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Fri-18-07-2014, 20:17 PM
I feel like I'm losing my mind. My arms, legs, face don't itch at all. My scalp, which used to be the worst, barely itches. My back itches a lot and my stomach - holy hockeysticks - It's driving me crazy. I am taking antihistamines to try and quiet the itch down but they don't seem to do much. I don't understand why some body parts that have plaques don't itch and others itch like crazy. No lotion or cream seems to keep my skin moist and every one of them burns when applied to my stomach.
This affliction is new to me so I'm still trying to understand the ins and outs. Bear with me!! I honestly don't even know for sure if I was correctly diagnosed. My dermatologist looked only at my elbow, not any other body part, didn't take a biopsy, didn't ask me any questions at all. I was in and out of his office in 5 mins after saying I think I might have psoriasis (after waiting months for an appointment). He threw 3 prescription creams at me and a few weeks later when I insisted he see me again because my scalp was on fire and the lesions on my body had tripled in size and in number, he threw a few more different steroid prescriptions at me and referred me to another dermatologist that I'm waiting months to get to see.
I don't know how people deal with this affliction without jumping out the window. I'm about ready to. Even if I wanted to go back to using the steroid topicals I would have to practically cover my entire torso and upper arms. Doesn't seem like a real good idea to have my body absorbing that much steroid.
What do you folks think????
This affliction is new to me so I'm still trying to understand the ins and outs. Bear with me!! I honestly don't even know for sure if I was correctly diagnosed. My dermatologist looked only at my elbow, not any other body part, didn't take a biopsy, didn't ask me any questions at all. I was in and out of his office in 5 mins after saying I think I might have psoriasis (after waiting months for an appointment). He threw 3 prescription creams at me and a few weeks later when I insisted he see me again because my scalp was on fire and the lesions on my body had tripled in size and in number, he threw a few more different steroid prescriptions at me and referred me to another dermatologist that I'm waiting months to get to see.
I don't know how people deal with this affliction without jumping out the window. I'm about ready to. Even if I wanted to go back to using the steroid topicals I would have to practically cover my entire torso and upper arms. Doesn't seem like a real good idea to have my body absorbing that much steroid.
What do you folks think????