Why are we so dumb? | Arthritis Information

I have seen people talk about this time and time again, but we just don't learn.

Just like with RA, I did the stupidity with my dairy allergy.

My husband brought home arby's with a regular bun (contains dairy) I said "thats ok, i'll eat it anyway".

I AM SICK!

Why is it that we take drugs for a while or cut out an allergy for a while and we feel like "maybe it's ok to do this or that". Here let me not take this pill, oh this toast with butter is ok.... etc. etc.

One day, I hope I will learn..... One day....

Don't feel too bad. Like Snow said, it's just how we do things!!

I just had a kid come up to the counter to tell me that he used our shampoo and broke out in hives. He knew he was allergic to a lot of shampoos, and this is a mini bottle with no ingredient label, but he used it anyway!!

I hope next time he'll think twice! LoL

It is the same as us over doing it. We know we are not suppose to and we try hard not to, but then we get "stir crazy" and BAM! Overdone... stick a fork in us and we're down for the count and wishing we never decided to clean the house that just goes back to the way in was in a matter of hours or days.

I am sorry you are not feeling well. I hope you feel better tomorrow.

Much Hugs

Thanks all.

I told my husband "why do i do this" and he just giggles :)

That one sandwich with the bread that had dairy in it swelled me up, gave me hives and caused a bad asthma attack.

I like my pre-warning though. My chest hurts so horrible, like my bones are aching and that is notice for the inhaler. So i catch it right at the beginning. I have 3 inhalers of the same kind, one in my purse, one by my bed and one by my desk cuz sometimes i am so bad i can't think to walk around the room to find one.

I just have to remember..... Dairy = Skull and Cross Bones :)

Hope you are doing better today, Bubba.I think we do this because in our minds we are hoping and wanting to be "cured" so when we feel better we eat the allergen or don't take the meds. I go through this all the time. I agree with the others. It's just the way we're "wired." We want so much to think that things have improved, or that just maybe this one time we can ease up a little and still be OK, so we take a chance and hope for the best. In a small way, it's probably a good thing, not because we get sick, but because the part of us that makes us take those chances is the same part that continues to give us hope for better days. If we never, ever felt that things could change and/or improve, we'd not only never take chances, we'd be totally depressed all the time because there would be no hope. So, we're not dumb, we have a positive outlook for possible change.
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