Hey folks - It's tricky when there are multiple different people to reply to
Sweettooth said >Ps does anyone know which probiotics are best for histamine etc?
Yes there is a great article here on that:
https://healinghistamine.com/blog/best-probiotics-for-histamine-intolerance/ You can search for the probiotics mentioned there separately by yourself but you can also buy specifically 'histamine friendly' ones from Seeking Health - called ProBiota HistaminX and they do another called Probiota Bifido - both of which are okay. (I'm assuming it's within forum rules to actually mention things you can buy somewhere. I would give you links to them, except I've just had an email from admin saying they've removed many of my posts with commercial links because apparently posting commercial links is strictly against forum rules. So if threads don't make sense now, that's why.... I honestly thought that meant I couldn't advertise products, not that I couldn't post links to products - but apparently it means the latter.... )
And yes you can take DAO before each meal. You might get through a lot of it and it might be quite expensive though.
Tora said > I just meant that you felt better immediately before the diet than you do now. Would it not be better to return to a few decent nights’ sleep on regular healthy diet and then make a decision about changing E dose?
Oh right. Well, this diet I'm on really shouldn't be responsible for how I feel now. There's no reason that a low histamine diet would be causing me to experience a more intense version of these symptoms. And I wouldn't think that returning to a regular diet would help at all either. In fact I'm a bit worried that if histamine is a factor in any way that returning to a normal diet will make things worse. It is probably just coincidence or about the length of time I've been going through all this leading to things intensifying...
Yes, the farting and slow metabolism stopped when I increased estrogen. But it was pretty good at the 50 patch. (Not at the 25.) So I am hoping that will still be okay. I think I do have some FodMap food issues as there are some foods which make me bloated and fart(!)... they include aubergines, leeks, squash and avocados. But I don't totally avoid them, I just know I will be a bit uncomfortable(!).
I've never taken an anti-histamine before last night. I took it only at 3am, so I already wasn't sleeping. At 4am I managed to get some kind of sleep for the first time and dozed till 7.30am. I actually don't feel tired now (meaning, that I want to sleep), I feel exhausted and jet-lagged and like I need sleep, but not tired. Which in itself, is part of the problem.