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Things Are Going Well - Mostly. :d

learning2cope

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Well, since my last post things have really turned around in a good way. My mom is now on my side fully with going gluten-free. I feel so much better, though I am now having huge flare-ups of new and typical allergies, and also now having loose stool and gastro pain. I think it's my daily pills... I'm having issues with lactose still, gluten (of course), my tea tree organic castile soap (Dr. Bronner's Tea Tree Bar Soap), any shampoo (currently am using Mane and Tail), an organic body wash called 100% Pure White Peach Hydrating Body Wash which I used to be able to use to wash my face and now it causes an awful full-faced itchy, burning rash, and I'm sure other things which I can't think of at the moment.

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I take 40mg Lexapro daily for depression and anxiety. I have for about 10 years. Well all of a sudden on Thursday when I took all my pills in the afternoon I began having this awful panic attack - but it wasn't the kind where my brain is panicking - like "THE SKY IS FALLING" no, it's a body-only thing where my body gets super hot in the core and upper arms/legs and my hands and feet get freezing cold! and It's like there is a fire burning inside my torso. It's freaky and awful and I hate it! I eventually got over it mostly Thursday night and was finally able to fall asleep at about 4am. Then Friday afternoon I took only 2 Lexapro and no other medications. Same reaction, though not as severe. So I googled it and it seems it may be seretonin toxicity. Hmm. My gut may be healing - so it's absorbing more of the Lexapro - which makes my brain more saturated or whatever. So today I will only take 1 Lexapro (20mg) which is half dose. I'll see how I do tonight. I think I will take my blood pressure pill though. I do need that one.

 

So, yeah, my body is freaking out severely and I have no idea why. Allergies, pain, rashes, panic attacks. I'm a walking mystery at this point.

 

But hopefully I can get over these problems. *shrugs*

 

I do see my allergist March 21st - this coming Friday. I will tell him everything that is going on and hopefully he can help me figure this out.

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Hang on for the ride! so glad that you have help. That is great if you can absorb things better, and hopefully it will change everything. Keep watching it and you may need help with the meds. For now it may be good to read up on signs of overdose or side effects.

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Hang on for the ride! so glad that you have help. That is great if you can absorb things better, and hopefully it will change everything. Keep watching it and you may need help with the meds. For now it may be good to read up on signs of overdose or side effects.

Yes, I have looked all that up. And it was most likely seratonin toxicity. I'm doing well on the half dose of Lexapro. I am much more apt to cry at heartbreaking or heartwarming things since the Lexapro tends to make me not emotional enough to cry at things. But other than that I'm doing well. No mood swings, not much anxiety all around so far. It feels so good to feel better.

But I am dealing with an awful case of eczema on my hands and feet but my allergist thinks it's actually a fungal infection that I became allergic to! LOL I'm allergic to the fungas! Wow. So we are treating that now with different meds (starting today). I'm now to take 1 minocycline daily (Solodyn), and use these topical meds twice per day but ketoconazole gel 2% (Xolegel) and Desoximetasone ointment .05% (Topicort) do it once per day for a few days to see how I respond and make sure i dont flare up or get "burned" skin. I had "burned" type skin reaction with Tazorac cream I had tried last year and 2 years ago.

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How are you feeling now? It's been about 2 months since your post. Is the Lexipro still working or were you able to stop taking it? I am newly diagnosed with Celiac but have been on medications for depression/anxiety for the past 16 years. Not planning on stopping my meds but maybe my timeline for when celiac's showed itself was wrong. maybe celiac was the cause of the depression/anxiety.

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