itching under the skin

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HI!

I started this post in this group just because my doctor told me that my symptoms seems to be cause by stress or an anxiety disorder, but I really disagree because I have had this since  I was 8 years old, I’m 34 now.

So, I have felt almost all my life this itching under my skin, almost in all my body, and I need to apply pressure to stop the itching, for what I have my thumbs quite deformed.

I have gone to dermatologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, psychologists, etc. and they told me that everything looks ok, so it “should” be something related with stress, but I don’t see any change in the frequency of this itching when I’m more or less stressed.

I don’t know what else to do, so I decided to look in internet and I saw so many people helping others in this forum that I decided to try.

Hope anyone can help me

Thanks in advance!!

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  • Posted

    Hi

    Do yo have any other symptoms

    • Posted

      HI! and thanks for the interest, NO, I don't have anything else
    • Posted

      Well,it is possible to suffer anxiety from an early age,and be troubled with the symptoms for a very long time,and itching is an anxiety symptom. A symptom like that becomes very quickly self fulfilling, as its not easy to ignore. So yes it's possible its anxiety, and if you've had so many opinions from specialists then I think its most likely
  • Posted

    Stress + Anxiety = Itching

    As far as I am concerned, there is a direct correlation between the level of stress and anxiety in my life and the uncontrollable tingling of the nerve endings on my arms and neck. Stress and anxiety are forms of mental energy which is often times unwanted. As stress and anxiety build up in our closed psychological system of a brain it has to be dissipated in order to maintain balance or equilibrium within the system. I have concluded, in the absence of any other scholarly explanation, that my uncontrollable itching was a manifestation of this dissipation of this mental energy.

    • Posted

      HI!, so?, have you experienced kind of under the skin itching?, have you found any solution?

      thanks!

  • Posted

    anxiety occurs when you feel worried and stressed about many everyday events and activities. Often the things you are worried about are small or not important. This type of worry disrupts your life most days. Everyone gets worried or anxious sometimes, but people with generalized anxiety disorder experience more than normal everyday worries.

    Many people who have generalized anxiety disorder have physical symptoms, such as headaches or being tired all the time.

    Anyone can get generalized anxiety disorder at any age, but it usually starts when you are a child or teenager. Most people with generalized anxiety disorder have felt nervous or anxious as long as they can remember. About 5% of people have generalized anxiety disorder at some time. Women are twice as likely as men to have the problem.

    Many people with generalized anxiety disorder also have other problems such as depression, other anxiety illnesses (obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or social anxiety disorder), alcohol abuse, or personality disorder.

  • Posted

    thanks all for your comments!.

    is there anything I can do to stop this?, any ideas?

    regards!

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