Meniere's disease consists of discrete ATTACKS (lasting several hours, usually) of vertigo, fullness in the ears, tinnitus (ringing), and hearing loss. Each attack leaves the person with more hearing loss.

If you do not have any hearing loss (have you even had an audiology exam?), you probably don't have Meniere's.

Nonspecialist doctors sometimes hand out the "Meniere's" diagnosis with little or no justification to anyone who's dizzy.

There are MANY reasons for being dizzy--including a number of inner-ear disorders--but true Meniere's is really pretty rare.

Nancy T.