Super Itchy the last few days...

[BejeweledMexican]

I realize I posted about this like 2 weeks ago but here it goes again. I'm so itchy, like all over. I read online how this very possibly could be allergies and so I took Claritin, and nothing happened. It's been hours and I still feel the same. Don't get me wrong, it's not so itchy to the point where I feel like I have to scratch myself all the time, but more like little pins poking my skin all over. It's especially prevalent on my face and behind my knees. It's so weird and so annoying. There's been times throughout the day when I'll not notice it but it always comes back. I've tried everything. Showering, wearing soft clothes, lotion, sugar scrub, etc. I mean, it's not ruining my life or anything but it's definitely making me super anxious and I know that intense itching is a symptom of cancer (I've known people who had it with pancreatic cancer and lymphoma) and so I'm just in a ROUGH place right now.....

 

[FinneousRex]

When you think about itching or bugs biting you or whenever you feel those sensations, it can happen psycho somatically. The reason why I know this is because my work has indoor outdoor cats and I went through a spurt of dealing with fleas and I still do every once in a while and I can literally feel some thing biting my skin or my skin is itchy like something is on it and I will physically look at my arm or my leg wherever the sensation is and there’s nothing there so I’m thinking you may have had allergies but now You’re so panicked about it that your mind is making up these false sensations. I’m not a doctor or anything but I’ve been through a lot of weird body stuff in my life and jumping to things in your head like cancer and tumors and blood disorders and auto immune disorders and whatever else people on here freaking out about it just makes things worse but as I always say if you are concerned go to the urgent care go to your doctor or the emergency room if it’s that bad because if your brain is telling you that this is happening, nothing that we say on here is going to help you need to believe it yourself which once you get a doctor involved they can prove it to you. Or you have to go through acceptance.

 

[BejeweledMexican]

Yes, I have noticed that the mind is a very tricky thing. I have heard from multiple sources though that we shouldn't be going to an Urgent Care or Emergency room unless we are really ill. I actually don't even have a doctor because unfortunately I don't have insurance. I'm scared that this is something worse but also I find comfort in knowing if other people have had the same thing happen to them. For me it's just weird that no matter how many showers I take I'm still itchy. Wouldn't a shower wash all the pollen away? This is what confuses me.....
I definitely should not have used the search function for this site. I searched 'itching' to see if anyone else has struggled with the same thing I have and I have now read multiple people that struggle with swollen lymph nodes and itching, obviously both are a symptom of lymphoma. I can't seem to find swollen lymph node on my body but maybe there's a swollen one and I just can't find it?!?! I mean, obviously I don't want to find it and I want all this horrible itching to go away and just be allergies but it's been 3 days now It's my legs that are super itchy today. Is this all in my head?!?!?!

 

[Iugrad91]

Taking showers too often will dry out your skin and make it itchy. I’ve been itchier than usual so I started using unscented lotion after showers and my skin is still dry, it’s just that time of year. Pollen gets in thru the nose, eyes and mouth but can make you itchy all over. Wash your hands and face often to remove pollen.

 

[BejeweledMexican]

Taking showers too often will dry out your skin and make it itchy. I’ve been itchier than usual so I started using unscented lotion after showers and my skin is still dry, it’s just that time of year. Pollen gets in thru the nose, eyes and mouth but can make you itchy all over. Wash your hands and face often to remove pollen.

Thank you for this explanation. I am truly hoping that it is only pollen. I live in South Carolina and we do have a lot of pollen this time of year. I go out to my car and it's just completely yellow lol I'm from Ohio and I have always had allergies but this year I just keep getting sinus headaches. I figured it's from all the extra pollen that's down here in the South. However, I didn't realize that it could make you itchy. I'm hoping that's all it is! I'm trying not to fight my anxiety, just let my mind think it and then move on. It's just so hard when there's always a pinpoint sensation that jumps around. First on my knee then my stomach then my arm then my neck then my feet, etc. It's so freaking annoying and makes me so anxious!

 

[Iugrad91]

The jumping around sensations also sound like anxiety and just feeling more sensations/overstimulation of the nervous system.