Pepcid.

actually a vitamin D overdose

Yikes, how much did you take? I take 1000 mgs a day. Because I don't go outside much.

I was only taking 2000 mg a day, and when Tim got sick I increased it to 3000-4000 mg a day, which is still within recommended normal limits. But it's the only thing that I changed about my habits (no other new meds/supplements, no new food, no new laundry detergent, etc.), and after a lot of research, the symptoms I had were consistent with vitamin D overdose.

Basically, the lesson is that I, as usual, am probably hypersensitive to things/amounts that normal mortals are absolutely fine with.

Oh, and what was the stomach-acid med that was used as an antihistamine? Pepcid? Prevacid?

Pepcid. You can also use Zantac. Basically any acid-blocker whose generic name ends in -dine. Pepcid is ranitidine; Zantac is famotidine. There are undoubtedly others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. But those are the ones that are H2 blockers.

While I am allergic to many things (newsprint, wool, cotton linters, grasses, molds...), it's pretty clear that doing all the anti-dust mite stuff really helps. It's just a huge pain. It's cleaning. I do not like the cleaning, and at the moment the dust mites are throwing a huge party and inviting all their friends. I also use unscented everything.

What about allergy shots, Zenkitty? Are those feasible for you?

eeeeeee. Eventually I may be uncomfortable enough to overcome the needle phobia, but I'm not there yet!

Pepcid, thanks.

vitamin D overdose

Did it make your skin really itchy with no visible hives or other symptoms?

vitamin D overdose

Did it make your skin really itchy with no visible hives or other symptoms?

SO ITCHY. But no hives. My face felt sunburned, but never got more pink than usual.

I wonder if that's the answer to the itch that plagued me for almost a year. Maddening itch, from my armpits to my knees. No other symptoms. Doctor couldn't figure it out. That's why I started taking Zyrtec. It worked - or else the itch just subsided on its own, who knows.

Eventually I may be uncomfortable enough to overcome the needle phobia, but I'm not there yet!

Ahhh. I didn't have a phobia, but it's not like I particularly enjoy needles. They weren't too bad.

I'm on 2000 mg of vitamin D, and suddenly glad I'm not itchy.

I'm on 2000 mg of vitamin D, and suddenly glad I'm not itchy.

From everything I've read, you have to take a crapton, like 10,000 IU (not mg, by the way, which is an extremely important distinction) a day, for overdose to be an issue. The recommended daily dose has a safe upper limit of 4,000 or 5,000 IU. I'm just one of those people who is really sensitive to stuff. I can't even tell you the number of drugs I've had allergic reactions to.

I think I was on 10,000 IU perscription D because my D levels were so low, but it was one pill once a week for a month. I don't remember being any itchier than normal, but then again I'm always so damn itchy from allergies that I'm not sure I would even notice.