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Autism and urticaria

Take5
6 months ago

Hey everyone 

Just putting this out there as I have always thought I was different when I was younger but didn’t have an awful lot of traits. 
I had chronic urticaria from say age 20 - 24 this is an extreme allergic reaction, I had intolerance tests with no cause. I was put onto very strong medication which had to be monitored. I put it down to stress but never really thought about the connection between autism and this. I do still get this now but hardly ever but I just wondered if anyone else has had the same experience or similar?

This started a few years after I started really struggling with panic attacks, these all seem like stress factors to me (I feel so blind)

Thanks for reading 

Parents
  • 6 months ago
    Take5 said:
    I had intolerance tests with no cause. I was put onto very strong medication which had to be monitored. I put it down to stress but never really thought about the connection between autism and this.

    My wife suffered from urticaria as well and the tests were non conclusive because when you are in an attack you get almost everything showing as a false positive.

    The solution was to find the causes of the stress and remove them. In your case it is almost endemic so I suspect something like mindfulness and meditation may be the best approaches to it but with a head start of anti stress medication to get you out of the zone.

    These are best talked through with an allergy specialist with a good knowledge of autism and then with your GP.

    It has worked well for my wife over the last 5 years and flare ups are typically only when she comes down with an illness or exposure to one of the few things she really is allergic to.

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  • 6 months ago
    Take5 said:
    I had intolerance tests with no cause. I was put onto very strong medication which had to be monitored. I put it down to stress but never really thought about the connection between autism and this.

    My wife suffered from urticaria as well and the tests were non conclusive because when you are in an attack you get almost everything showing as a false positive.

    The solution was to find the causes of the stress and remove them. In your case it is almost endemic so I suspect something like mindfulness and meditation may be the best approaches to it but with a head start of anti stress medication to get you out of the zone.

    These are best talked through with an allergy specialist with a good knowledge of autism and then with your GP.

    It has worked well for my wife over the last 5 years and flare ups are typically only when she comes down with an illness or exposure to one of the few things she really is allergic to.

Children
  • 6 months ago in reply to Iain

    Hi lain

    Thanks for responding, yes it does make sense to me now. Like I say I hardly ever suffer now and can handle that. I guess I removed some of the triggers without consciously realising. One big relief I’m guessing was working by myself and for myself. I used to work with a lot of people and really struggled in a big way. 
    Im really pleased your partner has got it under control also. This is all about being kind to yourself I suppose. 

    Thank you for the advice and all the best for the future