- Could use some advice/opinions

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Hi ,

Drugs that seem to work for some of the the group:

zantac, tagamet, zyrtec, allegra, benadryl, atarax and

doxepin. Benadryl is great for an outbreak but is not

really good for long-term use, you have to take it to

often during the day. I agree with , try to

stay away from long-term steroid use, it is hard to

come off the drug and it can have really dangerous

long-term side effects. What works best for most of us

is a combination of drugs taken a couple of times

during the day. Don't give up, be persistent.

Joan

--- molotov62uk@... wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> My story - as brief and to the point as possible so

> as not to bore

> you!

>

> •4 months ago I notice I am continually itching my

> arms

> •It persists and gets annoying, a friend recommends

> Piriton (and

> antihistamine)

> • I take the Piriton and it helps, but its 4 pills a

> day and makes

> me feel drowsy at night.

> • I stop the Piriton and the itch returns, now on my

> hand, arms,

> armpits, legs buttocks...red raised lumpy and itchy,

> I decide to go

> back on Piriton for another couple of weeks.

> • Symptoms fade, stop the tablets, lo-and behold

> back comes

> the problem and I decide to go to the doctor.

> • Explain symptoms to the doctor A, he has diagnosed

> Urticaria

> without even looking at my skin.

> He then, tries to get the effect by scraping a bit

> of plastic on my

> skin (I think it was supposed to come up raised and

> red but

> didn't).

> • He says it's very difficult to treat and diagnoses

> a drug which I

> find out is......'Piriton'.

> • I give it one last chance, finish the course...and

> guess, the

> problem returns.

> • In a bad mood - I arrange to see another doctor

> (Doctor . I

> explain I've seen Doctor A and his diagnoses -he

> doesn't look at

> my skin at all - and he then tells me to stop using

> deodarant,

> shampoos, toiletries etc use non-boilogocal powder

> etc (I'm

> now predicting being itchy and smelly). He also

> implies I better

> get used to it as there's nothing more that can be

> done " unless I

> want to be like the Americans and spend 10's of

> thousands of

> pounds on allergy testing " .

> • I cut out all above smelly things and while I wait

> for changes to

> take effect, I switch to various other, one a day

> non drowsy

> anti-hisitmanes with limited success.

> • We go on holdiay to Spain, for the first few days

> I have no

> symptoms and I'm not taking any drugs, then on about

> day 5 the

> symptoms return in mild form. I got some tablets

> from the

> Spanish pharmacist ( the most effective to date and

> I stupidly

> lost the packet on return home).

> • Try Clarityn on return -RUBBISH.

> • All my clothes are now free of old washing powder

> but my

> problem is getting worse.

> • I phone my surgery for more advice, they insist I

> see the original

> doctor. He is again on auto-pilot. I show him my

> leg/buttock, both

> very red and raised and he seems surpised at the

> severity, but

> doesn't examine me or look anywhere else (so I still

> don't know

> which type of Urticaria it is).

> I insist on something being done, so they take a

> blood test to

> check for 'RAST' and ige, but he's says it is very

> doubtful they will

> find the problem. I'm also referred to a

> dermatologist (10 month

> waiting list)

> He prescribes another drug.. " not ClaritynI say " .. " no

> it's

> 'Neo'Clarityn...much more effective " NOT TRUE -5

> days on my

> problem is the worst it's ever been.

>

> I am going to call today to ask for something else

> -can anyone

> suggest something?

>

> Originally I wanted to cure this annoying disease

> -now I just want

> relief from the 24 hour itching. My wife is even

> fed-up telling me

> to stop scratching.

>

> When I started reading about the subject on the

> internet, there

> are some doctors who do not even think it IS an

> allergy.

>

> My next plan, is cutting out major food groups

> (Dairy, yeast etc)

> and to look at homeopathic remedies.

>

> Any advice from my fellow cursed sufferers would be

> much

> appreciated.

>

> Thank you in advance

>

>

>

>

>

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