r/Healthadvice

Is it normal (and why??) to have an intolerance to:
-peas
-barley
-lentils
-soy
-potatoes
-mushrooms
-nuts/avocado/seed oils
-yeast, MSG
-fermented foods like kombucha/sauerkraut/yogurt
-sugar/candy and processed stuff or things containing dyes and colorings/fake sweeteners
-various teas/teas that are related to daisy/honeybush
-cows milk/goat milk/dairy
-heavy gluten/carb/refined or highly processed foods/cheap foods and fast foods
-fortified beverages (dairy alternatives with additives like vitamins A+D)
-supplemented products i.e. tea with added vitamins
-honey

As well as:
-vitamins
-OTC drugs
-pharmaceutical drugs
-face sunscreen (the expensive kind-l’ombrelle)
-anything touching the skin ie tight bra, tampon, adhesives, any type of IUD or nuva ring, some jewelry, ID badge lanyard etc..

I have a grass pollen allergy, penicillin and fentanyl anaphylactic history.

I have also had a complete medication/supplement intolerance going on the last several months, with history last Nov of an extreme hypertensive anaphylaxis (spo2 100%, BP 183/131, M.A.P. 148) to an adverse drug reaction.

I experience ongoing daily severe flushing/urticaria and occasional throat tightening occurring with facial/neck abdominal palpitations from time to time and occasional lines in my vision and a whooshing noise in my ears.

I also get severe acneiform eruptions along my neck/jaw/temples and chest that appear quickly and are painful and grow into large nodules, and my skin dumps grease depending what I’ve eaten/if I trialed vitamins/where I’m generally at in my menstrual cycle.

If eating these foods I get ++bowel sounds, GI discomfort, burping, and I had really bad GERD while on meds and severe constipation/bloating.

Also, sometimes if I push my energy levels too hard after exertion I shut down and feel locked in and it makes it hard to respond to my daughter for example or it’s happened when around others and I have to go lay down/recover for a bit.

It’s been relatively under control when avoiding all the above (not the easiest thing!). Also, electrolytes and high sodium intake helps, lots of water and fluids helps, soup diet has helped as well as long as the soups are made avoiding the above foods.

What is the common theme here? What am I missing? On my way to go find a bubble to live in and really want to be functioning to the point where I can get back to my job and to show up for my daughter instead of being on the couch, horizontal. Thank u for reading and take care everyone! 🫶

I’m curious to know what anyone has done to help with their flare ups and if it is worse around your menstrual cycle. I have lived through this for a long time and not done very much about it. I would like to start doing something about it. I have followed what the doctors have said so far. Maybe there is something I’m missing? I have bad flushing/ urticaria. Sometimes I also have eyes darkening. I have had to use epi before.

I am a mom of a 17 year old kid and struggling to keep up with work and the house, I want things to be different. Too much is put on my kid. I want to be the best mom I can be and not quit on her just as she is experiencing the stressors of moving into early adolescence. Please let me know what strategies you have tried and I can follow through on it.

I have done meds (not on any currently), two rounds of rTMS, seeing a naturopath, waiting to see an allergist, and I am also seeing an internal medicine specialist next week.

Thanks :)

hello, I’m 38 male, 5’ 6” about 175 lbs small frame so a little on the overweight side. I have an office job so I sit Mon to Fri. I started having severe tailbone pain back in 2/13/26 and we’re going to May and the pain still has not gone away. at one point after it started I even started having pain that radiated from my inner thighs all the way down my leg and shot to the inside part of my foot and just ached like crazy. walking around and standing or stretching does make it feel better but the pain is just not budging . since it started I now stand at least 3 hours then sit for 1 and then stand again. i have concerns that it can be something else besides perhaps bad posture? I do have really bad arthritis in my wrists that cause my wrist to “pop” almost every other time I move it when I type at work… that started around August 2022, and has gotten worst over time, it used to not bother me, but now it kind of aches by the end of the week… not sure if that might be something related with my bone density?? I went to have X-rays done a few days ago so I’m waiting on the results…

little bit gross so sorry. 19/M

Been happening for 3 or 4 weeks now, my actual poo hasn’t changed any colour aside from the blood, recently it has just been some red streak marks in the paper and a bit in the toilet but its progressed to large amounts of blood in the toilet making the water pretty darn red and very red blotches and streaks all on the toilet paper

as i defecate i feel a sharp burning pain on the backdoor.

im starting to get a bit concerend now and i really dontnt to see a doctor for this