Tag: Life with allergies

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thebibliosphere:

songspinner9:

nunyabizni:

its-me-sari:

Wales leading the way into the future. So proud

Who’d have thought the Welsh would save the planet

Cool. Less waste is good!

So long as places like Starbucks have an alternative, or at least label these clearly with their ingredients, otherwise I’d have to bring my own cup or stop buying already brewed coffee to avoid an allergic reaction to corn starch. 

^^^^^ what @songspinner9 said. For me personally I’ll stick with my own reusable cup rather than risk being poisoned by my allergens (happened with a wheat based biodegradable cup, which was not cool. Also happens to me with biodegradable plastics too which is a fun one because people keep pushing those straws at me and nOPE) but it’s good to see alternatives being rolled out for able bodied and healthy people without allergies to use!

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wallpatterns:

da5haexowin:

grimehands:

luckylesbiano:

spacefroggity:

luckylesbiano:

orange juice is the superior beverage bc it makes ur tongue feel like u ate a bunch of ants which reminds me of my childhood when I would put ants in my mouth and eat em except this time it tastes good too

Hey op I think you’re probably allergic to citrus?

is. this not what oj is supposed to make ur tongue feel like

Me when I see a cheesecake: g o o d s h I t

My dairy allergic body: please don’t, we really dont want to have a migraine in two days over this…

My dumb ass, shovleing cheesecake into my gaping mouth: g o o d s h I t

My body, dying on the couch two days later: I f*cking told you so

Me, weakly: g o o d s h I t

Whenever I go to a hotel with family or friends it’s always really funny for me because I’ll wake up with my eyes swollen shut and they’ll be like “what…what happened to you last night” and I get to squint at them and be like “heh hotel pillows make eyes go puff puff”

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lifewithchronicpain:

Am I Disabled?

For many this answer is obvious, but for those suffering from invisible physical or mental illness, the answer may be more uncertain. The simple answer is having a condition that significantly impedes your life in some way is a disability. But what exactly does that mean?

As a child my asthma was so bad I went to the hospital often and couldn’t participate in sports or other physical activity. (My mom even mistook my social awkwardness as lack of socialization due to always being sick instead of suspecting autism, and I can’t really blame her) I remember wishing I could learn Irish dancing like my sister but I wasn’t allowed because of my asthma. As I got older the severity decreased as medications improved. Now my asthma is more of an annoyance and not something I consider part of my disabilities. I also used to get migraines that prevented me from attending school. Now they bug me as they’ve become milder and more controllable. Of course now I have other severe conditions from anxiety to chronic pain to keep me squarely in the disabled column.

However for other people migraines are disabling. They can’t work, study, drive, or other basic things. They have to try stronger treatments and may need accommodations from work or school. That is classified as disabled.

Disability comes in all shapes and sizes, and especially severity. Being a disabled person and not needing one kind of accommodation doesn’t mean the one you do need doesn’t matter.

We talk about this a lot in the autistic community. Many autistics are considered “high functioning” which is not only ableist against so called “lower functioning” autisrics, it implies that some autistics are not disabled because we can hold a conversation and sometimes make eye contact.

Doctors can help confirm if you’re disabled, but don’t take it as word of god. They can be ableist, they can be wrong and not listen to you. Only you fully know how your condition is affection your daily life.

People will look at those in a wheelchair with a straight face and say the only disability is a bad attitude. If they will discount visible disabilities, of course they’ll downright deny invisible ones. Don’t let their ableism get to you. If you’re struggling in life from a medical condition, it counts and you deserve the help you need to get by.

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thebibliosphere:

dadaae:

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akela-nakamura:

thebibliosphere:

“Oh no sweetie, you’re not insane. You’re describing what we now know to be a histamine intolerance disorder…I’m sorry for the way you’ve been treated. But we’re going to help make things better for you going forward.”

So I guess I have a Magic Nutritionist to add to my collection. Also I’ve not been crying on and off all day, you’ve been crying on and off all day.

I’m reading some of the symptoms of this and OH MY GOD. 

-Chronic headache

-Unexplained exhaustion

-Sleep problems

-Congested, runny, or itchy nose

-Unexplained anxiety

And MORE. 

