u/AromaticShallot1868

Fatigue by choice or Meniere's?

My husband was diagnosed with Meniere's disease in late 2021. It has been very well controlled with a low sodium diet, medication, and vestibular therapy. No drop attacks in 1-2 years. He still has tinnitus all the time and feels more tired and blah on bad weather days, but he goes through periods where he seems to be significantly more tired than usual. He works 40 hrs a week, hybrid home and office and somedays he will be working from home, come out of his office and fall asleep in the chair. Other days he will sleep in, take a 2-3 hour nap, and still go to bed at 9:30/10. Other days, though, he is completely fine. He will get off work and go play pool for 4-5 hours, or video games. He almost never misses work, but will lay down for 10 minutes on a break or on his lunch hour. He seems to have energy for the things he wants to, and not for anything else. He does very little to help around the house or with our toddler, and I work part-time, also. I'm becoming really frustrated, but I'm trying to understand if this is more of a true Meniere's fatigue thing, or if it's "laziness" for lack of a better word.

I should add he had a car accident in 2023 that resulted in post-concussion syndrome and he still has headaches/migraines sometimes.

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u/AromaticShallot1868 — 3 days ago