This is important

[battleroyal]

If you experience this you need a Doctor to check both cortisol and Acth, something will be off and you need meds.

[pnut58]

WOW. I very rarely post on this forum, but I recently came to the same conclusion that this might be hormone related and had to say something.  Hormones control a lot of processes in the human body. I have suffered with PATM for at least 20 years now.  Like many of you, my presence makes people react by holding their breath, sneezing, coughing, throat clearing, itching, eyes watering, etc.  Everyone I effect thinks it's their allergies acting up; they can't comprehend it's caused by another PERSON  *insert eye roll*.  You all know the drill.  A little bit about my health...I have vitamin D deficiency, I've had candida in the form of thrush, corrected leaky gut, etc etc. Tried many MANY supplements over the years, strict diets, special soaps, lotions, essential oils, and nothing works for long.  Recently I found out by chance that I have a rare brain deformity that messes with the pituitary gland, which effects hormones, adrenals, etc.  I've heard people in the past who say the reactions they cause lessen when they are on anti-depressants and draw conclusions that the disease is mental.  But what if it's chemical?  What if it helps because correcting the dopamine levels in the brain inhibits whatever is causing the reactions (like the hormone prolactin)? Or, since this condition ALWAYS seems to get worse when stressed, what if it is somehow connected to the pituitary's effects on adrenals? Hmmm. Or maybe it's a cross between the two, dopamine inhibiting the hormone cortisol from the adrenals? Understand, I'm not a doctor, nor a scientist, just someone who is REAL interested in feeling better and living a "normal" life and trying to do the research / ask the right questions to make that happen.  These are just questions that have sparked my interest.  I don't have the answers yet, but I'm following this through.  Next step, hormone testing.  Thanks @battleroyal for being the confirmation that I needed to keep going.  Best of luck to everyone, keep fighting warriors.

[nepafou]

Are you still experiencing PATM? Why do you think the hormone levels have something to do with it?