hives

I have been suffering with hives for about 4 months now. I take levoxyl .88 mcg my tsh is 2.1 currently. the only relief i have is when i take allegra. I went to g.p. when i woke up one morning and my lips were swollen and i had been waking up with hives every am. My g.p referred me to an allergist and he did several tests (lupus etc along with the anti thryoid antibodies )and I already see and endrocrinologist i went to the endo crinologist after the allergist found the antibodies and she has changed my thryoid meds to synthroid 112mcg.  I would like to get off the allergra, but the hives are so bad if i forget to take it I am miserable. My body stings like i fell into an ant bed then the whelps itch. I have a friend who stopped taking her meds then went back to the dr and he put her on the amour thyroid. I don't think my endcro. writes very much of that.  Can you please offer somethype of help or something to suggest to dr that would not offend her?

[laura1967]

How long ago did you make the switch to synthroid from levo? They all have fillers in them that vary between each other. I wonder if you were having a reaction to the fillers in levo. I would stay on the Allegra for a little while until you can figure out what you are reacting to. What did the allergist say to you?
Armour has some fillers in it as well and is a different med with both t4 and t3 in it. The most hypo-allergenic thyroid med would be wes-throid. It has hardly any fillers at all.
Just some tidbits for you. :)

[baldylocks]

Hi,
I had hives every day for a year and a half!!!....SO I CAN RELATE!! I know how miserable they can make you! Mine all started from a severe reaction to levaquin. I ended up in the ER several times with anaphylactic symptoms ( very scary!) I started having reactions to things I had eaten and been around my whole life.( foods, salad dressings, mold, grass, etc) No doctors in my area could  help me, they were all puzzled. I finally got a referral to University Of Michigan...(OMG! What a lifesaver!) They perscribed Doxepin, which immediately helped!! I also was on Allegra. The meds made me very tired, but was instructed to take at night! Boy, did I sleep good!! I was on this for about 8 months and then weaned off after all hives STOPPED!! I have been hive free since 2006! THANK GOD!! Ask you DR. about this...it may help...good luck and I hope you get some relief soon!!