Oral antihistamines

Any thoughts about taking oral-antihistamines? As in, does it suppress the immune system and is therefore bad for Lyme?

Am pulsing clarithro, flagyl and riamet, so there's a concern with drug interactions too.

I am waiting for an appointment with my dermatologist for a skin issue, and I suspect that she may suggest oral anti-histamines, so I thought I would try to think ahead.

Don't want to contact the LLMD until I have to, he's really hard to get hold of and sometimes charges for a telephone consultation... So thought I'd sniff around a little first.

Thanks Razzle, unfortunately, the issue is suspected to be severe allergic dermatitis in a sensitive area. Ointments are a no-no, and are actually part of the original past cause of the problem, so oral antihistamines are looking like a last resort (also for my sanity).

I do drink tea from fresh ginger root every day, it's good stuff, but I need something more "immediate".

Will see what the dermatologist says, but wanted to prepare myself in advance, have been to docs too often and walked out of there and then realized that my issue was left unsolved, or have spent lots of $$ on meds and supplements that I cannot take.

I take them to sleep nightly for the past year. I hope it's OK.

It can help alleviate the pressure behind the eyes, the itchy feelings, and a few other things - nothing spectacular, but if you have that 'fluey' feeling pretty bad, it does help a bit! I'll tell ya, it's better than not being able to do a thing about it in the middle of the night!!