The Ultimate List of Meniere’s Disease Links and Resources
There is a lot of good information on Meniere’s disease online, but it can be hard to find. I created this to be the definitive list of links and resources for Meniere’s disease patients.
(You can download a FREE PDF Copy of this list here.)
Finding a great doctor to treat Meniere’s Disease:
- Healthgrades – The resource I recommend over all others for finding a doctor. To find a great doctor near you, search for highly rated Neurotologists in your area.
- The Vestibular Disorders Association Provider Directory – VEDA’s searchable database of Vestibular Specialists.
- The US News and World Report’s Top ENT Hospital Rankings – A ranking list of the top ENT Hospitals in the US.
- The American Board of Otolaryngology – Use this website to check if your doctor is a board certified Otolaryngologist or Neurotologist.
Nonprofit Organizations that Serve the Meniere’s Community:
- The Vestibular Disorders Association – An incredible nonprofit organization that goes above and beyond for the Meniere’s disease community on a regular basis. For almost 30 years, VEDA has been a highly respected source of scientifically credible information on vestibular disorders. Through their publications and online community, VEDA has reached literally millions of vestibular patients with critical information and support. I highly recommend getting involved, either by becoming a supporting member, or as a volunteer.
- Meniere’s Resources Inc. – A wonderful nonprofit organization that tirelessly serves the Meniere’s disease community, day in, day out. Meniere’s Resources Inc. is dedicated to raising public awareness about Meniere’s disease and providing support and encouragement to those still suffering from Meniere’s and other vestibular disorders.
- Whirled Foundation – A great nonprofit that offers support to everyone with a Vestibular disorder. Formally Meniere’s Australia.
- The Meniere’s Society – A UK based charity that serves people with Meniere’s disease and other Vestibular disorders. Provides resources to patients and grants for Meniere’s disease research.
- Meniere’s Research Fund Inc – A nonprofit that focuses on expanding Meniere’s disease research with their own dedicated research scientists by building on the results of Meniere’s disease research from around around the world.
- Hearing Health Foundation – A great nonprofit working to research and cure Tinnitus and hearing loss.
- Run Because – Started by a Meniere’s sufferer to fight for a cure, one half marathon at a time.
Professional and Medical Organizations that Serve the Meniere’s Community:
- Meniere’s Disease Information Center – A comprehensive and exhaustive resource for all things Meniere’s disease.
- Mayo Clinic Meniere’s Disease Information Page
- National Institute of Health Meniere’s Disease Information Page
- Dizziness and Balance Meniere’s Disease Page (Dr. Timothy Hain at the Chicago Dizziness and Hearing Institute)
- Otonomy – A publicly traded biotech firm dedicated to developing new drugs and drug deliver systems for patients with disorders of the ear.
- Xenon Pharmaceuticals – Meniere’s Disease Research Study
Mind Over Meniere’s Tools and Resources:
- The Meniere’s Symptom Trigger Journal Tool – A powerful symptom and lifestyle tracking printable PDF to help keep track of your illness and find your triggers.
- The Symptom Relief Project – An album of special mind-altering Brainwave Entrainment music tracks, each engineered to relieve a different Meniere’s Disease Symptom.
- Don’t Break the Chain – A free printable PDF tool to help you achieve your health and treatment goals.
- Mind Over Meniere’s Book Resources Page – All of the products, links, and resources mentioned in my book.
- The Mind Over Meniere’s Curated Amazon Store – A special curated store filled with products from Amazon.com that are helpful for Meniere’s patients, like low sodium snacks, books, supplements, high-fidelity earplugs, and more!
- Erase Meniere’s Symptoms with a Temporary Lifestyle Cleanse – A Guide to the Lifestyle Changes that can Help Improve Meniere’s disease Symptoms.
- My Every Day Items for Meniere’s Disease – Photos and Links to all of the products I use on a daily basis to help with Meniere’s Disease.
Noteworthy Meniere’s Disease Facebook Pages:
- The Mind Over Meniere’s Facebook Page – The official Mind Over Meniere’s Facebook page. I post interesting articles and content every day. Come join the community!
- The Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) Facebook Page
- Meniere’s Resources, Inc. Facebook Page
- The Meniere’s Awareness Project – The Ménière‘s Awareness Project is a global support group, led by Judy McNamara Tripp, with a mission to shed light on those still suffering from Meniere’s disease. I encourage you to click “Like” and follow along.
- The Meniere’s Disease Team
- Meniere’s Disease Awareness: Going4aSpin
- Meniere’s Research Fund Inc
- The Whirled Foundation
- Meniere’s No More – Information on the TMJ/Meniere’s symptom connection
Meniere’s Disease and Chronic Illness Blogs:
- Mind Over Meniere’s
- A Day in the Life with Meniere’s
- My Life with Meniere’s Disease
- Meniere’s: An Inner (Ear) Journey
- Meniere’s and Me
- Rant(hony)-ings – A Meniere’s disease blog
- Steady On Blog
- No Salt Please!
