6/10/26 I Accidentally poison myself

 So, I accidentally poison myself, not on purpose, but like most people, I use melatonin to help stay asleep between spirits waking me up, the things that I have gone through, and the nonsense of neighbors who can't get a sleep schedule. So what happened is I purchased a different brand of melatonin without thought, thinking that it was the same as what I'm using. Well, let's just say it was not. I had a severe allergic reaction to something in it. I started with a rash that consumed 80% of my body, and multiple tubes of hydrocortisone and allergy medicine to become a human scratch pad for the last two months. It took over a month to realize what the culprit was. This was only by eliminating soaps, deodorant, laundry soap, food, snacks, bread flour, vitamins, etc. Yikes !! Why am I posting? I see in the aisle with the vitamins in, for children and adults alike. 

I'm lucky that it didn't go into anaphylaxis shock. I have allergies and sensitivity to smells and chemicals, which are pretty much sprayed on everything coming from overseas. I initially thought it was from throw carpets that I purchased because it started on my hands and arms, and traveled my entire body, causing me to rethink that it was something I ingested. It could have been one or both. I know that once I stopped the melatonin, my body, my skin, stopped freaking out, and started healing. I'm not going to give the brand should something come about from it, but I had no idea that it could cause or have a reaction like that after years of taking it off and on. Yet, this brand I have never used before, either. 

I am calling poison; any reaction like I had is poison to the body. Was it brand, and cut with something? I will not know. After all, I didn't go to the doctor because I didn't want to be pumped with steroids and other drugs, tests, and scopes. I do not recommend this, and one should seek medical attention. As it has left scars, and hopefully with time, they will light up.  I stopped taking melatonin altogether to not have another scare, in the meantime.  I can't tell you what to do, but with anything, do your research, and even if the doctor suggests or gives an Rx for it. For this is not the first reaction that I had to medicine, a first with a product that sold a supplement product. Also, it was the lowest dose was used. 

Oh, and yes, I am intuitive, but I am human too, so I look at it this way: with my experience of this I would be able to write about it. Life is a journey, not a destination.