Crawling/ itching feeling under skin

[msneedhelp]

Please help me..  I have started feeling like there is something crawling under my skin..  I first felt it on my arms now my face around my lips and eyebrows.  I have started pulling my eyebrows out and when I look at the tips I see a clear hard buildup of some sort.  

My back itches/ feels like something is crawling on my legs, face and arms.

Its like something is under my skin and attaches to my hair and forms a mass on each strand of hair....

I dont know what is wrong but please help me...  

I drink bottles of Benadryl to try to stop the itching and crawing feeling but it does not last long....

[cbfreck]

have you found any relief in the past few years? what helped?

I have an identical situation. It feels like the living things under my skin in my face and my head and now the rest of my body wiggle back and forth like windsheild wipers constantly and I cant stop it.

If you can give me any info to help I would greatly appreciate it.

[Nyomi729]

There are MANY different Reasons for you all to be experiencing these problems.  RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) produces the SAME feelings that you all have described.  Lyme Disease can most definitely be a culprit.  Bed Bugs, Head Lice, an Infection Brought On or Advanced by ANY one of the types of the Herpes Virus, Poor Circulation, and Withdrawals from Medications (ESPECIALLY Narcotic Pain Medications), can ALL prove to be Culprits of this Feeling.  

It bothers me SO much hearing about the "Mistreatment", "Mismanaging" and "Accusations" towards you guys by the Medical "Professionals".  I have had to deal with MANY Incompetent and NON-Caring Doctors over the past 30 years of my life, with my last encounter this past Friday Evening at the Emergency Room of one of the Hospitals around here.  When I was Brought to the ER, it was because my Jaw had Locked Shut and I have been experiencing OTHER Post-Surgical Complications from a Minor Surgery that was done on Wednesday October 2nd.  

There ARE Support Groups out there for pretty much EVERYTHING, and I suggest that you all find some.  Aside from the SUPPORT received at a Support Group, the other "Members" are/can be VERY Thoughtful and Helpful when it comes to helping you to find out what is going on SPECIFICALLY with YOU.  If they ARE or HAVE gone through the same things, or SIMILAR things, that you are going through, chances are that they can help you find a MYRIAD of Doctors who WON'T Judge You and who WILL take you Seriously.

Whatever you decide to do, do NOT let any of the Doctors tell you that "it's all in your head" and/or that "you are suffering from 'Delusional Parasitosis' 'Delusional Paranoia' or 'Delusional Psychosis'."  If any of them DO, than "excuse" yourself from you appointment and tell them that you "KNOW there is something going on that is NOT 'all in your head' and that you WILL find a Doctor who is MORE than Willing to help you!"  If the Doctor you are seeing at that time STILL gives you problems, just leave.  However, if they "change their tune", so to speak, and decide to help you, stick around.

Aside from your Regular Primary Care Physicians (PCP's), Dermatologists, and "Infectious Control" Doctor, you should REALLY find a WELL Known and WELL Liked Neurologist.  They are TRULY the only ones who can help you to not only figure out what is going on, but to help you Treat or even Cure it.

I hope that this helped at least SOME of you and at least a LITTLE!  Take Care, and keep us all Up To Date on you all's Progress!!!  Good Luck!  XOXO

[mima1299]

I have the some problem  for a long time, but now it is getting worse, I have no sore,I feel something crawling  under my skin specially in my legs and back , and I feel my body very hot.Also once a moth  I have like a mosquito bit in my legs , and arm. , what is that?

[fredo28]

hi good day! my name is fredo and i read your message here and im having the same  problem that you felt before,,I just want to ask if you already get rid out off it? and what medication did you use??please tell me..thank you..

[baffled708]

My nightmare began back in January 2011. I met my bf in December 2010. He had had a bed bug infestation in his apt. Turns out the whole building was having one. He had to even go to court to have something done. It turns out his apt too had a mites infestation...and surely enough, mites came into my home. This is not an assumption as my cat was staring at the rug and picking something black form it and it kept falling from its mouth when I reached out to grab it, it popped very easily between my fingers. I didn't know much about bed bugs since I never had them and assumed my bf had brought them to the house. Turns out he did bring something in his clothes but it was mites not bed bugs. And ever since, my life has been a nightmare. I removed the rubs, I got rid of my beloved cat who also caught whatever it is I have. He was going crazy running around the apt at night, literally bouncing against the walls, I couldn't help him, so I gave him up. It has been voer 2 years now, and although my symptoms ahve improved I still feel itching and crawling, especially at work. I stumbled upon the healing grapve vine website, and I ahve taken some of teh advise form there. Some people believe this is what's called Morgellon's. I don't know waht to believe or think. I do fall into several categories of different people who have suggested possible causes for this. For one, I am 42, perimenopausic and with a ridiculous hormonal unblance. Then there is the metal in ym legs from a broken leg (many people believe this is originated from metallic toxins) then my bf has a gazzilion fillings (some people believe this comes from silver fillings), then at some point i was exposed to mold (some people think this is caused by mold poisoning). I too felt like I was bit by something I never saw. I have two scars, one on my wrist and one of my thigh to prove it, though the doctors dismiss me as if I just woke up insane from one day being perfectly healthy, active, non drug abuser professional...and according to some doctors I need psychological help. Some people call this, dillusional parasitosis. Which to me is crappy explanation for the medical industry not having a better answer to give us. I am no dillusional, and I am sure that whatever it is, is a parasite. Someone in this site suggested is bad circulation, I too ahve noticed I have terrible circulation, especially when I am sleeping. And my bf legs are totally veined up. Can't help but wonder if its the opposite: I have read parasites and fungus cause veins issues. I know I am rambling...For some time I wanted to think it was bugs, then I stumbled upon morgellon's and I thought it was inside of me. But I cannot help but noticed that when am not sitting at my desk and I switch chairs, it almost goes away completely. I can't help but notice people who come to my house scratching, and I can't ignore the fact that sometimes I walk by people on the bus, the swap at their arm, and look at their arm as if they are looking for something that bit them. I too notice people around me scratching. At work if people come to my cubicle and I am having a bad itching day, I notice them scratching their heads too. If I clean my area with Windex and it gets better, people come to my area and don't scratch. I do not know what the origin of this is, but I do know there are bugs involved with it. Or a fungus, or something we really can't see, but is there making others itch too.

[baffled708]

Yes I agree with you. For some time I wanted to think it was bugs, then I stumbled upon morgellon's and I thought it was inside of me. But I cannot help but noticed that when am not sitting at my desk and I switch chairs, it almost goes away completely. I can't help but notice people who come to my house scratching, and I can't ignore the fact that sometimes I walk by people on the bus, the swap at their arm, and look at their arm as if they are looking for something that bit them. I too notice people around me scratching. At work if people come to my cubicle and I am having a bad itching day, I notice them scratching their heads too. If I clean my area with Windex and it gets better, people come to my area and don't scratch. I do not know what the origin of this is, but I do know there are bugs involved with it. Or a fungus, or something we really can't see, but is there making others itch too.