Finding what helps people with mast cell disorders either with mastocytosis or mcas or the newly discovered familial Tryptasemia or Hereditary Alpha Tryptasemia Syndrome, can take a lot of time and trial and error because mast cells release or control chemicals that can cause hundreds of symptoms. And because, as One mastocytosis patient told me, we are each like our own portable chemistry set.

For me the things that helped improve my quality of life most were eliminating triggers, staying hydrated, and finding a daily antihistamines (h1/h2 inhibitor combo) that I could tolerate and help, a leukotirine inhibitor, Which is like Singulair or Zyflo or One other I’ve never tried, and a mast cell calling medication which for me means Ketotifin tho some use Gastrochrom or some version of it.

Gradually raising the dose of Ketotifin till I was at a good for me level (most people don’t see improvement on it till they reach the right dosage for them which for me is 10mg three times a day) it has a 12 house half life so most people take it twice a day, but some of us find more improvement with three times a day. and most I’ve spoken with seem to find improvement with 2 to 6 mg doses.

For me staying hydrated has been elusive. I have reacted to the oral rehydration drinks I have tried. Next on my list is somethint called Nuun if I can find some without citrus. Currently I recieve iv hydration as needed.

I found and eliminated triggers to the best of my ability by keeping a symptom and possible trigger log (I use the app called “mysymptoms” available on both Apple and Android last I checked, and there’s are others like it.