This is a cry for help! I have an allergic reaction that is delayed onset to many foods, herbs, prescription drugs, vitimins, minerals, smells, even compounded drugs that are put on the skin so that they bypass the liver.

I want to try a liver cleanse but I am afraid to even try the parasite cleanse. I know for sure the ingredients would cause me to be sick for at least a week.

My symptoms when I react to anything is always the same whether it is food or some supplement I have tried. I always start out with a sore throat, my usually stopped up nose opens up and I get an accute sense of smell for a few hours. Then the back of my neck gets stiff. I get a headache in everypart of my head. It feels like a tremendous pressure pushing out like the lining of my brain is swollen. My nose completely stops up and drains down the back of my throat. My ears stop up. Then the pain is spread to all of my muscles. Feels like arthritis. These symptoms start 24 to 48 hours after exposure. They will start fading off after about another 24 to 36 hours. Usually my hair is sore at the roots after it subsides.

I am new to this website and this forum. I was pointed in this direction by a co worker who is doing research for me on my problems so I will be grateful for any suggestions. I can leave foods alone and most medications, but can you tell me why I am becoming allergic to more and more things? I can't have a soft drink, a piece of gum, a lifesaver, even a stick of gum makes me sick. I can't go out to eat without running the risk of eating something that will make me sick.

I am going into my 15th year with this and it gets worse every year. In '97 I had blood drawn by a laboratory in FL to find out what foods I was having the delayed onset allergic reaction to. I found out that I am allergic to 16 different foods. (banana, beef, egg, lamb, cows milk, mustard, oat, peanut, black & white pepper, rye, sesame, sugar-cane, vanilla, wheat) I stayed away from them as the laboratory suggested to get rid of my symptoms. I did this and got much better. As long as I totally avoided these foods I was pain free.

But in the past few years I have become allergic to a lot of medications: Premarin, provera, 2 kinds of arthritis meds, any kind of cholesterol lowering drugs, any kind of anti depressants, compounded and pill forms of bioidentical hormones, and to compounded testosterone 2% for women that I have used for the past 5 years. I have just recently become allergic to it. I am sick so much of the time because it is difficult to stay away from all of the foods I am allergic to. I have to be a saint not to want a slice of pizza or even just a slice of toast. I do without these foods as long as I can but then I will just say to heck with it sometimes and I will have a sandwich out and a glass of tea and just suffer the consequences of being sick for a week with a migraine headache.

I haven't touched dairy, for a long time.

If you have any advice or can point me in the direction of a hope of cure please do so.

Thanks,
Lonia