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Originally posted by parabellum:
I have Meniere's Disease, got it from my mother's side of the family. I have almost no hearing in my left ear. The worst of it is behind me, but in my thirties, the vertigo and horrible, horrible nausea got so bad, I actually contemplated suicide. I'm not talking the kind of spins that you get when you've had far too much to drink. I'm talking about vertigo so bad- for hours- that's it's simply not possible to describe it. Vomiting until dry heaves. Absolutely the worst experience of my adult life. A lingering trip through Hell.

All of that is behind me now. It began to subside in my early forties, and though I have constant tinnitus and permanent hearing loss, it's manageable. Up until recently, my right ear was perfectly normal, but now I have age-related tinnitus in it. It's a bit depressing, but not the end of the world.