Comments on: Uncommon allergies – Flax seed!

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:27:17 +0000

RAST tests are super inaccurate. I have a life-threatening allergy to peanuts amongst other things and I have tested both negative and positive and extremely high on the RAST test. If your allergist thinks it is safe you may want to try a skin test. RAST tests test if your blood reacts to the allergen but they are known for being inaccurate and should not be used alone to make a diagnosis or rule out an allergy.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:44:43 +0000

LOL…I know just what you mean. I keep thinking about how evil flaxseed is when I think about all the trouble I’ve gone through the last two and a half months because of it, with the stomachaches, stopping all my new supplements and food to figure out what’s causing my high eosinophil counts, and dealing with some major insomnia since shortly after I had stopped everything. I went on Ambien CR a couple of weeks ago, which didn’t work, so my doctor put me on Restoril, which seems to work a lot better. Also, when I went back on all my old supplements to see if stopping them was the reason for my sleep problems, I decided to try fish oil since the triple omega capsule I was using had flax oil in it. I think the fish oil prolonged my insomnia. When I halved the dosage of the fish oil, I slept better but still awakened several times in the night. Oddly enough, not using it at all had as bad an effect as too much. I then decided to try to find a triple omega formula that had no flax oil in it and found Arctic Naturals Total Omega at Walgreen’s. I had one of the best nights I’d had on the Ambien the night after I started taking it (one a day). I’ve been doing really well on the Restoril, so I’m not sure how much the triple omega is still helping. Unfortunately, it’s not as good as Sundown Naturals, but at least it helps me sleep, and I don’t have to worry about reacting to flax oil. I will definitely NOT miss flaxseed and would just as soon never set eyes on it again!

By: MARIE

MARIE — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:23:19 +0000

SORRY FOR THE SP’S, IT HURTS TO TYPE

By: MARIE

MARIE — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:27 +0000

With me, the gas was a minimal issue. The max is my joint swelling. Isn’t this stuff supposed to ‘cure’ joint swelling. Well, apperantly not for this otherwise healthy 24 y.o. lady. iM STILL LIMPING AND ITS BEEN DAYS SENSE THE TWO EVENTS. iT ONLY TOOK MY TWICE TO REALISE WHAT IT WAS HODGSEN MILL’S RICE AND GOLDEN MILLED FLAXSEED PENNE…SATAN.

By: Terri Slaughter

Terri Slaughter — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:16:44 +0000

MY eyes get red and itchy when I ate flax.

By: Tilley

Tilley — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:01 +0000

Interesting. I never would have guessed. I keep a food journal, and yesterday I had terrible chest pain/tightness that lasted for about an hour. The only new thing I had eaten? I had put flax meal in my buckwheat pancakes. This morning, after my regular gluten free breakfast, which left me feeling fine, I ate another of those pancakes with flax in it, and immediately had another tight chest reaction. It wasn’t nearly so bad as the three-pancake reaction, but still not fun. It went away fairly fast, but my chest still feels tight, and breathing deeply hurts a little.

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:04:18 +0000

Okay, I was speaking of my general practitioner here. My allergist, whom I saw today and got to speak with about my sleep issues and questions about flaxseed, is male.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:57:47 +0000

I had a visit with my allergist today, and he said that although my flaxseed blood test came back normal, he said it could have affected me in other ways, such as through eosinophilic gastroenteritis/gastritis. Are there others here that have had this experience too, normal blood work but with abdominal symptoms and high eosinophils? I also asked about flaxseed/flaxseed oil causing insomnia when stopped abruptly, but he didn’t seem to think so. He also wrote me a prescription for an antihistamine which I’m hoping will help me sleep. He told me to continue to avoid flax/flaxseed, and I told him not to worry.

By: Ty D.

Ty D. — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:54:03 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing… i almost called 911 last night .. the pain was unbearable….thats why im online searching today! i have noticed flaxseed makes me sick too. It was awesome reading your story because it is just what im going through . Im going to make a appointment with the allergist .Thanks, God bless