Hello everyone,
The past few years have been very tough for me - I was wondering if anyone else has experienced the same/similar? I'm pretty sure food allergies is to blame for my symptoms. It's hard because most of my symptoms are internal - like fatigue - so people don't seem to believe me when I say I feel sick.
The worst part is I just don't feel "right". My eyelids feel heavy, tired and swollen. My head feels cloudy and its hard to focus sometimes. I have a red rash on my face - that started out small and grew until my whole face turned red! Some days I wake up and I feel so ill - like I have the worst hangover ever! My joints used to ache - but thankfully I am on the upswing these days!
I'm still figuring everything out but it looks like I'm allergic to: Raw Onions, Soy Oil, Soy Flour, Vinegar, and Avocados. All of which I would consume several times daily - mostly hidden in other foods like bread, ketchup, salad dressings, etc. My doctor thinks all of my allergies were brought on by eating Quorn products.
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else suffered for years before you figured out what it was? Unfortunately, my family members all assumed I was just being lazy or depressed.
If you are allergic to anything soy then you are allergic to all soy. I am allergic to eggs, peanuts, soy and corn. You have to watch the corn because of cornstarch, and high fructose corn syrup. Go to an allergist and have them test you. I recently did that and now I am getting better cutting all of those foods out of my diet. But the rash that I developed turned into a yeast infection in my eyes, ears, nose, throat and on my scalp. I have started taking diflucan and it started clearing up after the first dose. Google images of yeast infection of the skin and look at the images to see if this is what your rash resembles. I hope this helps.