Comments on: High (on benadryl??)

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:43:25 +0000

This skein looks so beautiful just as it is in the picture – you could just put it in a shadowbox and it would look like gorgeous, organic, abstract art!

By: silt

silt — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:48:42 +0000

here is my story.. i was in the sun all day i got stung by a wasp after pulling 7 hours in direct sunlight doing landscaping.i met my spouse and took my 2 boys to the movie transformers it was one of those tag team things -no shower straight from work to the dutys of the boys and i had popped 4 benayadrl on the advice of a co-worker (just in case)- another co worker had been stung also and his face swelled up instantly to the point his eyes swelled shut. i am fair skinned blonde eyebrows and red haired (the firey kind) well anyways halfway through the movie i felt like i was about to leave my body ,i couldn’t concentrate i was off in another place i was thinking i may be having an anaphalatic reaction or sun stroke or something cuz those damn transformers were just too real and the plot line was just to intense and the next thing i know i’m on the phone wit my old lady to come rescue me cuz i dont want the boys to catch wind of whats up and if any one knows what this high is like u’ll understand. so i says meet me at the doors cuz i dont think i can walk and never have taking this stuff in my life i couldn’t make heads nor tails of what waz up. she took me home but had to go to work. i was like feeling like i was to scared to say anything but i was feeling almost like- with it- but not and rapid thinking etc.we chalked it up to heat stroke and the remedy was lotssa water. half hour later im on the phone wit my mom to come over cuz i was marbled and i wasnt sure of the real results from what i was feeling. i,ve been high before so i was so wondering why it felt like this and it scared me…. so kids first was what i thinking and safety etc..and she had to come and talk me down a little..along with my niece in tow which was embarrasing.(whats wrong with uncle) and long story short after a few phonecalls to some health links phone numbers i was high on benadryl ;–whtf..so beware redheads wit fair skin and first time users…this was nowhere near intentional..ps i am 170 with ripped abs,very muscular,completly physically fit- i do 10 -12 hours of hard work so its not like this factory of mine could’ndt process some shit..anyways i was on line looking it up to see if anyone else had this happen to them. oh yah after convincing the health links operator i hadn’t taken anything else etc. etc. i realized that i just may be high..apparently if ur not to careful u can get really messed up

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:08:58 +0000

Hi Frecklegirl!
As a food/beauty product/coloring/dye/additave/wool allergy sufferer myself who goes into anaphylactic shock,I have some advice that may help you for how I have learned tomanager my allergies.I am 38 now and the allergies popped up when I was around 8 years old.
If you are going to eat a strange food or use a new beauty product,rub a little of it on the inside crook of your elbow and then bend your arm together like you are making a muscle.Watch this area for redness burning and itching for about 15-20/30 min.
My allergies take only 30 minutes to happen,and sooner or later you will beging to recognize when you have an attack coming on so use the timing you think is right here.After the time passes,if you don’t have a reaction,eat the food or use the beauty product.If you get any redness itching burning etc,go wash the stuff off immdiately! This allergy patch test is one I learned from experimenting with hair dye and has saved m butt may times.
Always keep Benadryl handy if all else fails.But also if you get in a pinch and none is handy,take any antihistimine.An allergic reaction with hives occurs when the body dumps massive amounts of hystamine.By taking an antihystamine you can buy enough time to get to the hospital safely without your throat closing and cutting off your air supply.
I am no doctor,but this is how I have learned to live with my deadly allergies.Also,the wool thing might just be a coloring allergy.
I’m sorry to hear you have to live with this like I do.The good news is though,that you can “grow out” of allergies.Some of mine don’t show up as much as they used to when I was younger.
Best of Luck to you, Honey.
-Sherri

By: Eb

Eb — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:46:59 +0000

You know, I found out I had a corn allergy and occasionally break out in hives. I also have a Basil allergy…so the nuts might not be the culprit. Sorry. You should get an ELISA blood test. It’s saved my life.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:05:51 +0000

I haven’t run across fibers I’m allergic to (yet), but I know that my hands get all red and splotchy at crawfish boils (yep, I’m from Louisiana, and no, I don’t suck the heads).

I keep denying further allergies that would require me to stop eating them, though. I just wear latex gloves. So, I’m wondering if wool would be okay to knit, provided you had flexible gloves (and arm and leg coverage), and knit the wool into a gift…

But I hope you’re not actually allergic, because that stuff is gorgeous…

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:24:54 +0000

For wool it varies for me depending on the prep and spin. Many mordants are ones I am sensitive to (so no dying with them for me :/ ), and same goes for some dyes. The prep of the fiber- oil in the spinning process and what was used to clean the fiber can really make me itch too, though I think for C it could also be the fiber itself of the Lanolin.

Some fibers people tend to be more sensitive to- cut angora vs. plucked angora for example, and depending on how it is spun up (I can only wear small amounts of plucked angora spun worsted and blended with lots of wool in outerwear unless I want hives, a waste of angora imo)- woolen spinning tends to make a yarn more itchy than worsted spinning, as does a woolen prep instead of a worsted prep since the short fibers tend to fall out as you spin and make you itch.

Short bits of mohair really, really tend to make people itch, for example. It gets *everywhere* when you spin it (and up your nose to boot), especially directly from locks. Working from a roving though helps both with short bits as you spin and if you spin it worsted, with the itchiness factor later as you are working with the yarn and then wearing it.

What it does have going for it (just to continue the example: mohair doesn’t have as much lanolin as many other wools so it doesn’t always take as much washing and processing, so there is less chance to have allergic reaction to lanolin or the chemicals.

Re: benadryl. O man yes, I can’t have it without a full stomach of food and a glass of water. Even then I’m not sure I would trust myself to drive for a good long time afterwards since I become a complete space case.

By: Vickery

Vickery — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:04:32 +0000

I love your beautiful yarn!
(Dear Lord I hope to never develop a wool allergy!!)

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:47:42 +0000

I have been struggling with insomnia for years. The only thing that really works for me is Benadryl. I tried every over the counter sleep aide on the market but nothing compared to benadryl. After about 1 hour I become very sleepy and stay asleep for at least 7 to 8 hours !!!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:17:38 +0000

That’s so lame. The older I get, the more I think we develop allergies. I’ve been developing a milk sensitivity and my husband is getting weather-related allergies. Getting old sucks

By: Evans Nash

Evans Nash — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:03:00 +0000

Around 1998 at age 58 I had a minor runny nose and bought benehist at Safeway. I understand that it is a over-the-counter generic form as Benedryl. I took a single pill and was not able to urinate for 24 hours. Over the intervening 8 years I have gotten progressively better and for all practical purposes have recovered although not the original state.

I did not have any signs of prostate problems and the only signs that I have now is that my PSA scores have risen slowly up to 10.3. This is considered to be significant. However, information from the internet suggests that PSA is not very accurate and in fact may even have a reverse correlation with cancer detection as compared to not knowledge of prostate cancer.

I do not know whether the PSA score is being affected by the results of the reaction, but I kind of suspect it. DRE tests do not show anything.

I would warn all men to not take Benedryl. Also one should realize that it is used in other over-the-counter medicines that are commonly taken.