Mrs. A.S aged 31, a school teacher came to us on 17-1-02 for the treatment of Meniere's disease, which she was suffering since 4 months. On 16th Oct,'01, she experienced severe vertigo for the first time which was accompanied with acute earache and vomiting. She was misdiagnosed at that time as having 'cervical spondylosis' but after 2-3 such episodes, she decided to consult an E.N.T who diagnosed her as suffering from 'Meniere's disease'.

Before the attack, her eyes would become so heavy that they would close on their own, but closing the eyes would make her feel even sicker. Although there was an overpowering desire to close her eyes, she had to actually battle to keep them open inorder to avoid experiencing the sick feeling. She would feel little comfortable by sitting in one place and keeping her gaze fixed on one particular object.

During the attack, she experienced acute ear pain that came suddenly, lasted for 15-20 minutes and subsided on its own. Along with the pain, she would have spells of giddiness (spinning) and a constant feeling of nausea which would last for hours. She had become very sensitive to a lot of factors and reacted to them in an exaggerated manner. The vertigo was so severe that she couldn't bear any movements and noise (even the sound of footsteps was felt like loud stamping at that time), as it would worsen the spell many times more. In addition to this, she also could not bear to be talked to or being touched, which would cause a lot of irritation in her.

With all these complaints, it used to be difficult for her to teach as she had to keep moving while she taught. Also, the noise in the class would worsen her. Correction of papers too was not an easy task during an attack. During one such occasion, she had to be sent back home with someone from the school, as she was suffering too much. In spite of taking the medication as prescribed by the E.N.T. physician, the severity and frequency of her complaints showed no decline and hence she sought homeopathic treatment for a permanent solution to her problems.

During the course of her interview, she mentioned a very peculiar thing; she said that her attacks were more when she was stressed about her work and when her husband was away from home. To a homeopath, this piece of information helps a lot from the prescriptive point of view, while to any other physician it may not have been of any significance. Hence, she was asked to describe these issues in detail.

She informed us that being a perfectionist by nature, she would do all her chores in a perfect manner and in a fixed time. She can't rest till everything was in the right place. Her daily schedule was carefully planned by her, so that she could dedicate enough time to her routine work, see to her husband's needs and also devote some time for her son's studies. As she was working (as a teacher), she had to complete her job responsibilities (correction of papers etc) alongside her household chores and reach her workplace on time too. If she was unable to do any of the above things, it would create tremendous anxiety and guilt in her, which would in turn bring on an attack in the subsequent days.

Her attacks were also more in the absence of her husband when she had to handle too many responsibilities single-handedly. She was doubtful whether she would be able to carry out her duties properly. Being alone was scary for her and her husband's presence made her feel quite protected and secured. Her dreams (subconscious expression) too conveyed similar fears and anxieties.

After a complete study of the details of her case, she was asked to discontinue Tab. Vertin that she was taking thrice daily and all the other medication, and was put on the homeopathic medicines from 17-1-02.

18-2-02
The ear pain had reduced dramatically. There had been 2-3 mild episodes of pain and 1 minor attack of giddiness. She felt that the improvement was significant, bearing in mind that she was off all the other medications and also considering the hectic schedule that she had in the past 1 month.

11-4-02
She experienced a very mild attack of giddiness and suffered from the ear pain only infrequently.

15-7-02
There had been no attacks of giddiness or earache since April, 02. Her anxieties had reduced and she could cope up with her chores in a more relaxed manner.

She was asked to discontinue treatment after being assured of her overall (physical and mental) improvement. She continued to do well till Nov. 04, when she retuned with the same complaint once again, although it was not as severe as before.

27-11-04
During that time, too many things had to be done in very little time. She had guests at her place for whom she needed to keep everything (breakfast, lunch and snacks) ready before she left for school in the morning. In addition to that, there was a concert practice in school to which she had to devote extra time over and above her normal work duties. All these things created a lot of stress in her and her vertigo started once again. She was given the same homeopathic medicine to which she had responded exceedingly well in the past.

14-12-04
She reported that she was completely free of the vertigo immediately on starting the treatment. There were no more recurrences of her complaints.

She continues to do well and had no reappearance of her symptoms ever since.