Anyone Considered bedbugs , everyone shows symptoms of bedbug bites differently may have rash may not , might itch right away in the morning or later. maybe body mites any one have squirrel,racoon,bird

My itching sounds a lot different than what everyone else is experiencing.
Mine started about 5 years ago when I was pregnant. I found out I had cholestasis (back up of bile) which would make you itch... after my daughter was born, it went away for a while.. but started back up not too long after. I had my gall bladder removed about 6 months ago, so, gall stones and backed up bile can't be it anymore.
My itching is constant, gets worse at night,, it's so hard to sleep because i keep itching. It almost feels like something crawling on me.. like bugs or when you have a loose strand of hair making you itch. I have no rash, no bug bites, no sign of scabies (yikes!) - nothing! It's everywhere, my legs and feet, my back and belly, my chest, my head itches terrible, my face (mostly chin) - I'll claw myself open or wake up with scratches. It's more of a deep tickle-ey type of itch that goes away when it's scratched. Every great while i'll get a tiny little hive that comes out of nowhere... so that makes me think it might be allergies? But to what? I use perfume and dye free everything, eat well, etc.  Antihistamines don't help, creams and such don't help either. I feel like I'm going crazy and i'm always scratching! I DO have dry skin, but when I moisturize it doesn't help.. i'm sometimes even more itchy after using plain shea butter. I can't take it anymore! I'm the only one too.. nobody else in the house is itchy. I thought my cat might have had mites or something, but everyone would be itchy then. ughhh

Take a bath in tea tree oil. You have skin mites. 2 to 3 times a week. Also using rubbing alcohol

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/Pins-and-Needles-in-Response-to-Heat/show/384970#post_12594264

Check this post out. It seems to be the same condition.

Try detoxing your body and cut out all sugars and starches.  Take a fungal med (prescribed by Dr.), and add a pro biotic.  Itching could be caused by fungal infection, especially if you have taken any antibiotics recently and/or have a low immune system.  

I knocked mine out in just a few days. If you get on the life extension website, you can buy buffered vitamin C powder. Take 2 teaspoons of this a day until it's gone.  Also, get some clove oil and add it to coconut oil for external use.

I knocked mine out in just a few days. If you get on the life extension website, you can buy buffered vitamin C powder. Take 2 teaspoons of this a day until it's gone. Also, get some clove oil and add it to coconut oil for external use.

All your symptoms can be related to the liver. If you have gallstones or liver problems bilirubin is the cause for your itch. If not than check your vitamin D and calcium levels, iron levels. Low levels cause itching. Conditions such as diabetes and hypothyroidism cause itching.

Did u see a dermitoligest to see if u have scabies. You have the same symptoms as me. I don't know how I got it but within a few hours the itching slowed down. A week later no itching and compleatly gone. Check it out. Just an expensive topical cream from head to toe and poof. Try it plz.

pls i am currently face with dis problem, any time i bath i begin to itch my body, it started from my toes to leg, to my lapse and the whole body i am tired wat should i do

Hi, I am 15 years old and I recently got this itchy sensation throughout my upper body and I thought nothing of it at first but for the past few days it's been getting progressively worse. I've look on various websites and reading several stories and a lot of people talk about how this has been going on with this for years and I am now getting very concerned. I am usually a very active person other than when there is an offseason for my baseball team and I can't imagine going on with this for years. I have read that eating too many salty foods or foods that are high in sodium are to blame for this itchy sensation and that a long term or even permanent solution would be to stop eating these types of food all together for days or even weeks. I haven't tried this yet but if anyone has I would like to hear how this has worked out for you.

i am a 50 year old chef who  has recently experienced severe itching on my arms, the heat could be a factor, but I've been doing this job for at least 30 years. I don't consume aspertaine or any artificial fructose  products.  Any ideas

Switch to Xylitol gum. Its good for your teeth. No aspartame. You can get it at a health food store.

To all of those saying SCABIES, you are probably wrong in most cases.  My dermatologist scraped me multiple times and even did a biopsy of an affected area and it was negative EVERY time.  They treated me anyway.  The itching continues and is getting worse every day.  Don't be so quick to judge people.  

I had crazy itching felt like a million ants were crawling all over me , went to an MD and dermatologist they had no idea. I had it for over year, everyday I would research  I read to take massive dose of vitamin C which I did this stopped my itching in its tracks! I was so happy, I then  hired a naturopathic doctor
who told me it was candida. overgrowth finally an answer got on the fungal free diet took diflucan and poof I was well.

My friend had the same thing hers was from living in house with black mold, she left there and got treated and poof she was well.

I commiserate with everyone on this forum. I too have suffered intense daily itching for over 12 yrs.  Started on the buttocks, rectal and pubic area.  Have a spot on back that itches intensely at times. At bedtimes, feet start to itch and feel like skin is crawling.  Visits to doctors and dermatologists have been to no avail.  The itching takes no time off.  The only relief was for 3 mo. while taking Doxepin that a neurologist prescribed when I told her about it.  Downside, I gained 15 pds during that time.  Weaned myself off that.  Use Gold Bond cream on a daily basis.  Helps to keep it tolerable.  Started using the one with menthol in it this week, seems to help, too.  Helps to reduce the pins and needle effect.  Take ambien every other day to get sleep.  My only hope is that this will suddenly disappear on its own...the same way it suddenly appeared.  Good luck to everyone in finding relief from this curse..

