Can't Stop Scratching...

megpyes

My legs are unbearably itchy and now my feet are starting to feel the pain.  Argh- it's hard to itch the bottom of your feet in the middle of an open office.  Anyone have any remedies?  I tried cocoa butter lotion, but it was no help. 

Phelia325

i use the eucerin calming line, which helps the itchiness.  also, lately i have been slathering myself with pure olive oil

Mrs.Foreste

I posted about my itchy legs yesterday (post in my blog too)... it truly sucks!  My doctor told me to start taking Benedryl last night & that actually helped me.  I've been using a humidifier while I sleep & loading on the cocoa butter lotion & didn't help much.

Good luck... I feel your pain!

JCM

I had this problem about a month ago. ?The only thing that helped me was to soak my feet or take a bath then slather them in cream and put socks on. ?I know that's not an option right now but maybe you could try when you get home. ?Mine always flared up right before bed. ?They itched so bad I broke the skin in ?a few places before figuring out the soaking and lotion helped. ?Good luck!

JCM

Oh yea, Benadryl helped too but I only took one during the day because two knocks me out. ?You could try Benadryl Cream too.

Aug Bride

Gold Bond lotion in the green bottle.  I have really bad dry itchy skin in the winter time and that is the only thing that helps.

Tomkat8403

OMG. I don't know how I have missed the other posts on this, but I was seriously starting to think I had some kind of terrible disease on my legs. They itch so bad I want to scream, especially at night right before bed. Do they have a name for this? Is it a common pregnancy symptom? I am scratching myself raw!

seaton323

**butting in**

I was looking for something else on here today and couldn't help but respond to this for you ladies!

In my pre-natal yoga class last night, there were two women having this same problem and the instructor told them to put lemon in their water  because it's more than likely due to liver build up. And lemon can help liver function. She said it's very common in pregnancy. She said do that and lay flat on your back on the floor and put your feet up on the couch and have your partner rub your legs in an upward motion. She said it can help with circulation.

Hope this helps you ladies out!

**butting out**

 

Mrs.Foreste

Tomkat8403:

OMG. I don't know how I have missed the other posts on this, but I was seriously starting to think I had some kind of terrible disease on my legs. They itch so bad I want to scream, especially at night right before bed. Do they have a name for this? Is it a common pregnancy symptom? I am scratching myself raw!

I thought there was something wrong with me too!  I'm fine during the day, but night time my legs drive me absolutely insane... I wake myself up scratching them to death. 

Jamers615

You're definately not alone, but my itching keeps happening in places I can't always reach, or want to scratch at work!  Like the insides of my thights, spots on my back, yikes!  I've got a part time job at Bath & Body Works and I use this Derma Remedy stuff we sell, it's for really dry skin, and even though mine's not so dry it's cracking, it still itches.  It seems to help a little bit.  HAven't tried benadryl or anything yet though!