for the most part my itchiness is gone
 

i wonder if it was caused by all the coffee I was drinking. I am still taking benadryl but it was still itchy when i was taking benadryl. I am still eating like a pig after yesterday. I got a letter from my accountant talking about a duplicate check. maybe he found it

hubby takes benadryl to sleep at night. Does it help you to sleep?
bizi

I take it in the morning and it doesn't help me to sleep

I forget where your itchiness is? I know that if you have dry skin that can lead to itchiness. A simple remedy to that is applying lotion to the skin. There is also an anti itch lotion called Sarna. It is very soothing.
bizi

I wonder what happened with that check? Didn't you have a problem with a check to the DMV around the same time, too? I hope your accountant will just tear up one of them so you don't have to pay a cancellation fee.

I think it's unlikely that you would develop an allergy to coffee suddenly after so many years of heavy consumption, but it could have dehydrated you and dried out your skin, which could make it very itchy. You could be dehydrated for other reasons as well, or just have drier skin right now for some other reason.

Have you changed anything like soap, laundry detergent, or dryer sheets lately, or been putting anything new on the cats that could rub off on you or your bed?

You can test to see if the Benadryl is helping by taking it a couple hours later than you have been, also to see if you need it anymore.

If you feel the same way with/without the Benadryl, Aveeno makes a fragrance free "skin relief" body wash with oatmeal (similar to their bath soak) that's a hell of a lot easier to use than applying lotion over large areas. If you think it's just a case of dry skin it could still help, but there are also some good plain moisturizing body washes out there that would probably be cheaper. There are in-shower moisturizers too... I'd love to try one, but I think they would make the tub really slippery, and that scares me.

now that i stopped drinking coffee most of the itchiness has gone away. that is the only change. I had it all over.

I still can't believe that you gave up coffee lol
But I'm proud of you because I know that had to be really hard.

I'm glad that the itchiness is better :)

i do miss the coffee now. I am better off without it. I have so mans cans left over. It would be so easy for me to start again.

anyone you could give them to?
bizi

i am not ready to give them up yet