ok whew i just read all of the pages and replies over a two day period (just in my spare time), and i was very surprised that my condition was so wide spread. I'm 21 and am 100% korean, living in Orange County California. i knew i had the asian flush since i was 14 when i had my first beer. I turned just all out red, i'm talking a full on blood red. This has obviously completely eraditcated my want to drink, and i engaged in no drinking activity in high school or currently in college. I have found drugs to be more to my liking and have used quite a lot in the past. I've been cutting back drastically since June (last rave)
My dad has it but my mom doesn't so i knew it was genetic. what I didn't know was that it was genetic for 50% of asians (or from what i gathered).
So last night (8:30 PM) I decided to have a glass of red wine with my family. after eating a full meal I took the entire glass down in one gulp, i could feel the heat going down into my stomach and starting to just burn in there. I knew it was just a matter of minutes before i get full on beet red. And of course within about 4 minutes i felt the heat overcoming my face. I knew then that it was a matter of time before my entire face was consumed, which happened in another 3 minutes. So quick! God! I knew drinking as a social lubricant was something that i couldnt deny my self too long, using/abusing drugs habitually as just a means to relax and socially connect was risky both from the law and to my body. After reasearching google i came across this site pretty quick. I mean after reading only 3 pages i was blown away, so much more insight. From what i gathered lat night i figured out that Pecid AC MAX works the best so this afternoon i purchased a 65 pill bottle for $20 at my local Ride Aid. Hard to believe that i was actually going to cure this. I should have read more (about eating with pepcid AC)
Tonight
7:45 PM - took 3 20mg pepcid AC MAX pills. Did not drink too much water error, just enough to have it go down. (i didnt want to risk taking only one and not having it work and becoming disillusioned)
8:15 PM - ate a small pizza (full meal just like last night)
8:45 PM - waited til an hour passed after the pills had been taken, went and got the same amount of red wine as last night and took it down just in the same speed
8:45 PM - felt the same burn sensation in my stomach
8:50 PM - felt heat starting to creep up in my face, i thought crap it doesnt work, I looked in the mirror and Whoa! i'm not red, but i still feel so much heat on my face
8:55 PM - Slight red blemishes start appearing on my chins but still extremely low level of redness compared to last night or any other night, thought this is it, it works!
9:00 PM - still alot of heat on my face, and the red blemishes are still there and my face has a pink glow (still much much less than average)
9:05 PM - ate some dumplings (during which i feel an increase in heat on my face) looked at the mirror and damn i'm full on blood red all over my face again. DAMN!!! what happend! i thought maybe Pepcid only had delayed the effects.
9:45 PM - face less red than usually should be at only 1hour past drinking, perhpas it makes the redness dissapear faster as well.
9:50 PM - face still red but not at peak anymore. Read more on this website about the food and not eating afterwards or actually better to take it in empty stomach. and red wine makes face even more red. So i decided to take two shots of vodka just to test, what do you know i don't turn more red at all. just at that below max level. and my head isn't pulsing so much, still heat but not pulsing.
So i need to test even more.
empty stomach, 60mg, 1 hour and this time vodka.
It's nice to join this group after reading so much and the time span between them.
Kind of like reading a book and actually being able to talk to some of the characters near the middle.