I've had the EXACT same itching you describe for 7 months. Since your post was so long ago, can you tell me if you have seen a doctor about it? Or what treatments you may have pursued? Thank you so much. Signed, miserable.

It may be bird mites. Try 1 ounce orange oil and 16 ounces of 91% isopropyl rubbing alcohol shake and spray around. It is best to do this at night when they  are active. I also use this on me, it will sting (bad if you use too much orange oil) but it had helped me immensely after  3 years of fighting this. Spray bed in the morning and right before you go to bed and it should help if you have them. They come in your home if you have an abandoned nest around you house. I hope this helps.

It might be bird mites.

OMG i have the same thing....exactly after few months after i gave birth started again....i had cholestasis also while pregnant but i still have my gall bladder. Now almost 3 years after giving birth i still have the itch....after reading A LOT over i reach one conclusion...its even the thyroid gland or just in my collagen levels are very low. or the itchy dry feel tight skin i have is a symptom of a crazy sickness...one thing i notice...when i get vitamin B12 its less itchy....hope this helps  

Also, one of the best coping mechanisms I had was when I couldn't sleep at night due to the itching, I would get a hand towel, get it damp with cold water, and lay it over the areas that were itching (it was mainly my legs, weird huh?). That would allow me to get some sleep.

Let me start off by saying that I hope this post will help someone. Approximately one year ago, I was reading through all 700+ comments on this thread looking for any indication of what was wrong with me. In October of last year, I developed extreme "itching." I used the term itching, but eventually realized this wasn't the right term. Instead, it was more of a pin-prick sensation. I didn't necessarily need to "itch" the spots, but rather, just put pressure on the spots to make the feeling go away. Unfortunately, as soon as I put pressure on one spot, another spot would get the pin-prick sensation, then another spot, then another spot...and if I didn't put pressure on the spot, I would essentially twitch and this made sleeping incredibly difficult. It was like my nerves were misfiring. For those who may be having similar symptoms, let me save you some time. Explore the following options to start ruling out issues (because all of the following issues potentially can cause itching):
-Intake of water (try drinking 10-12 glasses of water a day and see if it helps)
-Have you vitamin B12 levels checked
-Have your iron levels checked
-Have your liver enzyme levels checked
-Food allergies
-Environmental allergies

Let me reassure you, you are not going crazy. I was so itchy that I couldn't sleep and at one point I was sure that this was all mental and completely in my head. It seemed liked I tried everything. I greatly increased my water intake. I had blood work done with normal levels. I went on a special diet to determine if I had food allergies (essentially I was eating poultry and veggies for breakfast, lunch and dinner with no relief of symptoms). I changed all soaps, detergents to non-scented, hypoallergenic. I bought eczema lotions. I took oatmeal/epson salt baths every night. I tried a variety of different allergies meds. I was taking 5 or more Benadryl (yes, 5 or more) per day to help alleviate symptoms (By the way, the special lotions, oatmeal baths, and benadryl did not help...making me realize this was not an issue with the surface of my skin...it was something deeper). If anything, the Benadryl helped me get a couple more hours of sleep a night.

During this time, I spent a lot of time exploring the possibility of allergies causing this. At first, I was convinced it was food allergies. I was prepared to go on the GAPS diet (look it up, I highly recommend it for healing your body) which is a very intense lifestyle change. I had recently moved down the street so I was also considering the possibility of environmental allergies...but it just didn't make sense because we completely remodeled our house. Same dog we've always had...only moved down the street so the outside pollens would be the same...absolutely no signs of mold when remodeling our house and we essentially replaced everything. Anyways, I still decided to have someone come out and test our air quality to see if we had an extensive amount of pollen in the air of our home. It was costly (around $450) and we only had small amount of pollen in the air. Thankfully the man that tested our air quality also stuck the hose up in our air vents, because as it turns out, we had a significant amount of mold in our air vents. We had been using the AC nonstop since the second we moved into the house, thus exposing ourselves to airborne mold spores. I was working from home at the time so I was home all day and all night with the AC on. Let me just say, mold makes your body do crazy stuff!

Also, I would like to point out, whether your issue is mold or anything else, remember, sometimes your body takes time to heal itself. We had been using the AC/exposing ourselves to mold for 2 full months before we figured it out and had our vents replaced. My symptoms did not get better right away. Actually, it took many months for the body to get back to normal. Just remember IT TAKES TIME TO HEAL. Good luck!

what did u get prescribed, i.e. anitbiotics, myotics, tetracyclins..  etc i tried amoxy x 1000mg day + 500 metronidazol . self diagnosis no idea flaking skin and possibly imigined pests around certain rooms in house saw some weird stuff  .. morgellons... please no.? not same problem really but im interested in scabies and how most doctors treat and dignose in general.

I have had severe itching everywhere for 17yrs triggered by temperature changes. if im too cold, too hot, get wet etc. i have been told its urticaria but 100% sure it is not!! never had a rash. I dread showers n baths as i have a fit of itching after i get out that can last up to two hrs by which time im exhausted!! ive been on cimetidine and fexofenadine for 15 yrs but no idea why!!! in the summer i have to plan bmy bath time to fit in with being able to then sit straight in the sun to warm up extra quickly to shorten the itching time! so sick of this now!!