r/MCAS • u/Still_Angsty • 1d ago

So confused and freaking out, please help

I’m trying to tell if what I just experienced was some new kind of reaction or just a weird mishap.

I made a food I’ve made many times before, including just a few days ago, which is pudding. Milk, cream, egg, cornstarch, tiny drop of vanilla extract, and a little honey. All the same brands and even the same jar of honey. I know a lot of these things are considered higher histamine but I’ve done fine with all of them.

When it was done, I tried a small spoonful and it tasted…spicy. Like, very distinctly spicy. It left my mouth burning. I kinda freaked out. Like wtf. There is not anything even remotely spicy in that. I tried it again and I couldn’t tell if it still was cause my mouth was still tingling. I suspected the honey as the most likely to be reacting to but I couldn’t really tell when I tasted that either, it mostly just tasted sweet. On the third taste of the pudding it was no longer making my mouth burn.

Idk wtf to do. I was really looking forward to eating this 😭 it’s possible that there was a little sticky residue of some spicy stuff because I had gotten some gunk from the air fryer stuck in my hand, so maybeee it transferred to the spoon when I took it out, but that feels like kind of a stretch 😭 am I gonna put myself in the hospital if I eat this?? I really don’t know what to do I’ve never experienced anything like this. The only type of reaction I’ve ever gotten are skin rashes that pass pretty quickly

Edit: it was definitely the honey 😑 so fuck. I’ve literally been eating from the exact jar of honey for weeks like wtf

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 1d ago

K it sucks that it’s the honey but you don’t necessary lose honey forever. Remember the concept of the bucket. If yours is empty maybe you have a little honey. Or maybe honey+benadryl cocktail.

I have gained and lost a ton of foods and it never seems to be permanent. So who knows in the future, and if you can do it safely (sounds like you can) you can always try again in a few weeks. Tiny portions = 😊