#which means I spend a decent chunk of winter going okay benadryl hot water bottle which is it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tj-crochets · 5 days ago

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On the one hand I am very, very glad to have figured out the symptom that happens at the very start of an allergic reaction for me, and that if I take a benadryl right then I can usually avoid pretty much the whole allergic reaction and get just a moderate headache at worst (instead of a hospital visit) but on the other hand it would be great if that symptom didn't also happen whenever I get cold. Like...do I need a benadryl or do I need a hot water bottle? Hard to tell lol (I am okay I have a system I just also think it's funny that those are the two things that start the same for me. Dysautonomia and mast cell issues are a confusing combo sometimes)

#the person behind the yarn #the symptom is slightly high blood pressure and a slightly low heart rate #no doctors have been able to figure out WHY allergies do that for me #and several have told me that it shouldn't be an option #but it is! the start of an allergic reaction raises my blood pressure to juuuust over ideal levels #and then the rest of the reaction (without meds) crashes it real bad #but! I am not good at thermoregulation #and my tachycardia is almost entirely appropriate tachycardia in response to low blood pressure #which means when I get cold...my blood pressure goes up #and my heart rate goes down since it no longer has to compensate for low blood pressure #which means I spend a decent chunk of winter going okay benadryl hot water bottle which is it #(my system is 'get warmed up and check bp again' unless it is bedtime in which case my system is 'benadryl')#(because sleeping through the initial stages and waking up in the later stages of an allergic reaction is BAD)#(I've done it a time or two and now I avoid it at almost all costs lol)

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