anyone have this problem?

Interesting question @outlander. I'm a scratcher too to the point I have marks on myself. I just get really itchy...mainly on my arms and legs. I've never considered it could be medication related. I thought it was just me and my allergies or something.

hey @Queenie

ive changed medications becasue i thought it was it but im still doing it 2 medications later. i cant go off these ones. these are finally working and dont have to change them.

maybe its a habit? but if i dont scratch it feels strange on my skin... does that feel the same for you

get the urges to scratch but when you dont and your more aware of it its like a prickly scratchy feeling?

yes, I feel pretty much the same @outlander. I'd never thought for a moment it could be medication worries. Although thinking now, a few years ago my itching and scratching got so bad, I could go for days without sleep because of it. It was very frustrating. I still itch and have that awful prickly scratchy feeling if I don't scratch, but thankfully I usually sleep because my night meds are so sedating. Is it something a good quality moisturiser or sorbolene cream help with? I know I have chronic dry skin too.

its not quite disturbing my sleep but every hour im awake im always fidgeting or scratching. its a really uncomfortable sensation it really is. @Queenie

ive got a good mosituriser that i use at least 3 times a week but even after putting the creams on i still feel it. sometimes a shower can releive it if im really desparate but sometimes water makes it worse.

ive changed all washing powders, soaps and shamppos are as gentle as i can find which are the dove brand for soaps and head and shoulders for shampoos. other than that i havent got a clue

and the more anxious i am the worse i notice and feel it

I'd be interested to know what the cause is then, @outlander. Seems baffling!

I get the itch-and-scratch thingy too. It might be a 'displacement behaviour'. I try to remember to rub with my fingertips instead of using my nails.

Or it might be just sensitive skin. Have you tried calamine lotion? Or if its sweat (I get sweaty) you could try isopropyl (hospital alcohol). I buy it at the chemist, it dries out oily skin. Methylated spirits will do the same thing, but it smells bad.

Hope this helps a bit. Oh, coal tar soap used to be the go, but its hard to find now. Some folk just stop using soap.

what is a displacement behaviour @BatGuano

i havent tried calmamine lotion no becasue id walk around pink as its my whole body and not jst certain areas.

i use a good quality dove mosituriser as well as soaps, shampoos and washing detergents for sensitive skin as well