I had blood test done to check allergies when I was swollen in hives from head to foot. They found that I do have mild food allergies, but I was told they were not severe enough to worry about avoidance. It was found that the hives were attributed to my thyroid not functioning properly.

With that said, I hit a wall around 2:30 every afternoon. I get so drowsy that I feel as if I'm going to go to sleep....no matter where I am or what I'm doing. Docs still say my symptoms are related to thyroid and they've also stuck the fibromyalgia label on me (long story). AUGH!

I admit I haven't tried avoidance. I am allergic to soooo many common foods...I'd have to completely change my diet which would also affect my children and husband.

Thanks for your thoughts...

I just read the book "Adrenal Fatigue" by James l. Wilson, and in it he describes that drop in energy around 2:00-3:00pm. It might be something you want to look into.

I have never been diagnosed with food allergies, but I have a friend with a young child who sees the same allergist I saw when I was diagnosed with enviornmental allergies. The child had a combination of inhalent and food allergies. Anyway, she was told to eliminate the high reactive foods at least for a while. He also said that once the allergy shots for the pollen take effect, the food allergies should fade away. It was his experience that once the immune system stopped over reacting to the pollens, it would usually stop overreacting to most of the foods. And btw, this is a doctor with 30+ years of experience.

If I were in your shoes I would stop the foods for just a week, just to see if it made a difference. No matter how difficult, you can probably make it only one week and then you could judge whether it was worthwhile. You could also eliminate one food at a time to see how it affects you. There are a lot of resources that explain how to do this.

I'm sure there are more on the board more knowledgable about food allergies, but I hope I was able to help.