Social Security Disability and chronic hives - Allergies Message Board

uz2bface · 02-21-2004, 01:49 PM

I,m starting this because like many of you with chronic hives I cannot work and social security says I can. I have many additional health problems but the pressure hives was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak.

Anyway, I thought this would be helpful for us to share information that may or may not have worked in obtaining social security.

HAIRDOER · 02-23-2004, 11:33 PM

Thanks for the info.. I just have a few questions for you. Call me nosy Rosy I guess. If you took sulfasalizine before and it quit working for the pressure hives. Why don't you try taking it again to see if it would help you? I would think if you were getting immune to it, you have been off it long enough that it may be worth trying it again. DO you get hives other than pressure ones? I hope you can find something to help you get through life and have a little fun along the way. I know I enjoy the good days even more than ever when I am not covered in those stupid things. I still have two jobs along with two kids to keep up with. Good luck and I will shut up now.

uz2bface · 02-24-2004, 06:38 AM

Hi Hairdooer,

It means my last name used to be Face before all this medical stuff happened and I happened to get married about the same time. This is what I came up with. Didn't think anything else would sound very good. I have heard a lot about the name and not all would have been too good.

As for the sulfa, I am going back on to see if it at least helps this intense itching. The hives I am not really sure since it is hard to coorelate when I have put pressure on my skin with a hive hours later. I do get thim in areas I did n't realize I put pressure but that does not mean I didn't since I can get it from the slightest weight on an area I don't usually put pressure on. Hard to say if they are all pressure or not. My new doc who is a head injure specialist says they could be coming from my head injure since most of the area that controls this hypersensitivey is located where my trauma and subsequent chronic pain and spasm is so I may have my culprit. He is doing some neuropsych exams and then probably some specific brain MRI's to see what he can find and in turn see what he can treat. He is the best I have seen for this so who knows.

I am in the process of going to OVR and seeing what I can do for a home business if he thinks it is feasable. He works closely with the rehab center and OVR so I finally have some comprehensive treatment for all this and maybe I will get somewhere and get a better quality of life. I just know someone else can sit back and live with this as I have been told but I am going to find out what the cause and cure is so help me..... God.

Navy

uz2bface · 03-01-2004, 12:34 PM

Hi,
Just an update. I got approved for disability retirment by my employer so ssd may be just over the horizon. Keep the fingers crossed since the more ssd recognizes the hives as disabling the more who will be approved.

Navy

Acadia · 03-01-2004, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by uz2bface

Hi,
Just an update. I got approved for disability retirment by my employer so ssd may be just over the horizon. Keep the fingers crossed since the more ssd recognizes the hives as disabling the more who will be approved.

Navy

Why don't you talk to your doctor about Paxil, Effexor, Celexa or another such similar medication? These medications aren't just for depression (Zyban is given as a stop smoking aid). I have "Dermatographism" and it was debilitating at times. I suffered for 9 years or more with chronic itch and living on Benadryl and then sleeping because the Benadryl zonked me out.

My doctor started me on Celexa on Friday and I noticed over the weekend that I no longer have hives. And that when I do scratch, the itch goes away instead of being replaced by more itch and hive/welts.

Perhaps your hives are a result of a nervous disorder and can be remedied with a medication that affects the chemicals in the brain. I've also noticed that since October I've had chronically weepy and itchy ears. I've woken up everyday since then with water logged ears and crunching sounds from gunk puddled near my ear drum. Today I woke up without that. So it seems that that too was a manifestation of my nerves/anxiety.

Is there something in your life that is causing you anxiety other than your hives? How do you feel about your job? Do you want to work or would you rather sit at home collecting disability? Is your life going as planned? Answering these questions may help you figure out if what you have is actually a real physical ailment, or something that is manifesting itself as a symptom of something else.