Got Allergies?

by Judy Sinner

This article applies to: All animals, Humans included
Also see "Itchy Skin"

"Ah-CHOO!"

Itch - scratch - itch!

Hives…….heaves…….hyperactivity!

Gag, retch, barf……..

Allergies can manifest in myriad and interesting ways. 

This is a topic near and dear to my heart.  As a child, the first really obvious allergy was to peanuts.  My dad (a practicing DO, by the way) noticed that I would not eat peanut butter even as a toddler, and would gag if I even smelled it. 

 Knowing that I liked chocolate, he fed me a chocolate covered peanut, and then had to give me an epi shot, as I started into a rather dramatic reaction!  Evidently my intuition was kicked in even at a young age, I had to be "tricked" into eating a peanut. 

Hay fever was my other violent manifestation of allergies.  "Outside cats or no cats" was the phrase the allergy doctor used, as I underwent skin sensitivity testing in grade school.  Itchy, watery eyes and sneezing uncontrollably were part of my early life……grass seed, pollens, animal dander, you name it. 

I even spent a week with my mom at the Mason Clinic in Seattle, undergoing massive testing and ending up with desensitization shots tailored just to me.  Oh boy,  several shots a week, what fun for a little kid.  I distinctly remember being awake crying in the middle of the night unable to breathe freely, often demanding, of all things…….whole wheat toast!  I craved it, as we often crave our allergens! 

We actually produce some opiates and endorphins as our body encounters the offending substance, and we become addicted to that feeling.  Clearly now, I know I have gluten sensitivity which was contributing to the allergic reaction, and that was one of the worst things I could have eaten. 

As I got older and got even more into horses, my dad would give me steroid shots so I could see my way around the show ring each summer, and get through classes without sneezing myself silly.  When those shots messed up my periods, I got angry and demanded an end to those, trading them for high powered antihistamines.  Cool.  Now I could just exist in a sleepy fog, but I did not sneeze as much. 

Enter Dynamite into my life in my early 30's.  Still riding, training, showing, living with animals and with hay fever.  But something changed.  I started on Dynamite for Adults and Children, and lo and behold, after a few months I noticed I was actually breathing freely, and not taking nearly as many antihistamines.  Lifelong allergies just faded away with proper mineral support!  That was 25 years ago and other than an occasional setback (usually precipitated by a wheat-fest!), I seldom am troubled with the severe hay fever anymore. 

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