuck in the WRONG position, with lots of vertigo, tinnitus, that full sensation in my ear, the whole shebang. And then it seems to reset and I'm ok for weeks or months. I can flip turn without problem, whatever. Movement doesn't seem to be the triggering event to put the fluids out of wack for me. The best I can tell, it's more tied to sinus problems, stress, salt intake, etc. But oh, those days when it's acting up I'm a total mess--can't drive, can't swim, have to call in sick and just stay as still as I can to make sure I don't run into walls or fall down or whatever.
Hi Loonytick, I'm also a sufferer with an inner ear disorder, since childhood. Since I would easily get motion sickness, nausea, etc, on amusement park rides, car rides, airplanes, I have avoided flip turns. For me, it's not worth the risk of setting off disabling vertigo if swimming works well for me. I truly believe doing yoga inversions set off a vertigo bout that lasted almost one full year, so anything that puts my head in an unnatural position is something I avoid.
I have bouts like you. One day I have no vertigo issues, no matter what I've done the night before, no matter what the water temp is, how I feel that day, allergy readings, etc. Another day, same conditions, and I feel "bouncy" all day. I gave up trying to isolate causes. For me, I take one day at a time. I'm grateful for every day that I can swim. :applaud:
P.S. I've been to dozens of "specialists" from ENTs, to neurotologists and have yet to get a definitive diagnosis. I have some hearing loss from the 1980's but, other than that, my condition seems to be chronic motion sickness, tinnitus and brain fog.
Out of curiosity, as another person with Meniere's, do you guys feel like flip turns bring on a spell for you? And do you have a lot of short spells of vertigo or clusters of longer ones?
I guess I'm just trying to figure out how weird of a case I am, lol. I will have days where the fluids seem to be just stuck in the WRONG position, with lots of vertigo, tinnitus, that full sensation in my ear, the whole shebang. And then it seems to reset and I'm ok for weeks or months. I can flip turn without problem, whatever. Movement doesn't seem to be the triggering event to put the fluids out of wack for me. The best I can tell, it's more tied to sinus problems, stress, salt intake, etc. But oh, those days when it's acting up I'm a total mess--can't drive, can't swim, have to call in sick and just stay as still as I can to make sure I don't run into walls or fall down or whatever.
Hi Loonytick, I'm also a sufferer with an inner ear disorder, since childhood. Since I would easily get motion sickness, nausea, etc, on amusement park rides, car rides, airplanes, I have avoided flip turns. For me, it's not worth the risk of setting off disabling vertigo if swimming works well for me. I truly believe doing yoga inversions set off a vertigo bout that lasted almost one full year, so anything that puts my head in an unnatural position is something I avoid.
I have bouts like you. One day I have no vertigo issues, no matter what I've done the night before, no matter what the water temp is, how I feel that day, allergy readings, etc. Another day, same conditions, and I feel "bouncy" all day. I gave up trying to isolate causes. For me, I take one day at a time. I'm grateful for every day that I can swim. :applaud:
P.S. I've been to dozens of "specialists" from ENTs, to neurotologists and have yet to get a definitive diagnosis. I have some hearing loss from the 1980's but, other than that, my condition seems to be chronic motion sickness, tinnitus and brain fog.
