Author: Anton (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: 10-24-03 19:57

Interesting. I've had tinnitis for years and before I was aware of AF. With mine, when in NSR, I can "hear" my beat as the tinnitus is louder on the pulsed beat. That's to say I can feel my pulse and it coincides with the increase in tinnitus sound.

I used to pay it no mind as it's a low volume, but I now use it as a confirmation that I'm in NSR. In AFib, it's more of a constant sound. Anyone else use it as a HR indicator?

Anton

Anton, I copied this to the top so as it didn't get lost.


Interesting you say this. I too have had afib bouts, just before manifesting, bring about a few large rattling of pulses in my ears. Typically at night even before I had this tinnitus, I could hear my pulse in my ears, not all the time, usually before an onset of rapid pulses or PACs..... I used to think that they were just related to pressure changes in the inner ear....not unlike when you chang elevations, perhaps this is what they are, perhaps there more....

Joe

Anton,
I have exactly the same sound sensitivity as you. When in NSR, I have a well-defined pulsing sound in my ears which is in sync with my pulse. Skipped beats are very evident as a long hiss between beats. When I go into Af, and my pulse becomes very irregular, the sensation in my ears nearly disappears.
What I am trying to understand is why the NSR beat is significantly louder at times. I have tried to correlate it to my blood pressure, but the relation is not clear.
Don

Here's a clip from the conference room:

I found this one pubmed study as follows:

Radical scavengers for Meniere's disease after failure of conventional therapy: a pilot study.

Takumida M, Anniko M, Ohtani M.

Department of Otolaryngology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan. masati@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

OBJECTIVE: To perform a trial to assess the efficacy of radical scavengers, i.e. rebamipide, vitamin C and glutathione, for the treatment of Meniere's disease (MD). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Rebamipide (300 mg/day), vitamin C (600 mg/day) and/or glutathione (300 mg/day) were given orally for at least 8 weeks to 25 patients with poorly controlled MD. RESULTS: Of 22 patients, 21 showed marked improvement of vertigo; 12/27 ears showed improvement of hearing disorders; 17/27 ears showed improvement of tinnitus; and 18/25 patients showed improvement of disability. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that treatment using radical scavengers has the potential to become an effective new therapy for MD.

Richard

Here's a bit of interest:

Dear Debby,
We were so glad to get your book. We have been researching MSG on our own and there is not a lot of information out there on MSG.
My husband was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. He was put on fluid pill and Diazepam for dizziness.
My husband still continued to have spells and we had him on a very low salt diet, like they told us to do, and it still was not helping a whole lot.
My mother came across a book on MSG (our book), she thought to herself these are exactly the same symptoms he has when he goes into an attack. She gave us the book and we read it and started working on this on our own.
He went to the Chiropractor and he tested him on Accent which was 100% MSG. His ear started to ring, his neck started to get tight, he had a fullness feeling in the top of his head, and his left leg drew up approximately 2 to 2 1/2 inches more than the right leg.
We immediately started reading labels and going on a MSG free diet, which is very hard to do, basically fresh fruits, vegetables, and fresh cuts of meat, as you know. Since we started the MSG free diet, he has gone 30 days without an attack.
We went to Dr. XXX. We began telling him about the "MSG Myth" and he didn't have a whole lot to say except that Meniere's Disease has a way of coming and going like that. He didn't want to believe we had maybe found a cure for his problem. Time will tell, but we hope this is the answer.
Thank you
(Names withheld in Missouri)

[msgmyth.com]

Yes Yes Yes.

Free glutamate caused vertigo and tinitus in me too. Just posted on the other thread. And yes when vertigo goes away - like AF and you tell your Dr s/he will say but this is normal. It will come and go. You might be lucky and it will never come back, but don't hold your breath. No-one knows what causes it. AAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHh!! Many people now know what causes it, but they won't listen as we are the patients - what could patients possibly know about there own bodies!!! I despair

Fran

I'm just testing, as I couldn't get a post to go through on another link.