(02-28-2011, 05:18 AM)beck7422 Wrote: Sometimes I don't know where the line between my SPD and Food Allergies is, but where they blur is definitely some of my most isolating problems. For example, I will have an allergic reaction if I inhale nuts being eaten by someone else within 10 feet of me. This distance keeps growing, they used to have to be next to me even 2 years ago. Prior to that I only reacted to nuts if I was the one who ate them. I fear it will get as bad as my Popcorn allergy which I react to inhalling it made even several hours prior, through doors, and over 200 feet away. I can not walk near a Movie Theater at all. I have to be several hundred feet away or I have to hold my breath when passing. Otherwise, I my throat will start to close and I will fall down paralyzed. Once this happens I usually get forced to go to an ER where the doctors refuse to treat me in any way except to check if I am pregnant... Sigh.

That sounds awful!

It reminds me that I'm coming to think that some of the MOST difficult medical conditions are those that just sound like annoyances or being overly sensitive (and are not given much respect in society): like food allergies, MCS, SPD, tinnitus. It is really difficult to deal with so much, without the supportive structure of people and the world getting it that it really is a big deal.