Re: Is histamine intolerance related to Adrenal Fatigue?

The adrenals may indeed work to counter histamine, but what's meant by that? Does it block the effects, cause counter-effects, break down histamine, temporarily inactivate it?

I get the sense that histamine build-up and "Adrenal Fatigue" can be related, are related, but I don't know exactly how. I've read that poor methylation can result in histamine build-up by failing to break histamine down, but I haven't found the link between undermethylation and AF. My own experience suggests that I am both an undermethylator and have high histamine; being on a methylation-promoting diet eases my symptoms and doing a niacin flush resulted in an extreme adverse reaction.

Caution: You can end up with hives from attempting a niacin flush. I think this is more likely to happen if you are high histamine. I think I must have been very high histamine. I had hives for a few days the first time I tried a niacin flush. The second time I tried (gotta be sure it wasn't coincidence, right?) I had a really bad case of hives (legs, torso, upper arms) for a week. Talk about unpleasant. But the thing to note well is that an extreme allergic reaction could kill you. Not to worry you or anything. :) Be careful and keep a bunch of diphenhydramine (brand name Benadryl; an antihistamine) handy. If your tongue or eyes start swelling, you are possibly going into anaphylactic shock and you need that antihistamine, possibly epinephrine, possibly a ride to the ER. You don't want your throat to close up.

A lot of what Craig says is smart. What SeattleK says about "relational not linear" makes sense to me, too. It's a dynamic, not a one-way relation.

Here are symptoms of histamine overload: migraine and other headaches, gastrointestinal symptoms and digestive problems (such as diarrhea), flushing, hives, eczema, skin rashes, itch, allergic rhinitis, cardiac arrhythmia, acid reflux, runny nose, asthma/chronic cough, dysmenorrhea, tiredness

I used to get a racing pulse and runny nose after eating (you might call that postprandial tachycardia and rhinorrhea). I think that was histamine release.

Anyway, you might consider trying out a methylation-promoting diet. Vitamin B12 may be an easy way to promote methylation, but make sure it's methylcobalamin, not cyanocobalamin. Tweet