Not your average Chronic Itch

[ebonye175]

For about 22years now, I have had this chronic unyielding, head to toe itch with no rash. The only thing that helps is a daily antihistamine. There is no rash or real explanation on what the true trigger is. Doctors think it's in my head.

I take a daily allergy pill and have for 22 years. Sometimes I forget to take it and the way I know I've forgotten is because somewhere around hour 30 (as the antihistamine leaves my system I guess) I will slowly start experiencing the onslaught of my skin waking up. It ususally starts with my scalp and over the course of a couple hours my body will be come alive with raging itchiness until I can get to a pill. It's not in my head because many times I don't recognize why I'm itching until I think about the last time I took the antihistamine and realize I forgot or something. It's pure misery when it's happening and there's no rest, sleep, clear thoughts, ability to focus, etc. when it the beast is loose.

The itch feels internal or beneath the skin, not topical at all. Scratching is what one naturally does when they itch but for me scratching doesn't provide me any relief. It's like the scratching isn't registering on my skin.

I do suffer from typical allergies to grasses, molds, pets, etc generally speaking but none of those are in my everyday envirornment. I use only sensitive, hypoallergenic soaps, washes, shampoos etc.

Anyway, I thought I'd see if anyone had any ideas because I'd love to be pill free. Surely, there is someone else in all of humanity that has had something similar and can point me to what might be really going on.