i logged since january and clocked the pattern: flares weren’t the cheese or pickles, they were work stress two days later. but when family asks why i’m reacting, i still say ‘it’s the histamine’ because that’s a story people understand. explaining mast cell activation triggered by cortisol spikes and histamine bucket load?
sounds made up without months of data. my doc gets it. my family thinks i’m avoiding fermented foods.
the food story is simpler and less weird to explain, so maybe that’s why i keep telling it even knowing it’s not the whole truth. anyone else still blaming food triggers when stress load is actually the real culprit?