One of my big mental health & musical inspirations, Ryan Adams suffers from the debilitating condition Menieres Disease & I just wanted to send this out to him via the reliable information conveying vehicle that is the hashtag……(?!)
Anyway, it really seems that the way ahead for most Menieres sufferers is regular Acupuncture, I will link to a few studies confirming this statement below. I mean, I should have weekly acupuncture for all my stuff but it never gets to the top of the list……I’d certainly do it if I started to get a big high or big low & could not reign it in by myself…. It would gravitate to the top of my list in that circumstance, which I don’t anticipate happening tbh (ie I believe I can offset these myself now due to experience/knowledge/greater insight)
I know some people find the idea of acupuncture weird or unpleasant or have fear of the pins etc but it’s such a wonderful brilliant whole body experience in the hands of a quality practitioner that to not give it a decent shot (2/3 sessions minimum to feel some benefits) I really think, that with something as patently disruptive & distressing as Menieres Disease that not giving Acupuncture a really fair go is at least self defeating at worse self neglect….. not to put too finer acupuncture needle point on it. 🤓
Here’s some stuff including peer review research articles to assuage your doubts. Maybe you’ve tried this but I suspect you are a bit needle resistant, just trust, it’s so great, really amazing, spiritual deep, you’ll love it once over any block you may have. (if it’s truly insurmountable go shiatsu/pressure point therapy instead)
I love acupuncture, I would have acupuncture weekly just for the tension release & you can barely feel the pins most of the time, just start with less pins, admit any fears to the practitioner & get a practitioner on their good reputation.
One last comment though…. I’ve been a very long time looking at health issues through the Natural Health & Wholeness lens & I believe you will never, your bodymind will never put down a thing that it’s made use of to get its needs met unless you are ready to listen to your body asking for, well it’s rest & down time isn’t it, that workaholic/ADHD types override their body for the neurotransmitter prize as well as worldly success obviously too….. not to diminish the desirability or necessity of these things one iota but the point remains the same, to bastardise a Led Zeppelin song title.
Anyway here you go Ryan & I’m so very proud of your sobriety, your continued self healing in therapy & all your self publishing & your pirate record company achievements. (I will get Chris when it streams…… I can tell it’s great, that I’ll love it from the feedback & reviews your getting) (oh & I love you always ever whatever etc but you know that 💜)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6660197/
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“The classic symptoms of Meniere's disease are vertigo, tinnitus and deafness, but for all the treated patients vertigo was the most uncomfortable and distressing symptom. In all our cases vertigo stopped after a few acupuncture courses; but in our opinion it is more important to follow and control hearing threshold, since if it remains stable the other symptoms of Meniere's disease also do not persist.”
“Acupuncture has been proven clinically effective for the treatment of Meniere’s disease, a disorder characterized by vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. Researchers determined that acupuncture produces a 100% total effective rate. The results indicate that acupuncture is safe and effective for the treatment of Meniere’s disease. [1]”
“The patient had been treated with conventional medication, which did not resolve their symptoms. Over a period of ten weeks involving 14 acupuncture treatments and Chinese herbal medication, the patient's vertigo completely resolved and concomitant symptoms such as tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss also improved.”
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