I have been on Atarax for a week, and it is really helping with the itching and the dysesthesia. Atarax is a high powered antihistamine. The Dr put me on 50mg 3x per day, and that was quite a wild ride. I pretty much was stoned and staring at the wall, or sleeping. I cut the dose in half, and am taking it 4 to 5 times per day, and the effects are more even, and i’m less zonked.
The really good thing is that my dysesthesia symptoms are markedly reduced. I guess the idea is that the dysesthesia is happening in the nerve endings, so if you dull the inputs via an antihistamine, it will reduce the chances of the dysesthesia. Or something like that. Regardless, it is working. Which is not to say that I am not having episodes. i have had several, but whereas I was having one bad episode per day, and two to five moderate episodes, now i have one bad episode every few days, and one mild episode per day.
Strangely, though, I have been having more episodes at night; waking up from nightmares in full pins and needles. And generally having restless nightmare filled sleep.
