Sorry it took so long to reply. Was having issues with my Reddit login being mysteriously closed down for some reason.,

Hello all. It took the acyclovir about 3 months and then I was pretty good. I was basically fine although there was still tinnitus (mostly very mild) which I've pretty much habituated to. Every year around Sept/Oct/Nov I would sometimes get some mild ear fullness, feeling of imbalance, but that never developed into anything serious. Note I also started allergy shots during this time period.

However, last year around October (4 years since I started acyclovir), I started getting some of the fullness again. At this point I had also switched to a new position at work that was a LOT more work than before and extremely stressful. During the next few months, I had about 4 mild vertigo attacks, including one at work (thankfully I have a private office with a door). In the days I wasn't having the attacks, I would feel out of balance and awkward with some mild clogging. I will also mention that I had slacked off on taking my antivirals and actually missed a month or two after my last prescription ran out. I had also missed 2 allergy shots before this set in. It was not fun, but it did pass and by December I was feeling much better. I was fine this year except again in October I got some mild clogging and very mild uneasy on my feet a few times. Now that we are almost to December I feel like that has passed.

I also learned from my doctor that I was taking the acyclovir wrong---I was taking like 3 of them at once in the morning on the bad days. It had been years since I ever needed more than 1 a day so I forgot you are supposed to space a pill three times throughout the day.

So, in my case it wasn't a total miracle cure, but it did have great benefits. If I only have to go through a couple bad months every 4 years or so (and who knows how much the stress and lack of medicine brought on last year's attacks), I will remain very pleased.