I’m sitting here like 

LIKE NO ONE THOUGHT OF THIS????? 

Considering THIS is one of the causes?

-Vitamin B-6, vitamin C, copper, or zinc deficiencies

Along with THIS:

-Extreme or chronic stress

AND

-Injury or trauma

It also says antidepressants can cause it and not one person looked at you and said: “Hmm, maybe it’s THIS”???

GOD WOW. 

I am SO glad you got an answer, I am SO happy for you and I wish you a wonderful and painless experience with Magic Nutrition Lady. Magic Physio Man should approve.

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and not one person looked at you and said: “Hmm, maybe it’s THIS”???”

lol, of course they didn’t, they were too busy assuming I was an irrational female and kept upping my valium dosage, which, as a fun aside, valium is linked to an increase of histamine levels in the body. Even the pain killers I’m currently prescribed, are linked to a histamine response.

I literally cannot fucking even right now. But god fuck and damn me I’m alive to seek vengeance so there’s that.

What are the treatments for histamine intolerance?

They’re kind of at a loss cause they don’t really even know how to officially diagnose it let alone treat it. Diagnosis hinges primarily on ruling other things out first and then going “welp, shit.”

Some doctors in the US don’t think it’s even real, but according to my new doctor it’s gaining traction thanks to European research. And the way it’s treated is through low histamine diet for 6 weeks to try and lower body inflammation, and then you find out what you can tolerate and try not to overload your system and trigger a meltdown. So it’s basically just constant lifestyle management, antihistamines, and hoping like fuck they figure something out soon.

There’s also supposed to be some benefits from taking a specific food enzyme? But I haven’t looked much in that yet.

Overlooked Ingredients In Medicines Can Sometimes Trigger Side Effects

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Overlooked Ingredients In Medicines Can Sometimes Trigger Side Effects

thebibliosphere:

drougnor:

*looks at article, looks at tumblr fam and years of posts saying exactly this* Hmmm. If ONLY there were a way for the medical and scientific institutions to have known this already. It’s almost like … Selective Deafness or some other bullshit.

I am shocked. Do you see my shocked face? This is my shocked face.

What’s that? It looks a lot like my “unsurprised and so tired of this shit” face? Yeah. They do look a lot alike don’t they.

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thebibliosphere:

meowmonk:

shofie-irl:

thebibliosphere:

thekawaiislartibartfast:

vaspider:

thebibliosphere:

cephalopodvictorious:

callacabforme:

thebibliosphere:

Tmw you realize your lip balm has wheat in it.

Me with coconut oil :/

Which mainly serves to say for both of us: WTF makeup industry?

EYE MAKEUP WITH PEANUT PROTEIN IN IT

Okay I knew about wheat protein in eye make up but PEANUT?!

MOOD

I’d really like to know why there’s gluten in shampoo. I don’t have celiac but I do end up with a ton of shampoo in my mouth.

Wheat protein is a common ingredient in a ton of cosmetics. In shampoos it can be part as a thickening component (you will find wheat or wheat by product in a lot of thickening and volume shampoos for this reason) but primarily it’s used in its
hydrolyzed form as

emulsifiers and stabilizers which make the products more shelf stable and effective.

It’s also one of the main ways vitamin E oil is manufactured, which a lot of folk don’t realize, including some doctors who will tell you to use vitamin E oil for your allergy related hives, only for you to later find out you’ve been slathering your allergy onto your allergy related hives. So that’s always fun.

This is me with sunscreen, unfortunately. I’m allergic to something in chemical sunscreen, and for years I had no idea.

A lot of makeup has sunscreen in it. Many times, they don’t tell you this. So here’s what I learned the (very) hard way: if makeup says it’s “anti-aging”? That’s code for “sunscreen”.

Wait hold up I respect everyone in this thread but nobody is going to question the fact someone in it said they end up with a lot of shampoo in their mouth?????

Not really *shrug*. There’s any multitude of reasons someone could end up with shampoo in their mouth, ranging from mobility issues to just plain sleep inertia and winding up with a mouthful of suds cause you yawned at the wrong moment lol.

Also @shofie-irl thank you for that heads up about the anti-aging creams. I developed a new allergy to chemical sunscreens last year that put me in the ER so that’s good to know!