I have hives. I am itchy.

thetheisens · January 2013

Damnit, I can't think of anything I have changed or eaten new that would all of a sudden give me an allergic reaction. They started two days ago on random places on my body and have spread everywhere. I have taken benadryl since I started getting them and also have used the cream on them topically. They have now spread to the bottom of my feet. I have been super stressed at work and read that stress can make you break out in hives. Has anyone else had this happen? I took a bath with episom salts, which cleared up some of the itching and redness, but the hives are still there!

emunbalanced · January 2013

Yup! Back in 2009 I was super stressed at work and broke out bad for weeks. I was miserable. Grapeseed oil in a bath might help. And Eucerin calming cream. I have super sensitive skin and deal with random stuff like this way too much.

My assistant broke out this summer right after she started. She was really stressed at the time, too. Hers went away in about 3 days though.

LCass · January 2013

I'm gonna hope it's stress for you, and that it'll go away soon. My mom randomly started getting hives in the last few years. The doctors haven't been able to figure out why, despite allergy tests. She's been given an epi pen a couple of times, but fortunately hasn't needed it. Allergies can develop out of nowhere, but I'd say based on what you've been going through at work it's more likely stress. Is anybody willing to start helping you and training you properly? Do you have a couple of days off coming up where you can relax and maybe even pamper yourself a bit to try to relieve some of that stress?

thetheisens · January 2013

I''ve gotten a little help, but everyone is usually to busy stressing about their own stuff. I kinda have just learned to figure sh!t out on my own. We have a new assistant manager who's main goal in life is to argue with me and tell me how bad of a job I do. I fantasize about wringing his scrawny little neck every day. Thanks for the advice ladies. I do have the weekend off, so hopefully I can decompress. I really think the hives are stress related, before if I got them from an allergic reaction benadryl cleared my hives up right away.

LCass · January 2013

thetheisens:
We have a new assistant manager who's main goal in life is to argue with me and tell me how bad of a job I do.

What a douche! Is there any way to try to get him to back off? Or to get someone above him to tell him to lay off?

ETA: I hope you enjoy your weekend off and relax!

thetheisens · January 2013

LCass:
thetheisens:
We have a new assistant manager who's main goal in life is to argue with me and tell me how bad of a job I do.
What a douche! Is there any way to try to get him to back off? Or to get someone above him to tell him to lay off?
ETA: I hope you enjoy your weekend off and relax!

He's a douche to everyone and very lacking in people skills. I don't think he'll last long. How do you work in retail if you don't have people skills? This is his first job, he just graduated from MIT, which I guess is impressive. I hate it when they hire people to upper management who have zero experience, especially when they are arrogant.

cantalopes24 · January 2013

Yup. I had to get a Benadryl shot to the azz once.

thetheisens · January 2013

cantalopes24:
Yup. I had to get a Benadryl shot to the azz once.

Did it help? I keep going back and forth about going to the Dr. I we hoping they would clear up, but they seem to be getting worse. So, yeah, I should go to the Dr.

cantalopes24 · January 2013

Yeah. You could probably just try taking Benadryl. Mine were pretty bad and kept flaring up.

thetheisens · January 2013

I have been constantly taking it since they started, both orally and topically. It hasn't made a difference.

blu-eyedwife · January 2013

Do you have any hydrocortisone cream? I get stress hives on my jawline/neck. Usually they go away on their own within a day or so, but if not I tend to use hydrocortisone to calm them down.

cantalopes24 · January 2013

thetheisens:
I have been constantly taking it since they started, both orally and topically. It hasn't made a difference.

I would go in. In the end it was the only thing that helped. They flared up when I was pregnant and some kind of Hydrocortisone itch cream helped then.

mamaZbo · January 2013

Stress gives me hives.

pennysuedog · January 2013

thetheisens:
LCass:
thetheisens:
We have a new assistant manager who's main goal in life is to argue with me and tell me how bad of a job I do.
What a douche! Is there any way to try to get him to back off? Or to get someone above him to tell him to lay off?
ETA: I hope you enjoy your weekend off and relax!
He's a douche to everyone and very lacking in people skills. I don't think he'll last long. How do you work in retail if you don't have people skills? This is his first job, he just graduated from MIT, which I guess is impressive. I hate it when they hire people to upper management who have zero experience, especially when they are arrogant.

GAWD! There is a way to inspire people to be their best without being a king douche, that is a skill good managers possess. Our corporate office people are like this and they come up with the most ridiculous ideas.

Good luck with the hives! I get them if I touch pine trees or eat kiwi, it sucks.

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