chuckmsrd@aol.com (ChuckMSRD) wrote in part:

You should find an otologist (ENT who specialized in the ears) and who mainly
works with vestibular patients. Such specialists are not easy to find but do
exist. I assume you have had a workup by a family doctor or internist.

If you can't get a diagnosis that makes sense) from an otologist, you might
want to see a neurologist and maybe an infectious disease specialist.

It can take persistence to get to the bottom of a vestibular disorder.

You might like to read the following page:
http://meniere.eebee.net/vertigo.html

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Chuck:
 I certainly have no answers for you but wanted to tell you I can
sympathize.
 I have not been officially diagnosed but have read everything I can get
my hands on and have been going thru testing and figure that's what I
have. 25 years ago I woke one day dizzy and it lasted for years. I had
scans, spinal taps and other various testing and the only diagnosis they
could come up with was labrynthitis, go home and someday you'll feel
better. One day it left as quickly as it came. Here we are 25 years later,
I had the stomach flu and a week later was sick with something else. I
have seen 2 ENTs, have had a recent balance study and a brain scan. I have
taken antibiotics of all sorts for the last 10 weeks, nasal sprays,
allergy medicines, antihistamines and prednisone. I felt better when I
took the prednisone but after the dosing ended (12 days) my symptoms
returned and have grown each day. I still take antibiotics, nasal sprays
and antihistamines. I do have sinus problems and that's probably part of
what is going on but certaining not the full story. I have neck and
shoulder pain which I have not read about as being part of any of the
labrynthitis symptoms so I was reading posts to see if anyone mentions it.
I have another appointment next Friday with a very good ENT and have MRIs
and a copy of the balances studies to take with me. I'm wondering what
testing you have had done. You mention MS, tumors, bacterial and viral
concerns. You need a MRI to diagnose MS. Lesions will show. If it was
bacterial you'd respond to antibiotic therapy and probably have developed
other symptoms by now. The MRI or a CT scan would diagnose a tumor and as
I understand it, the only way to diagnose viral labrynthitis is to rule
everything else out and take a history to see if you'd recently had
another viral infection or even a family member. There is no treatment for
viral labrynthitis except to stay active. Being still and laying down
makes it worse and delays recovery, that's probably why you feel better as
the day goes on, you've been up and active. The good news is if it's viral
you will more than likely recover completely. Sometimes people can have a
problem with the small vessels that are in the inner ear. Do you have high
blood pressure? Sometimes there can be a clot or some blockage that makes
our symptoms. That's the next thing I'm going to look into and adddress on
my next visit. If I get any good answers I'll repost. Hope you are doing
better.
KrisK