I'm just a posting maniac this week! Sorry for all the jabber! I've just been very "active" for the past couple of weeks and I'm trying to settle things down some. I went out and bought the keototifen eye drops! I'll try "a drop" tonight just to see what happens.
Anyways, I'm wondering if part of my problem is switching up the brands of the vitamin and mineral supplements I take.
I found Twinlabs, which is a generally sal free vitamin brand. I was so excited I ditched my other stuff (iron, B6, and D3) and bought everything in this brand. Maybe not such a good move? It's the only thing I have drastically changed lately. I have also been taking Epsom salt baths, so I may lay off those.
Anyways, to get to my question, I am anemic and have very low (practically zero) ferritin without an iron supplement. I used kroger generic slow release iron for years. Then when they reformulated, I used walgreens generic which was the same ingredients. Now they've reformulated and I can't tolerate them.
I've tried regular iron (non slow release) and even found it in the Twinlabs, but I think it's making me sick.
Ok, ok, my question. The only slow release brand I can find without all the dyes and freaky fillers is Mason's Slow Release Iron, BUT, it has sodium lauryl sulfate as an ingredient. I thought that was strange. Before I order it, can anyone tell me if they've had bad reactions to this ingredient (I know it's in most shampoos and is bad for your hair ) but what about ingesting it?
Thank you!

The problem is that no one can say if even one of these ingredients could trigger you. With mast cell disease, we all react differently to different things. For example, you are going salicylate free, but others have no problems with that. I have no idea what ingredient that even is and thus I obviously don't avoid it. Yet I do fine, which shows how different we are. Another example, I get a rash from taking a benedryl pill. Almost no one else that reaction, except for one other person on this forum that I know of. Yet, that is how I react even though Benadryl is a rescue med for most mast cell people.

So it might be very hard to decide for yourself if a particular ingredient in a vitamin bothers you. Generally it's a trial and error thing. I would be more concerned with your daily foods, beverages, surroundings, and lifestyle. Examine those and see what is triggering you in those categories.

Oh, and you know I am going to say it, because I've said it before: you are not on enough daily preventative meds....