Tips from the MCAS community.
The Spoon Theory is a metaphor used to describe the limited energy and resources available to people with chronic illnesses. It was created by Christine Miserandino to explain to a friend what it’s like to live with lupus, but it has since been widely adopted by people with various chronic conditions. Here’s an overview of […]
The histamine bucket theory is a conceptual model used to explain how individuals can experience symptoms of histamine intolerance. According to this theory, each person has a “bucket” that represents their capacity to handle histamine. This bucket gradually fills up with histamine from various sources, including food, environmental factors, stress, and internal production. When the
Dysautonomia came up during my doctor’s visit today. This is not the first time I have heard of dysautonomia but this time, it makes sense. This time I realized that maybe there was something to this as I had stopped eating salty snacks as a wedding is coming and losing a few pounds would be
So why can sometimes you and I can tolerate some foods and other times we can not? I mean even the same food! Why are some scents tolerated and other times they are not (same scent), and so on and on… one day it’s ok the next it is not…. This always baffled me and
Welcome to the MCAS resource site! My goal is to put MCAS resources in one place, so to help navigate this world of MCAS. My story is like so many others. I have symptoms all over the place, and doctors pass me off to other doctors making me feel well a bit insane. I know
