Has anyone else gained weight from taking so many antihistmines? I can nto seem to get a handle on my weight gain adn it seems to all center right around my...
Hi Christine, Yes, I have gained weight around the middle from the antihistamines- especially Doxepin. I am currently on Doxepin 75 mg. I went off it several...
I've been tracking exactly what and how much I eat and drink and how much I exercise for 15 months now as part of an extended diet-and- weight loss effort. I...
... <candacevan@...> wrote: I have also experienced weight gain in the last 6 years, and I was beginning to wonder if antihistamines could be a contributing...
I have gained about 40 pounds in the past 3 years. I think that part of the weight gain was from steroids and the lack of exercise. When I first got sick I...
I have always been quite thin, and I did work out more than I do now. I really hardly ever feel like I have the energy to excercise anymore. I have gained just...
Christine,I had also put on weight since starting on the meds the past 1&1/2 years. At Christmas I decided that I either needed to buy a new wardrobe or lose...
Candace, Thanks for your insight into the water weight gain / masto attack cycle. I never really attributed my crazy water retention reaction to masto. but...
Yesterday, I flogged myself to do a bit of exercise. I sat on my recumbent bike and read and pedaled for a half hour. I didn't go fast, and I didn't pedal...
I tried diretics but they really caused me to have kidney pain and that was only with one of those blue over the counter water pills.. I almost went to the...
I wanted to add that I have gained 30 pounds since last April. I started antihistamines at the time, but also started Zoloft. I have attributed it to the...
I just received the information on that.. I work as a MA- receptionist at a dr office and if you are interested I will mail you the information that the fda...
The great thing about weight watchers is that you choose the foods that you eat. I eat the same foods that I prepare for my family, just smaller portions....
I feel exactely like you all! I too have been isolated in my home for 22 years now- ever since I had my first child. Its lonely at home!! The few times I am...
I have MCAD.I take Gastrocrom, Dxepin, Lexapro, Zantac, Nexium. I need something to help me to feel better when I wake up in the AM with spring allergies. I...
Hi Jane, Erin in Syracuse here. I'm on Hydroxyzine 25mg 4x daily. That seems to have eliminated my hives at the moment, but not my itching. So far I have not...
Greetings all, You may be wondering why you have not heard from me and other TMS board members for almost a month now. It is certainly not that we are...
Wow! Wow! Wow! You guys are all doing so much for all of us!!! If you can think of specific something(s) that you need help with, please let me know. I...
Tiffany wrote: "My mom gave me a plaque for my birthday that reads 'Love life as it is not as you want it to be.'" Your Mom is a wise woman. --Candace...
Dear Jane, How about Zyrtec? That's one of the meds I take a bedtime. I used to take one of the 12-hour ChlorTrimeton (which are chlrorpheniramine maleate in...
Has anyone heard of early development of cataracts being associated with mastocytosis. I have a friend diagnosed with systemic mastocytosis confirmed with...
I have had cataracts since I was very young. I had surgery to have them
removed when I was in my 30's. They are coming back again. Are they related
to my...
Dear DeAnne, I've never read anything about cataracts being associated with mastocytosis. However, if I remember correctly, taking corticosteroids, like...
If you can forward the information I would like it. I took my older daughter off hers and we have had no sleep issues at all. Which is a wonderful relief...
Good Morning all, I wanted to pass along that during a recent hospitalization at Boston Children's Hospital my son was taped by NBC Nightly News with Brian...
Patti - NBC Nightly News comes on at 10:30p.m. here in Texas.. we are in central time. I watch this all the time - hahaha when I don't fall asleep in the ...
Thanks Wanda, I know what you mean about the regular news. If I have had a rough Masto day I get sleepy very early........ :) ... From: Wanda Hermann...
