Mine is not seasonal but it does affect me around my period time or if i don't get enough sleep. I keep a journal on my sysmtoms and things i eat and meds i take and what activities i did for that day.That way i can see if something i did or ate could have triggered it cause if i rely on memory I will never solve the puzzle.

I have this all year lONG!. I don't like it at all.

My symptoms appear to be seasonal too. It only seems to happen in the winter, or autumn. My symptoms are low-frequency tinnitis (tinnitus is a symptom of Meniere's, not a diagnosis), fullness in the right ear and low-frequency hearing loss in my right ear. Sometimes I have had mild dizziness, in past episodes, but nothing like the severe vertigo that other people seem to have.

I'm definitely seasonal. It seems to somehow go away during the summer. Seasonality could imply allergies, except that I don't have any allergies that I know of, and winter is the least allergenic season. I'm curious to know if other people have seasonal Meniere's, and what is the timing of it?

This has been going on for over 10 years. I get the symptoms sometime in the the late fall / early winter, and by spring or summer, it's better or gone. Some years are worse than others.

... SonicSue,

You said your last symptoms were from June to October, but this time it started in April? It's been almost a year now. Did it stop? When?

Your timing might fit the allergy season. Mine does not.

well at the beginning of march i started having the spells again....i wonder if it is allergy related?
benadryl is out of the question b/c the last time i took it i was sooo nauseated.
Its wierd...althrough dec/jan/feb..I was dizzy free & then BANG...here we go again.

i am going to look into lipo-flavanoids.

SonicSue,

I'm just thinking if it's consistently seasonal, then that might tell us something about what triggers it. For you, it sounds like early spring is your season, and that just made me think of allergies. Depending on where you live, tree pollen and grass pollen could be active during the early spring - not that it helps you avoid the trigger, unless you can stay indoors, or move to the desert.

But I hasten to add, that in my case, the timing would seem to rule out allergies, and even in your case you may not have any allergies, and there may not even be a pattern. It's only happened 2 years in a row, and then before that it was in the autumn. Do you think there's a consistent seasonal pattern if you think back longer than that? Are there any safe seasons or months for you? Is there a time of year where the symptoms never start? For me, that's summertime, and early fall.

I guess I'm looking for patterns, because that's the only thing I know to do. Once this symptoms begin, all I can do is cut way down on salt and hope it goes away soon. So I'm hoping to identify a trigger and then maybe I'll be able to avoid it.

Many potential seasonal factors come to mind - temperature and humidity of course, daylength, mood, lifestyle changes, spending more or less time outdoors, different components of air pollution are more active in the summer, diets probably change, holiday stress, or holiday food or candy, or tax season, maybe having the kids around all day in the summer, or the end of the financial year for certain professions... allergies are just one possibility.

I had noticed for years that my Meniere's symptoms got worse during my peak allergy seasons (March - May, September - November). My ENT initially did not want to talk about linking Meniere's and allergies. I went to an Integrative Medicine specialist who told me that the inflammation from allergies might aggrevate the Meniere's, but does not cause it. Treating the allergies (in my case) has definitely helped. I have been on an anti-inflammatory diet for a year. While I still have symptoms, I am much better than a year ago. Hope this helps.

wow, i was just reading about the diet. dont think i can live without wheat or dairy...Goodness!

apparently its helped alot of people.

I hadn't thought of mine being seasonal... I'll have to pay attention to that. I don't have symptoms all the time, it sort of comes and goes. I have been diagnosed, it didn't seem to help any. I had never heard of Meniere's before I was dx'd.

I am following up on this discussion because I've been reading about the increased spikes in Acute Flaccid Myelitis that seems to follow a seasonal pattern as well--but it is bi-annually. What is odd is that my Meniere's has followed a bi-annual pattern (that, like AFS, coincides with election season, I have noticed). Does anybody else see a seasonal pattern of their symptoms that basically last from the May primaries to the end of the election season in election years (with noticeably less symptoms in off-years)?

wow...it seems my last post was from 2009, a lot has happened. I was diagnoised as having "Basilar migraines"
I have every one of the symptoms & I am on a few meds that have it somewhat under control.
I was just lucky to finally talk to a good ENTdr.
was just about to browse the migraine forum. good luck to everyone here.

I wanted to leave a follow up here because of a recent update to my comment about the biannual pattern. Obviously, this year is going to be different with allergies since I have to wear a mask most of the time I am indoors. Well, after wearing a mask for a while I discovered that my symptoms are noticeably less. I went to an allergist and got tested for indoor and outdoor allergies. Turns out I am not allergic to the pollen and pets I suspected...but I am allergic to dust! I thought it was the cat, or maybe pollen, and at one time I thought it was even reading (I like to read old, dusty books). Turns out it happens most often in the summer because...get this...that is Garage Sale season! (And also work on the house season, which is usually very dusty.)

So if you are having attacks at odd times--not just when a certain plant is in bloom--it could be that something as prevalent as dust is the culprit (and the solution is as simple as a cloth mask).

No mines not seasonal. I have good days and bad days, but no breaks on menieres.

One of the reasons I suspected that I was allergic to cats was because I would often get an allergic reaction after my cat came in and snuggled with me. But, after a while, we realized it was always after he had gone under the house and came back covered in cobwebs. He also sometimes goes to visit neighbors at random and brings back dust or pollen from their houses (they grow plants in a greenhouse) so I really do have to avoid him year-round (or wash my hands after petting him).