Help with itching.
Hi all. I am losing my absolute mind. To start, I am on biologic, it is helping and has helped 98% of my patches of psoriasis except this one.
I have this very large patch that covers the top of my foot. I have found as the medication is starting to help and heal that the patches get kinda itchy, nothing crazy, until my foot. I just can't stop itching it. It drives me crazy and I cant sleep but then the skin gets all torn up and weeps (or bleeds 😭) and then when the torn up skin heals and gets scabby it is even more itchy so Im in this horrible cycle of scratching myself up, being in pain as it stings and then heals and gets itchy. Im absolutely miserable and I cant stop doing it. I cant cope and am having full on meltdowns because of how itchy it is or how sore.
I dont know what to do anymore, I honestly want to cut off my foot its that bad.
Ive been trying to keep it moisturised as the dryer it gets the worse the itching is, so I moisturise and wrap it in a bandage to keep it covered and act as a barrier to stop me scratching, but it doesnt help. I cant sleep, I cant think about anything other than how itchy it is. I try tapping or slapping to help the itch, no good, I try very gently scratching against the skin so that my nails dont catch but always end itching too much and ripping the skin or pulling flakes/scabs anyway.
I just want to sleep, im so tired of this