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might try Pepcid AC......sometimes helps for skin reactions to allergies....definitely works for contact stuff for people allergic to weeds and such(exwife and daughters are horribly so which is how i found out about it) not sure how it will work for hives but sure shouldnt hurt you....

you tried loratadine?

BGG,

Funny you should mention this.

I don't have chronic hives......but have had 2 minor attacks in the last several months.

Yesterday had a bad attack with them alllllll over me. They didn't hurt or itch, fortunately. Did a bunch of research on the web yesterday. Took a shower and changed into clean clothes. Today they are mostly gone.

Also have had upper lip swelling, yesterday included. One day a couple months ago I could hardly talk and looked like a [bleep]. Takes a day for it to go away.

Evidently.........I've developed an allergy to something. I know the spiders here in this place have been eating the schitt outta me at night. That may be the cause. Food, pollen and insect bites. Eaten anything new lately??

Unfortunately don't have any direct help for you, BGG. But I certainly do sympathize with you.

The members of this forum are pretty good with offering medical advice. Keep this thread alive and you may very well find help.

4th grade spelling bee caused the worst case I ever had! Many folks talked about rolling me naked in the snow as a cure! Lucky for me we didn't have any snow at the time!

Hope you whoop them, they do suck!

Mike

I agree whole heartedly. Strange i took it that way that day. Please pardon me. I cant believe i meant it that way.

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This^^^ for sure. I have stated several times before about the benefits of H2 inhibitors like famotidine or cimetadine (sp) I treating severe allergies.

Mid-March, same time frame as your last complaint in 2012.

drink plenty of beer and loose women... guarantee cure all or at least you'll forget about for awhile.

Tax season? Seriously though, I broke out in hives one semester in college when I took 21 hours, had a job, officer in a club, and had a girlfriend. Stress was the cause. After that semester, never had em again. Broke out in shingles ( lousy with chickenpox as a child ) during the election of 2008. Stress again.

Went to the doc when they first showed up in '12. Medical care in this town is worse than a joke, since I've been here I've always heard if you can survive the trip go to Great Falls. And my experiences personal and through friends and family bear this out. Anyways, the PA I saw just blew me off and said take anti-histamines it's just seasonal allergies. In the last 3 years they've been sporadic. Nothing I can tie them to. Mid-winter, spring, summer, fall, inside, outside, makes no difference. Been through all the things I can think of, soaps, detergents, food. Nothing I have done has made a difference. Up till now they've just been an annoyance, take some benadryl and they go away, sometimes needing 2 doses but I just kinda gave up.

This time however it's different. I've had them non-stop for 4-5 days. From the soles of my feet and palms of my hands (those are the worst) to the top of my head. Literally every inch is a phoucing hive. Been in a benadryl haze since. Took almost 2 full doses for the itching to subside enough to get to sleep friday. Had a little trouble breathing, and my hands and feet have been swelling. Now my arms are getting fluid in them, like in the tricep area and above my elbow. WTF I'm an asthmatic so I'm pretty in tune with my breathing and I'm familiar with anaphylaxis which was my big fear when they first showed up.

Went in to a different PA today and go the same blasé treatment. I explained to him what was going on, and YES I've tried changing detergents, etc. He got a Dr to come in, and at least I got a referral to an allergist. Waiting to see how long that wait will be. I can't keep on this benadryl train, eventually my tolerance will build to the point it just won't work. So I got a script for 3 days worth of prednisone and an epic-pen.

I hate sharing personal schit on the 'net but this place is full of good folks who might have had the same thing, or might be a medical dude who can give me some pointers. So I figured what the hey eh?

try the Pepcid AC, should know pretty quick if its gonna work....the system in place in the skin to cause allergic reactions like this is remarkably similar to the acid pumps in your stomache.....IIRC the girls were feeling alot better inside 2 hours of taking....if it will work in your case

I'm already on omeprazol, don't need another pill messing with my stomach.

then feel free to keep suffering cause i have yet to see anything work aswell.....creams and such are a joke compared to it, the Pepcid actually works on the mechanism in the skin causeing the reaction, most anything else im aware of just tries to deal with the swelling and itching and not the source....

thogh both Pepcid and omeprzol are for stomach acid, they work on different things Pepcid works on histamine H2 receptors which is also what causes the reaction in skin allergies....omeparzol only effective on active H+/K+ ATPase pumps

I think Doc had the best advice. A trip to an Internest may well be in order. Just to rule out some underlying issue. Maybe in Missoula?

Barring something crazy happening I'm going to give the allergist if GF a whirl, but if I'm not happy then I'll definitely be seeing a real doc in either Billings, or Missoula, or Kalispell. Wherever the phouc I can get decent treatment. This schit has got me going batty. And I'm riding the sobriety wagon, so life really sucks right now.

Are you suggesting that pot may be the cure to this?

From most members on the site, I would think that was meant as a joke. Having read most of your posts, I take that as a shot. So... GFY.

Relax PVT,

It was a joke. Notice the winky.......which I've learned the hard way to use more frequently on this forum.

I've spent some time in Missoula and Polson. What was the bar that sold the t-shirt "Liquor up Front....Poker in the Rear"? Is the Doolin Dalton Saloon still there?

Been there. last year was bad.

Benedryl at night. Loretadine days. ICE baths. Warm feels great for a bit but it stimulates the histamine response. Dont do heat. ICE cold submersion worked wonders.

Try to identify and avoid triggers.

Prednisone plain works, but it comes with many issues.