In fact, I think the only thing that doesns’t make me sick is applesauce. If I eat the wrong thing the first time I try to sleep I get the most bizarre nightmares. For some stupid reason, I thought I’d try one of the most delicious foods ever created–thin-crust
spinach pizza. After a few slices I fell asleep and was terrorized the whole night with ridiculous nightmares about trying to find places to throw-up without seeming crazy and pathetic to friends and strangers. I can handle the migraine headaches, stomach aches and nausea that cheese precipitates, but the vomiting dreams and really disgusting.

Anyone else experience weird dreams after eating foods which make them sick?

Thanks

It sounds like you have tried to stay away from all the common allergens, so continue that. I’m guessing that you are worried about getting enough protein and nutrients from your comments and I can tell you that if you are eating enough vegetables to be full, then you are probably getting enough protein. Vegetarians worry because their diet is so different from what everyone around them is eating, but remember that cows, elephants and even gorillas live on a plant (leaves and grass) based diet.

Scott

I’m going to suggest that you consult an allergist, or at least your general practitioner. Allergies can be very dangerous and even life threatening at times and it seems that you are very reactive to something you are eating and you need to have tools (medications) if they get out of hand.

Having said that, there are a lot of people in your same boat. People think it is odd when they have been eating the same foods that suddenly they are allergic, but it is actually the repeated exposure that causes the symptoms. For example, people who are really allergic to bee stings don’t get that way until the second or third bee sting.

I would suggest following the allergy elimination diet (see above) and remove all common allergens. This will work for most people. There is still a chance you might be allergic to something other than those common allergens and that is when you start experimenting with other foods or getting some sort of allergy test.

Best of luck,

Scott

I am a 22 year old female who had no allergies until about the last year. I had my first allergic reaction when I ate a chicken club wrap. My lips started to swell,burn, itch, and I got what appeared to be blisters inside my mouth which were very big. I thought it was strange since I’ve eaten this same wrap a lot of times, and never got any reaction. I stopped eating the wrap, and about 15 minutes later, the reaction was gone. I figured it was a new sauce maybe.

A little while later, I ate a cesar salad, and got the same reaction. So I figured it was the creamy dressing or sauce. I stopped eating anything which creamy dressings,and my reactions stopped.

But now I am getting these types of symptoms EVERY time I eat. My lips swell up, redness, irritation, sometimes itch, and blisters. I also get hives on my neck, fingers, and sometimes everywhere. I’ve been having these types of symptoms for a little over a week now every time I eat.

Ive been taking a medication called Benadryl for temporary relief. It sometimes helps my hives and slows the swelling after about an hour. The Benadryl label says it helps sneezing, runny nose, hives, itchy water eyes and skin itch.

I’m not sure what to do, and now I’m finding that I am afraid to eat, because when I do, I get these side effects which are no longer easy to hide or deal with

I can not eat any dairy, meats, seafood, nuts, certain oils, salt, the list goes on. However, I can eat limitless amounts of fruits, vegetables, and beans (which is where i get my protein from). When i stick to my diet, my body feels stronger and healthier than I’ve ever felt, even in my 20′s. I’ve come to learn that my body, is amazing. More so than most. I’m in my mid forties, and I still have the strength and stamina that I did, even more so, than I did in my twenties. While friends of mine are getting weaker, I seem to be getting stronger. My bones are a little more achy, yes. As i am getting older. But I feel amazingly fit.

This problem with diet that I’ve had has put me in quite a unique category. I’ve been tested over and over and over in my life. At one point I went to see so many doctors in a ten year span, I was being to feel like a lab rat. And every doctor I’ve seen ends up scratching their head in total amazement regarding how my body is built.

I do have these dramatic allergies which can result in reactions ranging from almost having a heart attack from eating the wrong thing to skin rashes, bleeding gums from eating the wrong food, headaches, horrendous stomach problems, dizziness, fatigue, lack of focus/memory, on and on an on. But, when I stick to my diet and just eat fruits, vegetables, soy yogurt, beans, etc. I feel perfectly fine. Almost never getting sick.

The other part of my body which is quit fascinating, even to my wife who is also amazed at this, is I heal almost instantaneously. Meaning, I accidentally stepped on a glass which broken under my foot. By the time I made it to the bathroom and washed it off with water and took the glass out, my foot was already beginning to heal around the glass. So basically within minutes, I was picking glass out of my foot which was attached to my skin.

Sometimes I feel like I’m an alien, because my body seems to work unlike anyone else’s body I’ve ever met. I only met 1 other person, a woman in a deli, who was like me. I was ordering food and being very specific with how I needed the food prepared, that she heard my description and we started talking. Same exact makeup as mine. She also felt like she was from another world.

The other thing I notice with my body, is I HAVE to take a One-A-Day vitamin. It seems like my body needs those nutrients which I’m not getting by meats I’m assuming. Without taking that One-A-Day vitamin, I’m tired, and can barely make it through the day.

I don’t know what it all means, but the kicker to this is I had an experience when I was younger that I’ve never been able to let go of to this day. It happened when I was very young, a child. Let’s just put it this way, it was unearthly. I’ve always wondered if that had to do with how I am in some way. It’s an experience that is still so vivid in my mind, it still feels as if it happened yesterday. I can’t remember what I ate for breakfast on the first Tuesday of last month, but i remember this experience over 30+ years earlier, like it happened two mins ago.

For those that have the same allergies as I do, my suggestion would be to stay away from all dairy, nuts, and basically all anything with animal proteins. Yes it’s difficult to do, but I promise you. Do that, and you’ll feel better than you’ve ever felt in your entire life! THAT, I promise you. Don’t do that, try and push the limit of what you can eat, and you could honestly be risking your health in such a way that could potentially have severe affects on your overall health.

I am only sharing this story because I want to connect with those few of us out there that have this affliction. You can’t cure it. I’ve tried. There’s nothing to cure, it’s how you’re built. My body does not want or need any dairy, animal proteins, nuts, etc. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with me, it just doesn’t want it or need it. And when I respect that by not eating what I shouldn’t, I feel healthier than I’ve ever felt.

I wish you well.
-Nameless

Sorry to hear about all that you have gone through. It would be improper of me to give you suggestions on your condition over the internet. Let me suggest that you find a Naturopathic doctor near you and work with them. Use the search feature on the American Association of Naturopathic Physician’s website.