Notes for Dr. Applegate

I am going to see on Allergist, Dr. Applegate, on Thursday the 15th and am hoping she will discover some things I can avoid that will make me healthier, or ways to treat the allergies to make them less severe. Here are my notes for her so far:

Notes for Doctor Applegate, Allergist

Q: What is the difference between an “allergy” and sensitivity? Do your tests test for both?

Q: What causes allergies? Is there any way to avoid developing or reverse them?

I have asthma, hay fever, insomnia and fibromyalgia, all of which seem to be moderately to severely affected by certain foods. I also get skin rashes from medications, from some skin products, from poison ivy and sometimes for unknown reasons. Some foods (coffee, chocolate) also negatively affect mood and personality.

I first started having joint problems and hay fever at age 16 and asthma in my late 20s.

1. “Known” Allergens and/or Sensitivities:

• Food
• Dairy—asthma, joint pain, hay fever
• Soy—joint pain, headache, IBS, insomnia, fibromyalgia
• Airborne
• Ragweed—asthma, “hay fever”
• Cigarette and wood smoke—asthma, “hay fever”
• Dog dander—asthma, “hay fever”
• Dust mites—asthma, “hay fever”
• Feathers, bird dander—asthma, “hay fever”
• Drugs
• Penicillin—hives (large pale swollen bumps)
• Theolair—red, itchy rash (small red itchy bumps)
• Wellbutrin—hives and two different sized rashes and breathing difficulty and terrible weakness and feeling sick and “deathly”
• others that I’m not able to recall at the moment

1. Suspected Allergens and/or sensitivities

• Food
• Beans, legumes
• Tree nuts and peanuts
• Bananas

1. Possible Allergens and or sensitivities

• Food
• Apples
• Onions
• Ginger
• Peppermint
• Seeds (eg, sunflower seeds)
• Beef, red meats
• Wheat, white flour
• corn
• Cane sugar, sugar

I am sure there are others because I often get sick and have no idea why