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[Guest guest]

After finally working my way through the insurance maze, I finally got

my first shot, 150 mg (low dose) and I am tired and have a headache.

Let me back up a bit. After skin testing and blood work, I am allergic

to molds, dust and cats. Kind of already knew that and my job is

exposing me to them. After failing all of the meds. my doctor

prescribed, we arrive at Xolair. My asthma is fairly mild, by goes

crazy when I am exposed to a high concentration of allergy triggers. I

am still on all the meds. (Nasonex, prednisone 20mg daily, Advair

500/50, Nexium, Allegra, Singular, etc.) including my weekly allergy

shots.

Now back to the first shot last Friday. Everything went fine and I

stayed for two hours. About five hours after the shot I started

getting sleepy and tired. Unusual for me to be sleepy at 3:00pm. I

toughed it out and went to sleep around 9:00pm. At 10:00am on Saturday

(13 hours later) I am still sleeping and my wife comes in to see if I

am going to wake up. After about 30 minutes I drag myself to the

shower. She has some shopping to do, so I go out with her for some

fresh air. I am very tired during the day and I have a moderate

headache from temple to temple that I cannot get rid of. Sleep for 10

hours on Saturday night.

Fast forward to Sunday. I drag myself out of bed early for church and

the headache remains. Throughout the day I am not as tired, but my

headache gets worse and I become a grumpy old man. I am 42 years old

and not that way usually. By the end of the day Sunday, the headache

feels like a migraine and I try and sleep. Not going to happen. I get

an hour or two. Cannot sleep at all as my head hurts, a bit nauseous

and light sensitive. I may get a headache like this once a year?

It is now Monday morning. Not a chance of going to work today.

Headache is finally starting to break, I am super tired from no sleep

and I write this new topic.

Is what I experienced this weekend a possible result of the Xolair

shot? Maybe it is a result of me beginning a new therapy and my body

just not used to it? I know that when I get my next shot in a month, I

am going to take it very easy and hope this does not repeat itself. I

am very much wanting the Xolair to work and get off the rest of the

med's. This is a workers comp. case and I am glad I am not paying for

all the meds (about $1,000 per month, not including the Xolair and

allergy shots).

I have been reading the topics for a month now. I guess I just had the

normal side effects? Wow, I was not expecting to be this tired and

develope a migraine headache? Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks.

[Guest guest]

I had a horrible headache for about the first month or so starting Xolair (kinda

a cross between a migraine and caffeine-withdrawal headache). It went away

shortly after that. It came back again after I was off the Xolair for two

months due to insurance issues and had to start back. Since then I haven't had

a problem at all. Going on two years now!!