[Closed] Why do I itch....

snap, back of my neck and top of arms 🙁

Skanks.

Actually I get them but after showering. Never baths.

That, next post.

Does not sound fun.

Suck it up princess, I've had Urticaria (itchy rash that usually only lasts up to 6weeks) for the last 2 1/2 years and am on a cocktail of anti-histamines to stop me trying to remove my own skin 😥

Scabies?

Well apparently we're all too clean these days. With us washing every day - sometimes more than once, using some quite harsh and aggressive detergents and soaps, our skin is under constant attack and a lot of skin conditions can be caused or aggravated as a result. Try changing your soaps to something less harsh or even don't use them every time, that might improve things. I've noticed my hands get very dry and itchy if I do the washing up too frequently!! The wife think's i'm BS-ing, but its true.

Seems like washing less frequently and ponging a bit is the way we're intended to be!

I'm pretty certain is nothing to do with an infection, or being a skank - although I have had shingles in the past when really stressed.

I'm guessing it's maybe more something to do with blood going elsewhere other than the skin, trying to keep the brain active - but that could be a load of guff

Aids?

Also sometimes get an itch if I get tired driving. Worryingly, my sphincter also starts twitching. I have no idea why this happens. And, yes, I know it's just me.

I can go one better than that dd - when I'm really, really tired driving, I get a boner 😳

Ah, that's where the blood goes....

I think that goes down in the column marked "strange".

With my twitchy sphincter and your boner, I'm not accepting any lifts from you! 🙂

Suck it up princess, I've had Urticaria (itchy rash that usually only lasts up to 6weeks) for the last 2 1/2 years and am on a cocktail of anti-histamines to stop me trying to remove my own skin

Welcome to my world - mine started in 1997 and hasn't left me. It's also triggered Asthma and makes trying to sleep a nightmare.

This is from Wikipedia and explains why it is "being awake", as oppose to tiredness itself increases the production of Histamine:

Histamine H1 receptors are activated by endogenous histamine, which is released by neurons that have their cell bodies in the tuberomammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus. The histaminergic neurons of the tuberomammillary nucleus become active during the 'wake' cycle, firing at approximately 2 Hz; during slow wave sleep, this firing rate drops to approximately 0.5 Hz. Finally, during REM sleep, histaminergic neurons stop firing altogether. It has been reported that histaminergic neurons have the most wake-selective firing pattern of all known neuronal types.[2]

In the cortex, activation of H1 receptors leads to inhibition of cell membrane potassium channels. This depolarizes the neurons and increases the resistance of the neuronal cell membrane, bringing the cell closer to its firing threshold and increasing the excitatory voltage produced by a given excitatory current. H1 receptor antagonists, or antihistamines, produce drowsiness because they oppose this action, reducing neuronal excitation.

So the answer is anti-histamine and plenty of sleep.

Worryingly, my sphincter also starts twitching. I have no idea why this happens. And, yes, I know it's just me

Definitely not just you - a well known saying where I work is "my ring-piece was twitching like a bunny's nose".
Or
"My arse was going like a ten-bob to a penny".

Welcome to my world - mine started in 1997 and hasn't left me.

Oh Balls, the Drs keep telling me that it will go (eventually), but I was hoping for less than 16 years!!

EDIT: on the bright side high doses of anti-histamines mean that shorts and stingy nettles are no bother!

Fleas?

Wouldn't explain the boner, though...

Those liquid 'soap', anti-bacteriological dispensers are not good for your skin. For years I've suffered really bad dry skin on my hands, where the skin goes hard then splits and bleeds, which I put down to the fact I handle lots of paper every day. It wasn't until this year I read in the Health section of the Daily Mail, (sue me), that these 'soaps' actually cause a lot of skin issues, and I bought a couple of bars of real soap, Wright's Original, as it happens, and the problem cleared up within a couple of days!
I've tried superglue, micropore tape, all kinds of things to stop my hands from splitting and bleeding, and all it took was a couple of bars of soap costing about a quid!
Go figure, as they say.

My 8 year old starts itching when he's tired, shins hands and feet mainly. When I was younger my feet used to itch loads at night and i can rember scratching then til they were raw. Ive always had quite dry sensitive skin generally and have learnt over the years im best to stick to sanex shower gel and use palmers solid cocoa butter to moisturise.

Cant really think why we should itch when tired - I just take it as a que to send my lad to bed.

Lanacane cream might work to help relieve the itching