Hello friends. I know there are so many people who are in much worse positions as me and don't whine and post like a maniac like me, but I am so desperate to get my body stablized and calmed down.
I know I sound obsessed over finding a moisturizer, and I am! I can't tolerate anything topical and my face is so dry and cracked. The other day while at whole foods I made the genius decision to use the sample of pure avocado oil on my face (and my arms)....so stupid as I was already not feeling well.  I should have known better. I just figured maybe as a last resort I would try it. I was dizzy and nauseous all night. The next day I had severe "d" and vomiting which lasted all day and all day yesterday until 3:30 in the morning.
I'm still feeling terrible. Like I got run over by a truck.
Earlier I was thinking to myself, what can I try to do to alleviate some of this. Then I thought maybe I should try Claritin or Pepcid as a change from my Zantac and Zyrtec/Allegra.
I went to walgreens and bough Claritin. I took it 2 hours ago. Still feel like %#^*.
I am wondering if any of you have ever switched up your H1 and H2's with some relief?
I am also thinking about trying singular again. I tired it last fall and got a terrible chest cold which turned into an infection. I read that this is a possible side effect. But I'm wondering if I take it and stick with it, if I will get used to it and feel better?
I am on my 3rd week of cromolyn, and to be honeset, I don't think it's helping. I think it's making things worse. I have tried to email Dr. Chin a couple times regarding this, but he never returns my emails.
Dr. Chin also gave me a script for ketotifen. I am thinking about having that filled, but am weary. I talked to the pharmacist at Clark's pharmacy in Washington. He is a huge proponent of ketotifen. I told him that I had terrible hyper/insomnia side effects from both vistoril and doxepin. He said that I might have the same from ketotifen
I know things will get better, but right now it doesn't feel that way. My whole body is sore, I have a migraine headache, throat is sore, my stomach is in a bad way, I'm tired but I can't sleep and my body is stuck in that fight or flight feeling. I think too that I'm realizing that my life will never be what is was before, and that scares me.  I just want to crawl under a rock and cry.
I'm so bummed I never got into Dr. Afrin. Hopefully one day

Don't give up. It is SO hard, but don't give up. It's a matter of figuring out what works for you and what doesn't

For me, I did some of the following:

I didn't use any products on myself for over a year while I worked at getting stable. There are so many chemicals in everything there were too many variables for me.

Now, I use olive oil or bit of butter to moisturize if I'm desperate, but it seems my skin has found balance without products

It is a long road, but I cut out all chemicals in my lifestyle and diet and started with whole organic foods and added things one at a time. It's still slow going, but I'm up to over twenty foods, found a mascara I can wear on occasion, can run 10 km, and am slowly still trying to sort out the best meds. A lot of this I've had to do just with experimentation

I still can't be around any fragrances or scents but my tolerance to cooking smells is building.

Looking back I was ingesting so many random things and having reactions, and now that I am so careful with what I eat it is a bit easier to sort some things out

I went through a long long time of constant reactions and constant symptoms but with limiting as many variables as  I could eventually the symptom free days outnumbered the symptomatic ones

I've learned to make changes only when stable and ideally wait days/weeks between any change especially meds as the change alone seems to stir up my reactions.

All I use now is

For cleaning : hydrogen peroxide , baking soda, Castile based unscented soap (nature clean)

For washing: shampoo and conditioner unscented made locally

Dishes: method unscented dish washer tablets

I don't need anything beyond that and amazingly my skin no longer gets dry unless I'm having a reaction. I can't believe how many products I used to use.

Good luck. It is emotionally very difficult, but don't give up. The difference in your health is worth it

Yes so far I can't go in other people's homes
As they are scent minefields but I forget I'm sick at home and outside

You can get there )))