- The Mighty
- Picnic with Ants
- Turning Straw into Gold (Psychology Today Chronic Illness Blog)
- Visible Person Invisible Problem
- The Existential RIP – Reconstructing Life with Chronic Illness
- But You Don’t Look Sick
Support Groups:
- The Vestibular Disorder Association Support Group Directory
- Support Groups on Facebook (A small selection. Search “Meniere’s Disease” on Facebook for a larger list)
- Meniere’s Disease Support Group – This is the group I run on Facebook.
- MENIERES SUPPORT GROUP
- Menieres: Stay Positive
- Living with Meniere’s Disease
- Spin Cycle: Meniere’s Disease Chat and Support Group
- Meniere’s Disease (Public Group)
- Meniere’s World Wide
- Vestibular Disorders Support Group
- I suffer from Vertigo/Meniere’s disease
- Meniere’s Disease Group – You are not alone
- Meniere’s Disease UK
- Meniere’s Disease Australia: Down Under Dizzies
- Menieres: Eat Well: Stay Health
- Meniere’s Vertigo Tinnitus TMJ
- Support Group Forums:
Meniere’s Disease Books:
- Mind Over Meniere’s: How I Conquered Meniere’s Disease and Learned to Thrive by (ME!) Glenn Schweitzer
- Let’s Get Better: A Memoir of Meniere’s Disease by Meniere Man
- Overcoming Meniere’s Disease: A Practical Guide by Randy Crane
- Meniere’s Disease: What You Need to Know by P.J. Haybach
- I Can Finally Hear Birds: A Candid, Comical, and Intimate Journey about Hearing Loss, Meniere’s Disease, and Cochlear Implants by Nancy Chovancek
- Meniere Man and the Astronaut: The Self Help Book for Meniere’s Disease by Meniere Man
- My Journey with Meniere’s Disease by Peggy Holloway
Meniere’s Disease Cookbooks:
- Meniere’s Cookbook: Exquisite Gluten-Free Recipes from Around the World by Adriana Londono
- The No Salt Cookbook: Nourishing Recipes with Delicious Mediterranean Influences by Emily George
- Meniere Man in the Kitchen: Recipes That Helped Me Get Over Meniere’s by Meniere Man
- Meniere Man in the Kitchen: Recipes That Helped Me Get Over Meniere’s (Book 2) by Meniere Man
Extra Resources:
- Unheard: The Ears of Meniere’s Documentary – An upcoming feature length documentary film about Meniere’s disease that will feature in-depth, dynamic stories told directly from Meniere’s sufferers, including celebrated musician Huey Lewis and author-tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki. Famed painter Vincent Van Gogh will also be highlighted as well. In a 1990 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a team of doctors corrected Van Gogh’s misdiagnosis of epilepsy and attributed his “attacks” to Meniere’s! Also, noted Neurotologists Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and Dr. Anil Lalwani will provide the most up-to-date medical information on the condition, current research and what still needs to be done.
- Healthy Heart Market – An online store specializing in low and no-sodium foods.
- Low Sodium Foods – An online store featuring all kinds of low and no-sodium foods. Servicing Australia and New Zealand Residents only.
- Selecting a Cochlear Implant Surgeon
- Say What Hearing: Say What Hearing is an online resource for individuals in the hard-of-hearing community. Dedicated to hearing loss advocacy, its mission is to inform users, readers, and spouses with loved ones who suffer from hearing loss and tinnitus to take action to improve their hearing.
Tinnitus:
- The Ultimate List of Tinnitus Links and Resources – A list just like this one, filled with tinnitus related links, resources, organizations, books, treatments, and so much more.
- Rewiring Tinnitus: How I Finally Found Relief From the Ringing in My Ears – My new book! Available now on Amazon. It’s time you found relief from your tinnitus, too.
- Rewiring Tinnitus Blog – The sister blog to Mind Over Meniere’s for all things tinnitus.
If I left anything out, or if you know of another good link or resource, leave it in a comment below and I will add it to the list!
Greg
Hi. I’m a menieres sufferer and I write a blog about living a low sodium life. It would be great if you could share. Nosaltpleaseblog.wordpress.com keep up the good work!
Glenn
Hi Greg! Thank you for sharing your site I’ve added it to the list. I hadn’t seen your blog before, but it’s awesome! I will definitely be sharing your posts in the future.
Sherry Mason
Can we put your list on our Resource page of our Meniere’s Resources website?
Glenn
Hi Sherry, please do! I’m trying to get it out there to as many people as possible. It would have helped me so much to have a list like this when I was first diagnosed!
Emily Visnjic
Wonderful resources – shared on FB and twitter. Great job!
Glenn
Thanks Emily! I appreciate it.
IR
Thank you for everything, Glenn. I don’t have social media accounts, but I do read your articles on VEDA. I truly appreciate your dedication to this debilitating disease and for bringing hope. Thank you
Glenn
You’re very welcome and I really appreciate you saying that!
