Re: HC stopping allergies. Val? Re: Why does this happen?

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Well I have a theory that most allergies are due to low cortiosll

anyway, but the side effects of too high cortisol are just as bad of not

worse than histamines. So it is a pick your poison. And if oyu stop

histamines, the allergy sympotms come back, if you stop HC you could die

if oyu were dependent on it.

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[Guest guest]

Val,

I found this VERY interesting info on Dr Roby's site about allergies (and

cortisol and low estrogen). Makes sense to me, especially the part about low

cortisol and more allergies.

" my question is can being low in estrogen cause allergies to flare up? Also can

they check if I'm low in cortisol with a blood test? Any other suggestions you

may have?

Dr. Roby Answers:

Your hormones are critical in allergy. When you get near forty your estrogen

naturally, goes down. As a result your body will use hormone assets to try to

keep the estrogen up. It will diminish cortisol production in favor of estrogen.

Cortisol is what you are supposed to use for allergy, energy, and stress.

As cortisol goes down you will feel more allergies, amazing fatigue, sleep

disturbances, loss of short-term memory and diminished sex drive. You may also

begin to have skin and weight problems. "

The site is:

http://www.onlineallergycenter.com/help/faq/mold_airborne_allergies.htm (There

is an _after " mold " and " airborne " which is not distinguishable in the

hyperlink.

Delores

Re: HC stopping allergies. Val? Re: Why does this

happen?

> Well I have a theory that most allergies are due to low cortiosll

> anyway, but the side effects of too high cortisol are just as bad of not

> worse than histamines. So it is a pick your poison. And if oyu stop

> histamines, the allergy sympotms come back, if you stop HC you could die

> if oyu were dependent on it.

/

[Guest guest]

Yes it makes perfect sense especially when you consider estrogen in

inflammatory by itself and cortisl is the body's anti-inflammatory

hormone. It si respnsible for keep ing al the inflammation down in the

body. Allergies are inflammation of sorts.

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[Guest guest]

That is pretty much what I thought you would say. I'm still planning to

go down to 30 mg as you suggested to me a while ago, as soon as some

stressors ease off.

But it is SO tempting to try if about 40-50 mg a day would drop the

allergies, to a level where the antihistamines would no longer be necessary.

The side effect of the antihistamines that bothers me worst is the dry

eyes. Last night my left eye in particular was quite painful. That is

the eye I had keratitis in about a year ago. I have to use a lot of eye

drops and that eye grease in a tube and last night decided I'd better go

back on the Restasis for a few weeks at least. I " m always on the very

edge of keratitis, with corneal dry spots, and I'm high risk for corneal

ulcers, which can be sight threatening.

Some days too high cortisol seems like it would be a good bargain to get

rid of the allergies and the eye problems.

Okay,

I'll stop whining for now,

sol

T wrote:

> Well I have a theory that most allergies are due to low cortiosll

> anyway, but the side effects of too high cortisol are just as bad of not

> worse than histamines. So it is a pick your poison. And if oyu stop

> histamines, the allergy sympotms come back, if you stop HC you could die

> if oyu were dependent on it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

That is pretty much what I thought you would say. I'm still planning to

go down to 30 mg as you suggested to me a while ago, as soon as some

stressors ease off.

But it is SO tempting to try if about 40-50 mg a day would drop the

allergies, to a level where the antihistamines would no longer be necessary.

The side effect of the antihistamines that bothers me worst is the dry

eyes. Last night my left eye in particular was quite painful. That is

the eye I had keratitis in about a year ago. I have to use a lot of eye

drops and that eye grease in a tube and last night decided I'd better go

back on the Restasis for a few weeks at least. I " m always on the very

edge of keratitis, with corneal dry spots, and I'm high risk for corneal

ulcers, which can be sight threatening.

Some days too high cortisol seems like it would be a good bargain to get

rid of the allergies and the eye problems.

Okay,

I'll stop whining for now,

sol

T wrote:

> Well I have a theory that most allergies are due to low cortiosll

> anyway, but the side effects of too high cortisol are just as bad of not

> worse than histamines. So it is a pick your poison. And if oyu stop

> histamines, the allergy sympotms come back, if you stop HC you could die

> if oyu were dependent on it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

That is pretty much what I thought you would say. I'm still planning to

go down to 30 mg as you suggested to me a while ago, as soon as some

stressors ease off.

But it is SO tempting to try if about 40-50 mg a day would drop the

allergies, to a level where the antihistamines would no longer be necessary.

The side effect of the antihistamines that bothers me worst is the dry

eyes. Last night my left eye in particular was quite painful. That is

the eye I had keratitis in about a year ago. I have to use a lot of eye

drops and that eye grease in a tube and last night decided I'd better go

back on the Restasis for a few weeks at least. I " m always on the very

edge of keratitis, with corneal dry spots, and I'm high risk for corneal

ulcers, which can be sight threatening.

Some days too high cortisol seems like it would be a good bargain to get

rid of the allergies and the eye problems.

Okay,

I'll stop whining for now,

sol

T wrote:

> Well I have a theory that most allergies are due to low cortiosll

> anyway, but the side effects of too high cortisol are just as bad of not

> worse than histamines. So it is a pick your poison. And if oyu stop

> histamines, the allergy sympotms come back, if you stop HC you could die

> if oyu were dependent on it.

>

>