Posted by flipsactown on May 19, 2005, at 23:17:26
In reply to HELP! Skin crawling, posted by Wildflower on May 16, 2005, at 10:19:36
Hello,
It sounds like a withdrawal symptom of some kind. That skin crawling happened to me twice, once when I was tapering off Effexor and even worse when I was tapering off Oxycontin.
Sorry, I am not of much help, but I know what you are talking about. Another way to describe it is like having ants in your pants. You just want to keep shaking them off and you can't seem to sit or lie still. It is a horrible feeling.
Good luck.
FST
> I've done a web search but didn't come up with a good answer for my skin crawling. Any ideas?
>
> Last night (in bed) my skin started to itch -- all over. I kept thinking that the Lamictal rash was setting in...but that wasn't it. It literally felt like bugs were crawling all over me.
>
> I got up, no bugs, no rash, no dry skin, no anything that would cause this except for claw marks from my nails. I just wanted to tear through my skin to make it stop. I've
> been through this over and over in my mind. I didn't do anything or eat anything different that would cause this reaction.
>
> Med combo hasn't changed:
> lamictal
> cymbalta
> wellbutrin
> klonopin
> provigil
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