Posted by Fred Potter on May 4, 2000, at 16:33:38
In reply to Re: bad reaction to food, excercise etc, posted by johnturner77 on May 4, 2000, at 11:31:32
> I wonder if this might be a histimine response. Once I had a reaction to beef. I did have a bad case of hives too, but the mental symptoms were very similar
> to what you describe; anxiety, tension, sort of a freak out. Anti-histimines cause sleepiness. Could excess histimine cause a high arousal anxiety state? Depending on individual differences,
> it is possible that mainly mental symptoms and not physical might appear?Thanks John. My psychiatrist prescribed an old anti-histamine called Periactin because of what you say, and also because this drug can break down peripheral excess serotonin. Although I would say it probably worked, it also knocked me out so I wasn't functional.
Fred
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