Update- Nicole the Itchy B*tch

nicole55 · 06-08-2005, 09:57 AM

this last drop is really killing me, headaches, ITCHING ITCHING ITCHiNG and more ITCHING, I am so crabby and angry. Just feel like I am going to explode and jump right out of my skin. I am getting toward the end now, I am at 5 mg- God please don't let it get any worse!

I'm at work and all I want to do -get the hell out of here, burn the place to the ground, go home and take all my clothes off and just scratch all my skin off!

Homerbcool · 06-08-2005, 10:00 AM

This is one of the few of the symptoms that I have not had...is it a scratch feeling or the feeling of bugs crawling...and can calomin lotion help as it does for chicken pox?

nicole55 · 06-08-2005, 10:06 AM

you are lucky Homer, I've had it since I've been on the paxil but now with tapering it is worse. It just never stops, you scratch and scrath and it starts again, more like bugs crawling.

Suze · 06-08-2005, 10:24 AM

Oh Nicole, it CAN drive a good woman to drink or whatever!
I called it 'bugs in my blood.' I learned from Norb that it's called "formication" and I think it's the 8th deadly sin myself.
For me, it was such an internal feeling, so what helped me was what I put inside by body--like soothing teas for example. Also breathwork helped--calming my insides.
Another thing that did help me was snitching my husband's lotion that's called Uremol 10. He gets it by prescription but it's available OTC.

sorry if this sounds trite but "imagining peace" also helped me.

Hang in there Nicole! You're doing great!--you're at 5mg. TAH DAHHHH!!
xxoo

Sage · 06-08-2005, 10:44 AM

An epsom bath may help.

MizzT · 06-08-2005, 11:01 AM

epsom salt or oatmeal!

Nicole....go to the misc forum and read my "freaking out" thread.
Theres a pic of my black fly bites. im itchy beyond belief....a week later. im running a fever from this crp too. im not sure my body is processing the toxins from the bites well at all im a bit scared about it at this point.

Scott · 06-08-2005, 04:12 PM

i had it so bad once i covered my legs in caladryl lotion.. too bad it has nothing to do with an irritation on the skin, it's the nerves.

Caroline49 · 06-08-2005, 04:25 PM

So that is why I itch all the damned time?? I've been scratching for years now and wondering why I would itch when I didn't have any known bites or allergies. I thought I just had dry skin so I started putting all kinds of soothing lotions all over my body.

Nicole, you're not alone!! I itch all day and night. Soothing oatmeal baths or epsom salts does help, like Miss B said. Try that.

nicole55 · 06-09-2005, 07:30 AM

thanks for the responses- yeah this itching is for the dogs. Always had it with Paxil but so much worse now tapering. I took a benadryl yesterday and well it knocked me out last night so at least that was some relief. I'm going to buy some oatmeal stuff or epsom today, because I'm already starting to itch again.

06-08-2005, 09:57 AM	#1
nicole55 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,028	*Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** this last drop is really killing me, headaches, ITCHING ITCHING ITCHiNG and more ITCHING, I am so crabby and angry. Just feel like I am going to explode and jump right out of my skin. I am getting toward the end now, I am at 5 mg- God please don't let it get any worse! I'm at work and all I want to do -get the hell out of here, burn the place to the ground, go home and take all my clothes off and just scratch all my skin off! __________________ status: PAXIL FREE date of Freedom: June 26, 2005 method: 2.5 mg drops reason for taking: anxiety how long taking: 5yrs attempts to stop: 4th attempt worked!! (first 2 tries w/doctor too fast, 3rd try found this place-5mg drops-still too fast) briefly went back to ssri's- 12/07 tried Zoloft in desperation//awful side effects starting up, tapered quickly after only 4 weeks on 03/13 doing ok, anxiety is up from a stressful job

06-08-2005, 10:00 AM	#2
Homerbcool "Infatuated with kazoobies" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 16,757	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** This is one of the few of the symptoms that I have not had...is it a scratch feeling or the feeling of bugs crawling...and can calomin lotion help as it does for chicken pox?

06-08-2005, 10:06 AM	#3
nicole55 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,028	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** you are lucky Homer, I've had it since I've been on the paxil but now with tapering it is worse. It just never stops, you scratch and scrath and it starts again, more like bugs crawling. __________________ status: PAXIL FREE date of Freedom: June 26, 2005 method: 2.5 mg drops reason for taking: anxiety how long taking: 5yrs attempts to stop: 4th attempt worked!! (first 2 tries w/doctor too fast, 3rd try found this place-5mg drops-still too fast) briefly went back to ssri's- 12/07 tried Zoloft in desperation//awful side effects starting up, tapered quickly after only 4 weeks on 03/13 doing ok, anxiety is up from a stressful job

06-08-2005, 10:24 AM	#4
Suze Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,515	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** Oh Nicole, it CAN drive a good woman to drink or whatever! I called it 'bugs in my blood.' I learned from Norb that it's called "formication" and I think it's the 8th deadly sin myself. For me, it was such an internal feeling, so what helped me was what I put inside by body--like soothing teas for example. Also breathwork helped--calming my insides. Another thing that did help me was snitching my husband's lotion that's called Uremol 10. He gets it by prescription but it's available OTC. sorry if this sounds trite but "imagining peace" also helped me. Hang in there Nicole! You're doing great!--you're at 5mg. TAH DAHHHH!! xxoo

06-08-2005, 10:44 AM	#5
Sage Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 695	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** An epsom bath may help.

06-08-2005, 11:01 AM	#6
MizzT Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NM Posts: 6,866	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** epsom salt or oatmeal! Nicole....go to the misc forum and read my "freaking out" thread. Theres a pic of my black fly bites. im itchy beyond belief....a week later. im running a fever from this crp too. im not sure my body is processing the toxins from the bites well at all im a bit scared about it at this point.

06-08-2005, 04:12 PM	#7
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,591	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch i had it so bad once i covered my legs in caladryl lotion.. too bad it has nothing to do with an irritation on the skin, it's the nerves. __________________ Scott aka Scott** What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

06-08-2005, 04:25 PM	#8
Caroline49 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 637	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** So that is why I itch all the damned time?? I've been scratching for years now and wondering why I would itch when I didn't have any known bites or allergies. I thought I just had dry skin so I started putting all kinds of soothing lotions all over my body. Nicole, you're not alone!! I itch all day and night. Soothing oatmeal baths or epsom salts does help, like Miss B said. Try that. __________________ Caroline We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Nietzsche

06-09-2005, 07:30 AM	#9
nicole55 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,028	*Re: Update- Nicole the Itchy Btch** thanks for the responses- yeah this itching is for the dogs. Always had it with Paxil but so much worse now tapering. I took a benadryl yesterday and well it knocked me out last night so at least that was some relief. I'm going to buy some oatmeal stuff or epsom today, because I'm already starting to itch again. __________________ status: PAXIL FREE date of Freedom: June 26, 2005 method: 2.5 mg drops reason for taking: anxiety how long taking: 5yrs attempts to stop: 4th attempt worked!! (first 2 tries w/doctor too fast, 3rd try found this place-5mg drops-still too fast) briefly went back to ssri's- 12/07 tried Zoloft in desperation//awful side effects starting up, tapered quickly after only 4 weeks on 03/13 doing ok, anxiety is up from a stressful job

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