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StDymphna: From Cold Turkey to MCAS

StDymphna
StDymphna
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I really appreciate your reply, thank you.

Honestly I think it started last month when I burned my leg with boiling water! It wasn't even that big of a mark but a few days later I started getting a lot of symptoms I haven't had in a few years plus a big MCAS flare.

Ugh sorry, it is the worst. What kind of symptoms do you experience to things like deod.?

I haven't, have felt too intimated by the price and time commitment. is that something you have ever tried? I mean same, I am trying to avoid everything, I do not take any supplements or medications. I currently only consume sweet potatoes, boiled chicken, and butter and have been for 2+ years. I am finally seeing another allergist about the mast cell stuff because it is not healthy to continue living like this. I know people here do not recommend doctors but honestly it is time to search for something, especially with the MCAS complications.

2021: Lexapro 20mg for anxiety.

March 2024: Started probiotic. Few days later, adverse reaction to Lexapro. Stopped probiotic.

15mg for two weeks. Adverse reaction each dose.

April 2024: Began Zoloft 25mg & Lexapro 10mg. 3 days of both of these taken at night with horrible reactions.

Hydroxyzine 25mg-50mg.

Stopped Zoloft and stayed on Lexapro 10mg for 3 days.

Began Zoloft 25mg again, took in the morning. Lexapro 10mg night. Adverse reaction with each drug. 3 days of this and then I stopped Zoloft.

Continued Lexapro 10mg alone for a few days.

Kindled reaction to Hydroxyzine? After I had taken it for a week, and on the third day I had taken both Zoloft and Lexapro.

Stopped Lexapro April 5th, 2024.

Food reactions began July 3rd, 2024.

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    @StDymphna From what I've read on Reddit about MCAS - yes, even though those supplements are supposed to help not all people with MCAS react to it well. It's hard to say if it is MCAS or WD making you

  • Marina
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    Hello @StDymphna I'm sorry you're going through this. I also developed a histamine intolerance when my WD started. In the first months I honestly thought I had MCAS and visited so many doctors an

  • Marina
    Marina

    @StDymphna Yes, things get better but it's all individual and kind of slow and gradual. Your nervous system has been injured/sensitized and it will take some time for it to get better again. I know it

@SparklingG Did you tried anything natural and/or perfume/fragrance free? For me natural toothpaste and shampoo and soap and **** like that is acceptable even though I feel something. The key thing is that there shouldn't be any fragrance inside, anything that leaves a strong smell inside the room. You can clear your bathroom just by spraying regular alcoholic vinegar...

2009-2010: Sertraline (50 mg)

2011: Escitalopram (10 mg)

2009-2011: tried Olanzapine (5/2.5mg), Quetiapine  (50/25mg) and Aripriprazole (low dosage)

CT Escitalopram, being free for several moths

2012-2016: Fluoxetine (60 mg)

2016-2017: Venlafaxine (75 mg)

2016: just tried Duloxetine and Maprotiline

2017-2018: Mirtazapine (30/45mg)

2012-2018: Bupropion (300 mg)

2014-2018: Lamotrigine (50/100/150 mg) CT Bupropion, tapering Lamitrogine and Mirtazapine (practically CT, fast tapering)

 

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