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Author Topic: Itchy and crawling skin  (Read 1415 times)

Mariab

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Itchy and crawling skin
« on: August 07, 2024, 01:30:40 PM »
Hi,
My skin always feels like I've walked into cobwebs or like bugs are crawling on me..
I have been told its a peri symptom..
Has anyone had experience with this?
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CLKD

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2024, 03:26:45 PM »
Yep.  As oestrogen levels drop the body may become dry: inside and out; skin, deep in the ears, nostrils.

Remind us: R U taking any HRT?  'cos meno-brain can't remember and I haven't the energy to scroll through ....
« Last Edit: August 07, 2024, 05:17:34 PM by CLKD »
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Dotty

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2024, 04:10:20 PM »
Yes, that’s a well known peri symptom.
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Penguin

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2024, 05:24:59 PM »
Yes I get that, plus sometimes a feeling of random body parts burning, it's recently been my right upper arm, very annoying.
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joziel

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2024, 05:27:09 PM »
Yes, it's called formication. Google it.

Not fornication, that's something else  ;D ;D
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CLKD

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2024, 05:36:19 PM »
May I giggle  :D ............

I am constantly scratching my scalp idly .......... it was my insteps initially when I took off socks to get into the bath. OK all day, I would wake in the night with 1 ruff heel scratching the other  :o.  Deep in my ears and eyes have been problematic in recent months: drops overnight make my eyes gritty by morning  :-\

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Mariab

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2024, 06:39:55 PM »
Ahhh well at least I know it's not just me phew!... :thankyou:
I'm on hrt..2.5 pumps of gel and vegifeme
Tries to go to 3 pumps but my body did not like it one bit..
I do find I have an itchy scalp and tingly ears and actually when I think about it I'm always rubbing my nose....
Blimey....
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CLKD

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2024, 06:46:14 PM »
Be careful when you rub your nose ;-) or you'll B on a programme called 'bewitched'   ;D

I use 'vaseline' hand cream - yellow bottle - on my legs, belly etc and Nivea on my ears the bony bits seem to get dry very quickly.  As well as a good sun protection 🧴 in the day if walking etc..

it didn't last long 4 me so you may be lucky in that this is a 'phase' ....... I've been told 'it's a phase' since I was about 11  :D

Did U try 3 pumps all at once?  and you mean 'vagifem'? 
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Mariab

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2024, 07:46:57 PM »
Sorry, no I ment eastrogel..I tried 3 pumps for a month and a bit but I felt no extra benefit in the end as the main symptom is anxiety... although night sweats and fatigue are still an issue but citalopram can cause both of the symptoms also :)
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CLKD

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2024, 08:57:20 PM »
Which symptoms  :-\. I've been on various ADs since 1988 and never suffered either  ::)
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Mariab

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2024, 04:52:17 AM »
Night sweats is the main one, its definitely worse since I started and increased citalopram... :)
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Penguin

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2024, 05:29:02 AM »
Quote from: Mariab on August 08, 2024, 04:52:17 AM
Night sweats is the main one, its definitely worse since I started and increased citalopram... :)

I had to quit citalopram as I was unable to get higher than 10mg because of the sweats, mine were all day too. The psychiatrist I am now seeing says some side effects are initiation side effects, and some are dose dependent. Sweating is a dose dependent one unfortunately so crops up as you go higher. I switched to fluoxetine and am comfortably on 30mg and it's been fine. So maybe a different ssri would help if they become very bothersome.
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Mariab

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2024, 12:53:12 PM »
Thanks  :)
Unfortunately I've tried fluoxetine and it didn't suit me so will soldier on as I've already tried several  other also. :)
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CLKD

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Re: Itchy and crawling skin
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2024, 01:38:28 PM »
Interesting how people react to different medications. 
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