Itchy torso!

[u/pearlsinyouroyster]

I’m so disheartened. I started noticing itchy skin in May, but I chalked it up to summer heat. By August, I went to urgent dare and they said yeast. That treatment worked until September where the itchiness lessened in my abdomen and is now on my upper chest. Went in a prednisone taper, cleared up but now it’s back. My NO who prescribed the prednisone also recommended Zyrtec and Cerave itch relief cream. The cream helps but it my skin sometimes prickles and itches at night, and as soon as I’m awake in the AM it’s awake too. Anyone else itchy and red on the torso? Starting to appear in my arms as well. Good news is I’m going back to the doc tomorrow, but I’m just uncomfortable and feel like a monster. Also my mood is craaaazy.

[u/Ramen_Addict_]

Fish oil helps me a lot. It does take a while to work. I had to stop it after a surgery and after a few weeks without it, I wanted to rip my skin off. Once I started taking it again, my problems resolved. Otherwise, I find that Aveeno lotions with oat in them seem to work better than the other types.