Neck so itchy it wakes me up a night. WHY?!? Help!

[GrizeldaMcBain]

For the last year to 18 months, on and off, my neck is so itchy it wakes me up frequently through the night.
I’m 46.
Occasionally there is a visible rash but more often it looks perfectly normal.
Occasionally it itches through the day, but only when it’s in a worst phase.
It starts getting itchiest when I’m trying to get to sleep. This kind of makes sense because maybe I’m distracted in the day so don’t notice so much. But, it wakes me up (sometimes once an hour, I put anti-itch cream in it, it last an hour) so it can’t just be because I’m focusing on it.
I moisturise it with QV cream every day.
If I use steroid cream every day for a week it goes away, stays away for maybe 5-7 days, then comes back.

Its starting to get me down so much, it’s unbearable and the lack of sleep is having a terrible effect on me.

Can anyone identify with this? Is it a middle aged thing? Am I losing my marbles and making it up in my head?

I use Leti AT4 for atopic skin.

Interesting, thank you. Maybe HRT would help.

@GrizeldaMcBain , I take HRT but still get itchy. I wonder what it would be like without it.

I get this. Doctors gave me creams but nothing solved it.

The itching was driving me mad. In desperation I used a flannel run under cold water and rung out. Put it on my neck to take the heat out of it. Just left it there, switched it around or re-wet it to get cool again.

It helps massively when I have a flare up.