Hey there

I know this thread is old but...

I developed the same thing last week n i still got it, did u find out what caused it? its driving me nuts!!! I suffer from an anxiety disorder i wonder if it has anything to do with that? i took some tablets to "stop itchy skin" but they didnt work.

I have the same exact thing, they think it could be from TRICOR that i stopped taking 3 weeks ago. DR have taken some blood and am waiting for results of allergy tests....
Over the counter antihistimines do not work, the predosone they prescribed didnt work.
They have given me a higher dose antihistimine that helps but not 100%.
Any ideas what to do would be helpful.
Itchy all over.

My symptoms went away within a month. The itchies still flare up often, but not as severe as they were back when I first posted. My doctor had no answers.

My own diagnosis is it's a stress related disorder that affects my immune system in some weird, itchy way. When it first happened, it was after a Vegas/Denver trip and before a scheduled trip to Nashville. Also, at that time, I was not working and not taking my vitamins.

I noticed when I am regularly taking a multi-vitamin, I have no weird itchies. My problem is multi-vitamins eventually upset my stomach. But, for the time I can tolerate them, they relive the itchy symptoms.

I have developed a neck pain. I an scheduled for an MRI next week. I have developed those same symptoms. It starts with a few pin pricks in my head and then radiate all over my hands, buttocks and legs it is really freaky. I know its not my heart because throughout these episodes my heart rate remains normal.
These episodes last for about half an hour if not more. I noticed them after exercising and stretching. I think a disk in my neck is pressing on nerves. Although the Specialist cannot explain the prickling all over.

The same thing is happening to me! i cant get to sleep at night sometimes. Its very frustrating!

I am also suffering from this migratory skin itch. I am currently weaning off of prescription drugs for depression and restless leg syndrome and suspect the skin itch is related to medication withrawal. Oatmeal baths seem to offer temporary relief, but has anyone found any other drug-free remedies?

I am 31 y.o. female who maintains a good eating habit and works out regularly. Prickly itchiness has been appeared all over the body without any rash or lumps since a month ago. This unbearable prickly itchiness occurs from scalp to feet all over the body at random time and area. I haven't changed a soap or perfume nor been under the sun. When I apply ice pack (or something cold) directly on the itching area, the symptom is relief. (I feel warmness in the area where it is itching regardless how cold my body gets.) If I focus on doing something, I forget about the itchiness. But it seems like the symptom gets worse if I sit still (especially at office meetings or in the car) and when I am relaxing at night. I went to see doctors and checked in hospital, but the blood work came out normal. One of them said I got a bed bug, but I have no red marks or lumps on the skin and the cream didn't relief the symptom at all. I took allergy pills in the interim. They make my body numb, but itchiness kicks back as soon as the medicine wears off.
I did an extensive review on this prickly itchiness without rash/lump online. Surprisingly, many people from all over the ages have the same symptom over the years, yet there is no specific diagnose to it. Those who have been having the symptom over 30 years have been taking anti-histamine all those years and this symptom has been critically affected their daily lives and marriage. I finally went to see the eastern medicine specialist/acupuncturist. After sharing my symptoms to him, he diagnosed me that this is something called "heat in the blood stream." According to him, we generate the bad heat when we are angry (that is why some people turn their face red) and stress out. If this heat has been generating continuously over the extensive period of time, then the heat penetrates into the organs (and later causing symptoms like no digestion, constipation, irregular periods, etc.) as well as the blood stream. So as blood circulates, it carries the heat which causes the prickly heat at random places and sometimes it causes a headache. He said that this symptom used to occur to widowers especially those who had been taking care of ill spouses, but in modern days, many people get it. (I wonder that is why there is no diagnosis to this particular symptom yet even though many people have it.) Anyway, I am happily engaged and am not stressed out (or least not yet), but (I didn't tell him this) in the past 3 years, I went through a period of a difficult transition in my life at where I was taking care of my ill father who later passed away and broke up a long-term relationship at the same time. When he later was about to acupuncture my body, I became bit panic because I am a needle phobia and was not happy to see those tiny needles sticking out on my skin. There, I felt a sudden rush of prickly itchiness from head to toe all at the same time. After coming back, I've been started taking supplement herbal drinks three times a day in last 10 days and a daily multi-vitamin pill from over-the-counter. I still have prickly itchiness time-to-time but the symptom subdued very much and at least I now can sleep at night. For those who do not have an access to eastern medicine doctor or an acupuncturist nearby, I would start taking a multi-vitamin pill as someone mentioned above and checking with doctors at the same time. I wasnâ??t fully aware what it means when stress can impact your body, but now I know what it means as living in this modern era.

For the past 3 nights I have been unable to sleep and have kept my husband awake with my itching and scratching when we're in bed.
The itching is totally random and one minute I can have an itch on my head, then my lower leg, then my face, then back etc! It's driving me totally mad. It feels like i'm covered in insects but my bed's spotless, I have no lumps or bumps and antihistamine tabs do not work.
What can I do. I am sooo tired today and we go on holiday saturday. I won't be fit to enjoy it at this rate.
I'm in the UK so if anyone knows of a remedy i'd be happy.

I would like to say thank god I have found other people with this condition, I thought I was going mad because nothing the doctor did or advised was doing any good. I am going to try the multivitamins and see if they work. Antihistamines dont work nor do iron tablets. The anti itch creams dont work very well either. As I am writing this I am itching away like a thing possessed, but I'm not going to give up hope of finding something that works.I may also try accupuncture I had this treatment for a painful neck some time ago and it seemed to work. But if I find an actual cure I will let you all know.

Have a similar problem now for about a month. The itch started off under my chin which i thought it was shaving rash, then the itch startedn on my neck, ears and scalp and eventually has worked its way down my trunk, ass, both arms, legs, groin, thighs and calves. The areas affected are dry and have a slight sunburn appearance. The itch is worse in the evenings and night. Have tried steriods oral and cream, anti-hist without any effect. 2 weeks into the itch my face and head began to swell and turn red. then the swelling went away after a week then it returned tomy arms and hands. 2 GP's, Dermoltogist and a Specialist Pysician cant find anything internally wrong. All blood test, urine, stool, chest x-ray and tissue biopsy have all come back negative. I see a allergy specalist tommorrow. Also I have noticed that my blood smells of metal.

Unfortunately, all I can do is commisurate. I am typing and scratching like crazy. My itch is always on my arms and neck. It started when I was pregnant 19 years ago. It always comes back between September and December and each year the severity is different. My doctor and dermatologist have no idea what is wrong and are sure that I am the only person who has this! I have scars on both arems and my hands from scratching. It is horrible. I am going to try the tanning salon - maybe it is a seasonal response to the onset of winter. It does not correlate to the furnace, etc. I can find nothing except that it starts in the fall but sometimes in September and sometimes in November. I have been having menopausal symptoms for the past 3 years and there has be not difference in the itchies. Since topical creams are useless it must be systemic.

It could be some sort of pollen in the air that does this to you...OK, try this...Get ice cubes...Put them in a wash rag or just plain hold them and rub them on the places that itch...I had this problem with my legs as I have poor circulation and it stopped it...You want the direct ice cube or piece on your skin...It will melt as you do this as I think the itching area is hot...At least mine is, has and was....I am not bothered anymore with this....Take care and I hope this helps...

Caroline

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