Itchy / tingly skin
Itchy / tingly skin
I am suffering from itchy / tingly skin all over at the moment. I am on interferon plus the usual bucket of supplements.
Any advice on how to reduce this? Whilst not intensely painful it is annoying to the point of distraction.
Any advice on how to reduce this? Whilst not intensely painful it is annoying to the point of distraction.
Hi. If you mean supplements;jimmylegs wrote:hey there, what's in your bucket, iima?
1 x iron free high strength MV
4000-6000iu Vit D plus Im in Saudi Arabia = sunshine!
500mg inosine
3x300mg omega 3
1x 500mg cod liver oil
600mg magnesium
1 x bcomplex & B12
15mg zinc
60mg resveretrol
60mg gingko biloba
Just to add itchy feelin far worse at end of day than beginning. I am wondering if its just tired and fatigued nerve endings playing up?
Lately I have been lazy. Also its getting into baking hot season here (Saudi) which makes gently outside walks uncomfortable.Filmmaker wrote:probably fatigue, do you exercise a bit to help your lymphatic system move toxins out?
Need to get to the pool.
Had a liver functions test yesterday so will see.
Re: Itchy / tingly skin
Been off Rebif for 8 days.
Generally feel good but major increase in itchy skin which has been a regular problem since diagnosis. I do wonder if high niacin levels are contributing. Having just checked my Multivit and B complex my daily intake is 60mg alone from supplements. Upper RDA for men is 35mg.
Generally feel good but major increase in itchy skin which has been a regular problem since diagnosis. I do wonder if high niacin levels are contributing. Having just checked my Multivit and B complex my daily intake is 60mg alone from supplements. Upper RDA for men is 35mg.
Re: Itchy / tingly skin
mr, you could check folic acid in your b-complex. in my experience high folic acid levels due to a particularly high folic acid level in a supplement gave me an itch i could never quite scratch. really annoying!
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Re: Itchy / tingly skin
Thanks JL.jimmylegs wrote:mr, you could check folic acid in your b-complex. in my experience high folic acid levels due to a particularly high folic acid level in a supplement gave me an itch i could never quite scratch. really annoying!
I am going to lay off the extra B vits for a few days and see if that helps. It would appear its not Rebif that causes this as I have been off it for 9 days.
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might be a good idea. question: how much total folic acid is in your daily b complex combined with the daily multi?
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400hg in eachjimmylegs wrote:might be a good idea. question: how much total folic acid is in your daily b complex combined with the daily multi?
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yea i got a bad reaction when my b-complex had 1000. so you're taking in 800, sounds close enough.
interestingly, after years of tweaking all my various levels i can now take a b-50 complex with 1000 units of folic acid, and i don't react so badly. i suspect my body has some previously missing ingredient that helps turn folic acid into something else rather that just having levels accumulate. pure conjecture i don't really know why it used to drive my levels up so high and now, not so much. at the time my folic acid went up to 2170 i think it was? with the top end of the normal range being 1800 or thereabouts.
interestingly, after years of tweaking all my various levels i can now take a b-50 complex with 1000 units of folic acid, and i don't react so badly. i suspect my body has some previously missing ingredient that helps turn folic acid into something else rather that just having levels accumulate. pure conjecture i don't really know why it used to drive my levels up so high and now, not so much. at the time my folic acid went up to 2170 i think it was? with the top end of the normal range being 1800 or thereabouts.
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Thanks JL
Im going to stay off the B complex for a few days and just stick with B12 and whats in the MV.
However I have been in London today, after a few admin related things had lunch in a Lebanese Restaurant, Long walk around Hyde Park in the beautiful autumn sunshine, coffee and the train home.
Completely forgot about the MS and the itch is gone too
Im going to stay off the B complex for a few days and just stick with B12 and whats in the MV.
However I have been in London today, after a few admin related things had lunch in a Lebanese Restaurant, Long walk around Hyde Park in the beautiful autumn sunshine, coffee and the train home.
Completely forgot about the MS and the itch is gone too