Chronic Hives..driving me nuts!!

[woody21]

I'm a 29 y.o female who has had hives 9 months.  When I first saw my doctor he gave me a course of steroids, that didn't help at all.  I have tried all sorts of antihistamines... Zyrtec, Claritin and now i'm trying Chlor-Trimeton. All of them not helping much anymore.  I have read article after article about hives and the more I read the more down I feel about it.. not being able to find a cause.
I have had an allergy test and I have high allergy to dust mites.  How can you totally free your home of dust mites!  I have used Tea Tree oil in my washing machine for my towels, bed sheets and clothes.  I have had a blood test, which was pointless.  I'm not sure what else to do.. you forget what it was like to be itch-free!  My hives started on my back.. extreme fiery red itch.  But recently it hasn't been on my back at all.. its now my arms and my legs, occasionally my chest and tummy.  Extremely itchy, very warm and alot of welts.  Its driving me nuts!! People say "it will take its course", well i can say for myself and i bet alot of others, its not that easy.. it is EXTREMELY uncomfortable.. extremely!
I have read about Quercetin, a natural antihistamine.  Has anyone tried this at all and has helped relieve there hives?  I have also read Mint helps and also Sandalwood oil helps too.  I prefer natural remedies personally but I will do whatever for them to go away for good.  
Has anyone had relief from doing a Total Detoxification program at all? A remember reading a gentleman's log and he had gone to India for AYURVEDA treatment.. i can't seem to find his log anymore though.  He left a website http://www.ayurveda.org/

I would appreciate any help or information that anyone can give me. I know how you all feel out there!  It's not fun. Best of Luck everyone.
Thanks again.

[Icicles22]

You seem to know a lot about this.  I have chronic burning sensations in my legs.  This feeling varies but is usually around a 5/10.  I had it for nearly 2 years after having sex with an ex gf.  I don't have an STD but it went away for nearly 5 months.  After being with a different girl, it came back and has yet to go away and I feel the same symptoms again.  I've tried creams/moisturizers and antihistamines but nothing really seems to make it go away.  I have no clue why it went away for 5 months.  The only difference was that I took Doxycycline after having a Urinary Tract Infection and it went away after.  I tried taking it again, but it didn't work this time.  I don't really know waht to do.  Im seeing an allergist soon but it seems hopeless because I don't think im allergic to things.  Any recommendations?

[jifnif]

I'd rather try homeopathic and risk it not working over a prescription.  Your liver and kidneys will love you for it too.  I have taken homeopathic remedies for numerous things and have seen improvements in seasonal allergies, asthma and common colds.  I am also trying something now for habitual miscarriage that is just a base of one cell salt.  :)  

[andre1969]

How about trying Xyzal?
It's available on prescription in the USA since may 2008.
http://www.xyzal.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzal
Or what about these products?
http://www.hivotin.com
http://hivotab.com
Check this out about food-allergy:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/377371
I tend to not believe much in homeopathy but my chemistry teacher at school
claimed that his son was cured from eczema by homeopathic Natrium Muriaticum
internally taken and highly potentiated(diluted) so no or hardly any actual molecules were present in the medicin (just the energy), supposed to be most potent that way.

[jifnif]

well said.  :)  and good advice

[Soonerman]

No problem, I agree totally.  It would be nice if your doctor cared as much about you as you do and wanted to fix the cause instead of treating the symptoms; but then how would he/she be able to afford 3 vacation homes??  Not all are like that, but I firmly believe that you better arm yourself with knowledge and take matters into your own hands when you can because you have the most at stake.

[jifnif]

haha, sorry.  the entire statement was not really directed towards you.  I just get so crazy when it comes to the united states and the medical system, especially prescription drugs.  forgive my heated response, it was more to say that drs should not limit themselves to the protocol and perhaps do some research on their own if they really cared about helping a patient.  They don't have to really think about diagnosing a patient.  They say "hmmmmm, the patient has this, this and this".....so protocol says it is this, this or this; we will give them RX...that should cover (literally) the problem.  Which in turn produces another problem!!!!!  Your comments are of course appreciated by all I am sure.  :)  I like to share my thoughts as well.