I’ve been weaning myself off’ve antihistamines for the past couple months. I figured my diet is pretty boss now and I’m feeling relatively ‘good’, so now was as good a time as any.
Now, I’ve been taking antihistamines for longer than I was taking the other concoctions and I stumbled upon them way back when, after the colonoscopy and the other invasive thingy that gets shoved down your throat. My weight was plummeting (54kgs by then) and I couldn’t hold anything down. I had gone to the docs and specialists and none of these geniuses had looked at my history, and I was too far gone by then to realise what was happening – STRESS – aka PTS fucking (D). Along while after all this they discovered ulcers in my gutt but by that stage I was banging back antihistamines faster than I could breath.
And they worked. They calmed all the itching, the nausea, the vomiting … and I could hold down food. Which meant I could slowly gain weight again.
Note: It’s not a nice feeling losing weight so rapidly that you feel like your fading away – and not by choice!
So, a couple of years ago I decided I needed to lower the amount I was having (2 per day). And the itch returned, the nausea returned. I persisted and managed the reduction to 1 per day. And that’s where I’ve been for the last couple years.
After a slight reduction recently I thought I’d be able to stop completely. But turns out, there are crappy side effects (not listed on Google or on the antihistamine box I might add) to having popped these bastards for the past 6 or so years.
My system crashed and I was sick for a few weeks … itchy as fuck … and nauseous as fuck.
I bumped them back up to 1 per day and decided to do the slow decrease, like I’d done with the Benzos.
Enter – twitchy eye syndrome!
I Google it and whats the recommendation?? Take an antihistamine! Fucks sakes!
I’ve decided to persevere at the dose I’m at for a couple more weeks before decreasing further, which is 2/3rds of a tab. My skin is slowly settling down – lots of aloe vera applied! But my fucking eye is still twitching like I’ve had a line or 2 of speed!
Not to be put off though … and I think its bloody good progress, for Me :)
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kpm© : me & pts (d) 
It’s so uncomfortable losing weight so fast, everyone always has a comment.
I took 2 antihistamines a day for over two years. If I didn’t, I would wake up so itchy. I tried to wean myself off but even taking 1.5 a day didn’t seem to cut it. It only changed when I went away to Europe for three months and I just stopped taking them all together.
Feel nauseous a lot though
Thanks for sharing that … No-one really gets my antihistamine struggle lol .. I’m still doing 2/3rds to 1/2 per day. And the side effects are annoying, some days they drive me nuts! But I’m getting there!! Hope your feeling better!!
I feel so awkward especially when I have to talk to someone while my eye twitches. I hope you get to the point where it stops.
Thank you! … Me too – dam over-antihistamine use! Lol … I do feel bit awkward I must admit … however, I have noticed that it seems to make the person I’m talking too even more awkward … and I like that ;)
Ha! I almost feel like a pirate. Why? I have no idea.
Haha .. Sounds good!! Argh!