I started the Eleve Vitality Program back in March so I’m 5 months or close to it. I’m down 21 pounds and still feeling good. I did have a little hiccup with one of the supplements that I was on however.
I’ve been dealing with chronic hives. It all started in January of 2024. I slipped on the ice and I tore my bicep and sprained my shoulder. I had to be in a sling for 12 weeks! Once I was free from that I started developing hives. I did what most people would do if they developed hives out of the blue; I changed my detergent, my body wash, stopped using perfumes and lotions. Nothing worked. I tried treating the hives with cortisone and calamine and that didn’t help. I finally gave up trying to fix it on my own and went to see a doctor after 6 weeks of hives. My doctor referred me to an allergist who told me that it wasn’t an allergic reaction it was chronic hives which can come on for a variety of reasons mine could have been triggered by the injury. He put me on a double dose of antihistamine. That wasn’t enough so he increased the dosage to 4 times what a normal person with allergies would take and that still wasn’t working. Finally my insurance was convinced that I needed to get an allergy shot to go along with all of this antihistamine and it worked!! I was finally hive free.
Recently I’ve been getting hives again on occasion. Turns out that Magnesium which is what I’ve been taking to help improve my sleep diminishes the effectiveness of my allergy medicine. I stopped using the Magnesium and my hives haven’t returned. I have noticed that my sleep isn’t as consistent.
To try to offset the lack of Magnesium I have to try to increase my activity levels throughout the day and that helps me sleep better. Finding time to workout is still difficult, but I find that just moving more throughout my day helps. Getting up from my desk to go talk to someone rather than just sending an email even helps.
Doing some breathing exercises to help relieve stress helps me sleep better too. I’ve been able to work through this with my health coach Katrina which is super helpful. She has some great tips that always seem to help.
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