Body confused at not being at work

[myz_lilith]

Ok... So after several weeks of itchy skin and not sleeping and working way too many hours finally got to the doctors. As a result got the rest of this week off work and various lotions, potions and drugs to make eczema bearable again. Large whack of sedatives last night means that I woke up this morning for the first time in ages without parts of me dripping blood from scratching in my sleep. Good thing actually did sleep, bad thing now feel slightly zombiefied.

Now suddenly have three options:
1. Make the most of time off by doing lots of DIY, artwork and teach-yourself stuff so that I can get a little closer to having a nice place to live and being able to apply for decent jobs
2. Take the week off everything that's bothering me, chill, go to pub, watch TV and do nothing and actually have a social life (but be back where I started next week)
3. Give up, crawl under the covers and die (which I know is not a sensible option but is strangely appealing... I want to just give up for a change instead of always trying to get somewhere and never getting anywhere)

All three have their merits but my brain is too fuzzy to make decisions and now I'm panicking again cos I don't know what's best to do

Comments

I suggest...

[miss-behave.livejournal.com]

You

a. Don't lie under the covers and die. Dying is very bad for ones health, don't you know.

b. Spend a few days now doing DIY, job stuff atc, but then spend the rest of the week chilling. That way you can relax knowing that you've done SOMETHING and get the benefit of the time off too.

By the way, have you tried alternative remedies for eczema, and also finding out if you're allergic to something you're eating?

Re: I suggest...

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

When it was seriously bad a few years ago, I had chinese treatment and it worked amazingly well. The trouble recently is that it hasn't been bad in that way, just constantly itchy, so over the past couple of months it's just been wearing me down, and I've been so busy and stressed that I haven't had time to sort it out. I feel almost like I'm skiving for taking time off for it while I still have skin! But I couldn't keep going on like that.

Re: I suggest...

[miss-behave.livejournal.com]

You're best off taking time off with it anyway as stress makes it worse.

I used to get an eczema type rash on my hands, not really bad but itchy, red and flaky. I found that using chamomile oil diluted in a carrier oil was the only thing that worked on it. I'd tried the doctors steroid cream etc but nothing else worked on it.

Re: I suggest...

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

The cream I've got now is good. It's an alternative to steroids and it's a good moisturiser with lots of essential oils in, called Allergenics. Only problem is you can only get it in health food shops but I'm hoping that will change - the last time I was in Boots they'd had three people in there asking if they sold it. Now I'm paying for a prescription season ticket thing, I want EVERYTHING available on the NHS, including tissues, echinea tablets and chocolate!

Re: I suggest...

[miss-behave.livejournal.com]

Chocolate and vodka should be free on the NHS once a month for all women of childbearing age! ; )

NOTE TO SELF:

[miss-behave.livejournal.com]

ALWAYS read what you've just written before posting it otherwise it doesn't make sense.

Tsk!

Re: NOTE TO SELF:

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

Well, it made sense to me but that might just be the medication ;-)

[p1x13.livejournal.com]

You could try sleeping with mittens on.

I have a bit of skin problem I've been meaning to get fixed but the problem is it would mean showing the doctor my arse, and I am too embarrassed. It only affects my arse, inside my ear and my right foot for some reason.

Re:

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

When it was really bad on my hands, I used to wear white cotton gloves, but somehow I would always manage to taken them off in my sleep. Then I tried taping them to my wrists, and found that by the end of the night I'd torn through the tips of the fingers. I think the urge to scratch is one of those a-dandelion-can-grow-through-solid-concrete instinct things

As for your rash, either:
a) show the doctor your foot, or
b) find a cute doctor

[p1x13.livejournal.com]

That would be worse. I don't think I want a cute doctor seeing it.

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

OK, then find a doctor with really really ugly patients. The sight of your butt will be wonderful in comparison