William Abbot
The hearing health foundation is missing there, you may want to bookmark that one son, you know the only people serious about cellular repair of the ear.
Glenn
Good call, thanks William. Added.
Laurie
Hi – Newly diagnosed and found your list. I can’t seem to find the facebook group – the first link you mentioned (the one that you run). I click the link but am taken to this page and it says it is unavailable? https://www.facebook.com/groups/MenieresDiseaseSupportGroup/
Glenn
Hi Laurie, I fixed the problem. It should work for you now 🙂
Victoria
Please add http://www.menieres-support.org to the list of links.
Thank you
Glenn
Hi Victoria no problem.
Victoria
Thank you very much
Dizzy Chick
Hi, I have Meniere’s and write a blog about it and my other chronic illnesses. https://picnicwithants.com/
Thank you for the list provided.
I’ll put a link to this page on my blog.
Glenn
No problem at all. Added!
Charlene Guzior
Really enjoy your videos & advice. I’ve had Meniere’s for 12 plus years & try to live my life as normal as I can, not going to let this disease win!
Lorie Fernandez
I have Meniere’s Disease and have dealing with it for years. I have spells that I am in a fog when it comes out of remission I go through panic attacks and vomiting it feels like if you don’t have it you don’t understand. I have been disabled for years from it. But I am also one of these people that believe that I have to face my fears. I wanting to know if anyone else gets confused and has fear and can hear people chewing . And just get totally worn out of being tired. Doctors told me I had Meniere’s Disease but didn’t tell me how bad or really anything else about it. I get so irrated because what can you do when your potassium gets low but the medicine makes the Meniere’s Disease worse. And you really can’t eat what doesn’t have sodium. It’s like I war whitin yourself .And i hate fear i hate these attacks i hate spinning or scared that Vertigo is coming next. And people arent aware what comes with it just pressure getting in my inner ear sets it off. I had my sinus cut out and now a fungus has set triggered it out of remisssion. I fight against depression and nausea. And if you have Meniere’s Disease you have had the similar battles . But I always pray that the Lord will help me fight it. So if you have this Disease I pray in the name of Jesus for you also. And ask that the Lord helps you control your angry and fear. Thank you for listening. Lorie
Glenn
Hi Lorie, the mental for you’re talking about is an extremely common symptom of Meniere’s disease (and other vestibular disorders for that matter). Usually you will see people refer to it as brain fog. I encourage you to take some time to read through some of what I’ve written on this site. I’ve written extensively about facing the fear, dealing with brain fog, and so much more. But I think your first priority should probably be finding a better doctor. You want to find a highly rated Neurotologist (An ENT who has subspecialized in treating balance and hearing disorders). You can find a great one by searching on http://www.healthgrades.com
Also as to your question about low potassium as a result of diuretics, you can take potassium supplements to offset this issue and this is something you definitely should talk to your doctor about.
Here are a few select links to get you started:
https://www.mindovermenieres.com/find-the-right-doctor-to-conquer-menieres-disease/
https://www.mindovermenieres.com/crippling-fear-menieres-disease/
https://www.mindovermenieres.com/menieres-disease-and-the-battle-of-brain-fog-part-1/
https://www.mindovermenieres.com/erase-menieres-symptoms-with-a-temporary-lifestyle-cleanse/
Iira Vilkko
Hey there! 🙂 I just launched a blog focusing on my life with Meniere’s disease. Please go check it out! Thank you 🙂 http://www.menieresstrong.blogspot.com
Belinda
Great compilation – thanks so much. I, too, am a Meniere’s suffer. I strongly feel that there is a link between headaches & Meniere’s
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Doctors, patients, caregivers and students are invite to a Meniere’s Symposium in Clearwater, FL on Sunday, September 23, 2018. Reservations call 616.575.9990 or email DrBurcon@yahoo.com
Michael T Burcon, BPh, DC
I would like to invite you to my 20th Meniere’s Symposium. I was supposed to speak at the International Meniere’s Symposium in China in April but it was canceled, so I am having a national one the first weekend in May, 2020. It is for doctors, students, established patients, new patients and their caregivers. We have international speakers on Friday afternoon followed by a round table discussion where everyone can speak and ask questions, both doctors and patients. We have a nice dinner to finish the day. On Saturday ten existing patients and five new patients get to work together with ten doctors to figure out their cases.
I have spoken at the last three Symposiums in Los Angeles, USA, Kyoto, Japan and Rome, Italy. Also to the Prosper Meniere Society in Austria. I currently have over one thousand Meniere’s patients.
Dale Weeks
Hello all, i have just been diagnosed with Meniere’s. The problem i had was that i already have hearing loose in my right ear. The hard part are the attaches and never knowing when it’s going to happen. Can someone lead me in the right direction. I’m reading as much as i can.
Glenn
Hi Dale, start with this post (and all the posts it links to). It’s everything I wish I knew when I was first diagnosed: https://mindovermenieres.com/newly-diagnosed