Kahuna

Hi. I stopped drinking 11/26/06. My habit was a bottle of wine, give or take, most days. I've noticed before when I stopped, and notice now, that the skin on one or both arms feels hot, sometimes like its burning or it itches sometimes a lot. Has aybody else experienced this? What do you do about it?

Thanks very much for any response,

Kahuna

brynn38

I used to get itchy on my neck and torso and it felt like there was a heater in front of my face, but that was when I drank wine. Not everytime though. But I found that Benadryl helped really fast if I used the liquid children's formula. As far as when you quit...I'm not really sure but it does sound alot like the same symptoms. I also had blotchy red places where it itched.

Jersey Nonny

Have you had a good physical check-up since you quit? You'd be surprised how many "ailments" can be masked behind the use of alcohol.

CarolD

Welcome to SR!

Here is interesting info for you..
see if this helps..

http://www.tlctx.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm

Congratulations on quitting!

GlassPrisoner

Itching can be a sign of excess bile in your system, which may be because of liver problems, IIRC.

Also, there's something happening with your nervous system as you sober out. I guess maybe it's like a numb hand coming back to life.

I had terrible itching for the first month-6weeks. It's dropped considerably.

barb dwyer

mine was my head ... felt like rushes ... or fleas!

don't get it as much any more, but it was icky feeling - thought I was going bald or something....

hang in there!

Kahuna

The stuff on the recovery link was very helpful as was knowing that others have had similar, though interestingly not the same, responses to early sobriety. The anti-histamine, Loratidine (Claratin), also prety much gets rid of the itches. The support provided by this site is truly great. Again, thank you all.