The bucket theory provides a helpful analogy for why when you have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) you may find that you suddenly react to something that you previously tolerated. Or you may find that your reactions don’t seem to reliably correlate with the circumstances each time they happen. Or you may be frustrated that you can’t figure out your triggers.
Symptom Logging to Determine MCAS Food and Environmental Triggers
This post is a primer on symptom logging. If you have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) you will likely have a list of foods that you can’t tolerate. You may have a puzzling history of reacting to certain foods in certain circumstances. But you may not have a clear idea of why. By logging your symptoms, and ideally introducing one new food or environmental trigger at a time, you can narrow down the cause of symptom flares.