Research on Singulair and Xyzal

Dear Herb, 

I have stopped the Allegra, but continue on Xyzal, Singulair, and Wal-dryl (a generic form of Benadryl).   As the allergy shots increase in effectiveness  the need for the antihistamines will go down. What does your wife use to control  her allergies?The allergy doctor is at the present trying to reduce the amount of drugs that I am on. My psychiatrist says that environmental toxins,ie dust, dust mites, pollen, grasses etc. can cause depression and after a round of allergy shots that I should be able to reduce, or stop the antidepressants. 

Right now I have a huge anxiety problem with it and am taking risperdal to counter that. My job is outside and I almost panic to go outside for long periods of time. One day at a time. The shots are to reach their effective stage about March 16th.

Any suggestions?

I am now looking up Singulair and found out that it can cause suicidal thoughts and depression. I stopped it today and will monitor the results. I also see that Xyzal can cause anxiety.

Allergic to Olive Oil?

I did a hot oil treatment to my hair this morning. Putting olive oil on the hair, then a shower cap and wrapping it up in a towel. After about 30 minutes my lips started to swell, my depression came, stomach in butterflies (anxiety), gums started to swell. I washed what I could out and ran to get my second antihistamine for the day,  Xyzal, for I had already taken my Wal-itin, a generic store brand of Claritin, about two hours before. What would have happened if I had not taken the stuff before the treatment?
I have been eating olive oil for years, and thought I could tolerate the stuff. Apparently not in this amount, in this way, on the skin. 

Upped the Medications

I boosted the Xyzal up by half a pill on the 19th of November. I noted a great increase in balance, mood, and energy, a lessening of itchy skin. I take the half pill on arising, which is about 4 am these days.

The chiropractor's new adjustment with the traction collar device has helped greatly. I notice the difference almost immediately. He was adamant that I not return to medication. I thought that I had to to maintain hours at the job. Period. He doesn't know what the pain of anxiety and depression does on income. I am concerned about the poisoning of my body by the chemicals that I have decided to put back into the body, but I have to pay the mortgage.

VNS, Xanan, Abilify

The VNS device is at 2 mhz every two hours and the metabolism is crazy. The Abilify,  makes me increadibly hungry, and the VNS just burns it off. Perfect combo. But to get the balance just right is the hard thing.

It could be that the antihistamines (Xyzal, Singular) are what the body really needs and as the depression leaves, which it mostly has, the VNS seems to work overtime at the same setting. I noticed this as the food sensitivities or allergies were clearing out. It maybe that as the allergy shots build the tolerances to pollen, grass, dust and dust mites the VNS, or the Abilify could be cut down. I think the VNS and Abilify both, a little at a time.

New Drugs

11/10/11

Current medications:

Xanex@ .25 was added on nov 1
Singular 10 mg on Nov 2
Xyzal 5 mg on oct 26
Abilify 5mg on Nov 7 Monday this week

VNS @2.25 @2 hour. Seemed to increase anxiety, don't know. shut off the device three times yesterday. 11/10/11

Digestive enzymes, zenpep 10,000 units, 3 to 5 caps before each meal

Supplements

      Vit C, up to 10,000 mg daily

      Vit B 5, 2000 mcg daily

      Vit B 12 , 5000 mcg daily

      Vit D up to 10,000 IU daily

      Lysine, 4,800 mg daily

      Dindolylmethane (DIM) , 200 mg daily

      liquid Vit supplement

      fish oil 2000 IU daily

     

      

Anxiety or Pork Loin? Holloween Indigestion?

10/31/11

I am in the hospital today because I am suffering from some kind of anxiety attack. I ate something which I don 't normally eat: pork loin. Small piece. It started just after the meal and continued afterwards throughout the early morning hours. Since I could not determine where the shortness of breath was coming from, I thought that it was coming from the new drug Xyzal. This is levocetirizine dihydrochloride that I posted about before in another post.

Here at the hospital I have suffered two more attacks.  Just after consuming other foods that I have eaten that I have not eaten recently. Colored jello (aspartame) and instant decafe tea. Then they gave me a pill that I have had no experience with. That I will have to wait to see.  It is pantoprazole, or protonix. It is supposed to help with acid in the stomach. I should hope so. They are pumping me full of acidic things here.

I ate the remainder of the pork when I got home from the hospital, I think it was anxiety. 

Antihistamine Added

10/27/11

Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride (Xyzal) was add on 10/27/11. That was 5 days ago. The effects on the allergy front have been great. The depression has eased somewhat. All other symptoms have gotten better as well. Symptoms that are involved are listed in earlier post entitled "allergist appointment notes", dated about 10/18.
Unfortunately I am having an allergic reaction to the drug.  A slow, but progressive, shortness of breath is occurring now. I have come to the ER to have them monitor me as I go through this.


Apparently this was the start of a bout of anxiety attacks, which I am on xanax for now, almost three weeks on.