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Last year my cat started breaking out with lesions and hair loss on her inner thigh and lower belly. We did tests and they revealed no cause. Coincidentally, a new store was being built across the street from my apartment. I put her on a hypo-allergenic diet as well as trying a couple of allergy medications. She eventually healed up completely.
Now they are building ANOTHER building directly across from us, even closer than the other...during the day when I am gone there are a lot of noises, ground being pounded, tractors beeping as they back up, etc. She has lesions again and my best guess is she is stressed by all the noises, as she also sleeps under the couch now.
The Vet suggested Doxepin which is used for humans, as it will relieve her stress plus has a very strong histamine blocker, many times stronger than Benadryl, to relieve her itchy feeling...because it seems to be a cycle she is causing herself...
The Vet has heard a heart murmur but when I took my cat to a cardiologist, the tests revealed her heart is fine. But I am still concerned. My Vet's husband who is also a Cardiologist said not to worry about it. I just always worry that drugs I give her now will catch up to her later, possibly causing more problems...but what other alternatives are there? Or I could give her this medication to ease her stress until they finish building and then wean her off of it...I just wish there were easy answers...but I guess this is life...
Now they are building ANOTHER building directly across from us, even closer than the other...during the day when I am gone there are a lot of noises, ground being pounded, tractors beeping as they back up, etc. She has lesions again and my best guess is she is stressed by all the noises, as she also sleeps under the couch now.
The Vet suggested Doxepin which is used for humans, as it will relieve her stress plus has a very strong histamine blocker, many times stronger than Benadryl, to relieve her itchy feeling...because it seems to be a cycle she is causing herself...
The Vet has heard a heart murmur but when I took my cat to a cardiologist, the tests revealed her heart is fine. But I am still concerned. My Vet's husband who is also a Cardiologist said not to worry about it. I just always worry that drugs I give her now will catch up to her later, possibly causing more problems...but what other alternatives are there? Or I could give her this medication to ease her stress until they finish building and then wean her off of it...I just wish there were easy answers...but I guess this is life...