Choosing My Battles-Itchy?

I get the itchies, too! And it sucks, because if I try to really scratch it and make it go away I end up really hurting my tender points :( Mine is mostly on my back, head, chest, and legs.

oh yes, back and legs are the worse. It is enough to drive me crazy, but of course since alot of people think I'm crazy anyway with having fibromyalgia - they also look at me funny when I continue to cough when I don't have a cold.

allergies and dry skin. at least that is what my doctor said. a combination of allergies where I then break out in a rash, a very itchy itchy rash.

I have this too. I've had it for years. First it began in my back now it's pretty much all over. I heard it's from nerve damage. Mine couldn't be from dry skin, I apply lotion for sensitive skin twice a day. I do have to be careful about what lotion and what soap and what laundry soap I use because it does make the itchiness worse if I use them.

Here's an article that talks about itchiness and nerve damage:

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6026934_can-nerve-damage-cause-itchiness_.html

I have experienced this often on my legs. I applied solarcaine once (because it was there and I was out of benadryl cream lol) and the numbing agent helped temporarily.