For two months I have been taking VSL#3 and have had a migraine almost every day.
I stopped taking it yesterday and today I feel much better and have NO headache!
It seems that certain probiotics can actually cause reactions in some people and release histamines which can lead to migraines. ( I know, How insane! I always thought certain probiotic brands were giving me headaches from the fillers, but now i think it may have been the actual probx strains too.)
I have never thought that i have a histamine intolerance and do not have 'allergic' symptoms except for stuffy nose and migraine, and an egg allergy.
Now I am looking for a 'safer' probiotic. ANyone have any knowledge of this?
Here is a good link about histamines and probiotics
It does not cause me trouble with histamine and it's dairy free. I had to give up the VSL due to the dairy in it.
I also take Prescript Assist and Florastor.
Posted by desertwind (Member # 25256) on :
Cotton; I have been having the same problem with histamine and food...getting migraine w/aura after almost every meal and something just is off. Came on after my last pulse of abx.'s and I think I have leaky gut going on...
I too am on the search for histamine degrading probiotics and piggy backing on what lymetoo suggested, custom has specific strains that are specific for histamine reduction.
Posted by gz (Member # 43818) on :
I've been doing well with rotating between Theralac truflora and Prescript Assist. I also take the Jarrow brand of S.boulardii.
Custom Probiotics looks great and is what I will go with if I have to switch to something else.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :