Quitting my new job
Hey everyone, I’ve been posting on here since my egg exposure and worsening reoccurring allergic reactions. I’m reacting strongly to things I was ok having before. I even used a chapstick yesterday that retriggered the reaction (assuming I used it the same day I had food I can’t eat anymore as of right now). Like it’s pretty bad, I’m constantly reacting like I’m super sensitive. I’m not tolerating my antihistamines anymore and I took too much than what my body could tolerate and I’ve been extremely ill. I’ve finally been taking decadron for these few days and only took Benadryl once yesterday and some Pepcid/Symbicort. I’m trying my best to take a break from antihistamines and my allergist is referring me to Stanford now.
I just got this part time job at a school but suddenly all of this happened and I’ve been out sick. But knowing I’m exposed to a lot of allergens at work, and how hyper reactive I am currently, I don’t see any way that I can return without reactivating reactions and needing higher doses of medications again.
I know what I need to do but I just wanted other people’s opinions as reassurance I guess. It’s hard to find a job lately but I can’t afford to put myself in situations that can get me extremely sick again with taking a lot of medications. Since my body suddenly won’t tolerate them.
Posted Mar 8, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC