Were you going through a very stressful time in your life when you got your first cu attack?
Yes
57%
[ 16 ]
No
42%
[ 12 ]
Total Votes : 28
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skitomcat1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 8
The Medicines im on or have beenon that really dont do that much Posted: 02-20-08 14:41pm
Hydroxyzine (2 50mg tablets every 6
hours)
Singulair
Zyrtec(Which is now over the counter)
Cimetidine
Some wierd Cream thing
Zyrtec D( thats the Zyrtec with Sudafed in
it basically
90 Percent of CVS anti-Itch Garbage
*** The next pill I would really like to
try out is Doxepin or maybe Danazol but im
very very very nervous about the Side
effects that i have been reading(Danazol)
about*****
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admin
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: Coral Springs, FL USA
Thanks: 106
Thanked:17
Posted: 02-22-08 10:17am
Thanks for the suggestion, Duper. I'm
happy to make this a sticky as long as
there is action on the topic...and then
we'd be able to sticky another topic.
Let's see how it goes and PM me with
suggestions, everyone!
~Lee @ Admin
Duper
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 33 Location: New york
Posted: 02-23-08 00:06am
Thanks for the stick, admin. I hope people
who feel completely lost on the topic some
insight and some hope.
Just an update on my condition: I've
started taking supplement and it's been a
tremendous help. I have been taking
Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B12, and a
Magnesium, Calcium, Zinc supplement.
Sweating has become much easier and the
itch has been greatly reduced. It's been a
month since I've started these and the
difference is very noticeable. I recommend
everyone go out and get these because
they're cheap (~25 U.S. dollars altogether
for these supplements) and they're a great
help!
Good luck, everyone!
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Royal_Blue
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 5 Location: California
Posted: 03-23-08 17:00pm
Marijuana and Ecstasy stopped my itching
and I'm able to sweat everywhere now.
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threesixmafia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 9
Posted: 03-29-08 20:30pm
does anbody with CU get waken u because
you start getting a mild attack? Like
usually I feel it and am too tired and
ignore it then the attack builds up over
about 30 minutes til i have to wake up and
cool down. then it goes away anybody have
this symptom also?
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w1a5r
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Location: , Portland, OR
Okay, I have had CU for about 8 years now.
It has varied in it's severity but never
goes away. I had tried everything, doctors
are useless just prescribing
antihistamines and saying I have to live
with it, well that wasn't an option for
me, I tried naturopathic and holistic
approaches which helped but didn't get rid
of CU.
I decided I was going to fix this myself
so after extensive research on the
internet (I love the internet!) first I
did the Master Cleanse detox which after
12 days knocked down my rash to almost
nothing but when I started eating normally
my CU came right back. I then did an
elimination diet look for a specific food
that was causing the CU and found that any
foods that contained sugar made my CU
symptoms worse, this was any sugars
complex (carbohydrates) or simple sugars.
After researching what symptoms are
worsened by sugar I came across a
yeast/fungal infection (Candida)...... at
first I was like this can't be it yeast
infections usually only effect women and
have different symptoms. But eveything
seemed to fit with me, my CU seem to start
after I took antibiotics which is known to
kill good bacteria leading to a
yeast/fungal infection.
So for 3 weeks now I have removed food
that contain sugar from my diet and taking
anti fungal medicine ( there is tons some
of the natural ones are garlic,
goldenseal, coconut oil, olive oil, black
walnut) Just look it up you'll find lots
of stuff or there is medicine for this
that contain a mixture of anti fungal
ingredients. Also you need to replace the
bad fungal bacteria you kill off with good
bacteria from probiotics.
Anyway, I am about 99% rid of my CU I
hardly ever feel anything I can still feel
it in my body when I heat up but it never
starts hurting or itching, I think I can
knock this thing out completely if I
maintain this approach. Several different
sites said permanently getting rid of
Candida (which I think is causing my CU)
can take 3-4 months, before you can go
back to eating normally.
While this approach hasn't been easy or
fun it has totally been worth if for me
and I really hope this is what is causing
CU for other of you suffering from this
crappy condition, no one should have to
live with this and have doctors just shrug
if off and try to cover it up with
anti-histamines.
Sorry at how long this post was, I will
post again after a few weeks with an
update. If anyone want to talk to me more
about this let me know and we can talk
over email. Good luck, I'm not crazy if
this post makes me seem that way, I was
just tired of living with CU and want to
help out other if possible.
