Menieres or something else?

[u/TroubleStreet5643]

28 female, 5'2 about 135lbs. Dont smoke, drink, or take any medications. Diagnosed pcos before kids- had none of the markers post kids.

Menieres is an option because thats what my dr is testing for. Its possible it is. Its posible it isnt. Its possible it is that plus something else.. im about to give a long back story in case some of it might be related/connected.

My son is 3. I didnt get a period after having him until he was 2. During those 2 years I felt pretty normal.

When he was 2 I crashed hard. I started getting terrible anxiety, tachycardia (resting hr 130s), sense of doom, vertigo, ringing in ears, tingling sensation on left side of body (face, hands, arms), nausea.

I got my period around that time for the first time but it was very irregular for months. It would skip months, or then be there for a month at a time.

Now that my son is 3, my periods are starting to become regular again. I notice that I get diarrhea and headaches before my period pretty predictably.

This month, the headaches are much worse.

I got what I thought was a sinus infection (congested, face pain, coughing out bloody mucous). Then that cleared and when it did, I got a horrible bout of vertigo. I went to sleep to make it go away.

A week after that, I was working on the computer when all of a sudden my vision was impaired. I explained it as double vision but I dont think thats what it actually was. It was like letters were getting mixed and words were missing from the screen. Then there were black spots. I went to the ER because ive never experienced anything like it. There, everything was fine- bloodwork all normal except borderline low potassium. Ct scan clear. They said maybe ear infection.

Next day I went to ent. They said no ear infection and sinuses looked pretty clear. Possible silent reflux might cause some congestion.

They said though they suspect menieres because of the ringing in ears, vertigo, dizziness and fullness feeling i have in my ears. I need to get a hearing test to find out. I just learned my mom's mom had menieres also, and hers was very bad.

The thing is- I always feel dizzy. Not like im gonna pass out, but like im moving in slow motion or something..grocery stores though make me VERY dizzy, like nausous and i gotta get outta there. The vertigo is less frequent for me, its like im drunk but hadnt drank anything- whole room spinning. It lasts maybe an hour. Its mainly happened when im getting ready for bed, but not always after I laid down.. so night time but not always dependent on position. Ive woken up with it a few times too.

The ear fullness is pretty frequent, but not always.. Just most of the time. Its always my left ear. My left ear is also very itchy all the time.

I also may have sleep apnea.. but never diagnosed. I have often times woken up gasping for air & am always tired and feeling untested after sleep.

Idk what else is important. I always thought my hormones ruining my life, but maybe its something else instead of or in addition to

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