Bex,
Thanks for the reply. Yes I almost would rather it stay "in" --but not really. I just want to find a way to "live" while this clears out. Last night I couldn't sleep at all and finally at 2 a.m. I got up and took a bath with Epsom salts in it. I stayed in the tub for 3 hours and then I went back to bed and actually fell asleep. I think the Epsom salts helped for a while anyway. I'm going to try it again.
I have noticed that it does seem to get worse when my skin is warm --which is a problem in bed since you're generally warm in bed.
Anyway, thanks for your note and if you think of anything let me know. I really can't imagine having to deal with this for too long. It's been over a month already. I am getting an infrared sauna in the next few weeks and I'm hoping that will ease my "itch".
Chelan