4:45am club, who's up?

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So its 4:45am a day I'm awake have been the last hour. The reasoning intense all over itchy body. I have a blood test later today to find out what's causing it.

So why are you awake.

As you've tried antihistamines, could you be allergic to them?
Antihistamines make me itch even worse than the original itch!

Ohhh never thought about that, dont think i am as they work for a little bit then the itching returns just as bad

Just realised, I knew a girl a few years ago who bruised easily and she turned out to have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). 😕
Hope you get some answers soon xx

I am sorry to hear that. It’s hard to trust again after going through that.

That doesn't sound too pleasant, I'm hoping its just a case of low iron again

It is yea, its taken me 9 years to be able to trust again and thats because I found a guy you treats me better then ive ever been treated

I’m always up any time between 4-5. I fought against it for years but embrace it now. It’s me time before anyone else wakes up. Sometimes I sit and read but mostly I go to the gym.

Time well spent by the sounds of things

Blood test done. Should get the results by tuesday. The nurse said they are pretty much testing everything. So hopefully find out the course of the itching soon. Luckily I don't have work tomorrow so if I cant sleep again then its not a big deal as can try and sleep a little later

I’m pleased so you’ve found someone you can trust.

I was awake again at silky oclock. Getting fed up of this now!

I hope they find the source of your itching. It’s making me think whether I should have another try at solving my itchiness.

Thank you

Its definitely worth trying to find out what's causing it. Might be an easy fix

Awake again. This time because my body decided it needed to vom as well as have intense itching. Hopefully should get my blood test results back tomorrow

Morning-I’m up because my 12 year old DD wants to go on an early morning walk to catch the early morning birdsong. We do this fairly regularly! We’ll drive 20 minutes to a lovely forest near a lake, just making my flask now

I'm up because I'm in too much pain to sleep. I've been awake since two. A long-standing medical problem is having quite the flare up.

That sounds lovely! I hope you hear some and you have the merlin app on your phone to identify them all!

Awake pretty much all night. Some health things going on that aren’t looking too good

As I age it is a regular thing to wake so early. Problem is then I am tired all day no energy and often fall asleep watching TV . Or have to lie down for a nap . I can't even get up and do something useful as don't want to wake the house.

Hey OP, sorry to hear you’re itchy. Just wondering, do you have a history of this? Or other inflammatory related issues (i.e. arthritis, IBS, allergies)? My OH has struggles with eczema for years and has found anything anti inflammatory helps. This can be anything from dietary to the kind of clothes/fibres you have next to your skin. If it’s as straightforward as iron levels then hopefully an easy fix.

I’m up cos I played a gig (I’m a singer/band leader) in Lincoln and then drove back to Portsmouth. Really need to wind down but I had so much caffeine to keep me away driving that I’m hopelessly wired now!

It’s only 11:40 pm here, and I’m at work. I do overnights at a care home so I’ll be headed out around 6:30 am.

Thats actually quite sweet

I'm sorry to hear that, hope the pain has started to ease

Im sorry to hear that

Ahh bit of a catch 22 then. I love a good nap

Its a new thing, I'm hoping its my iron levels at least that way its an easier fix.
Oh cool what sort of music do you play? Thats quite a drive. Oh cool I'm 15 minutes from Portsmouth myself

That must be hard. I also work in care but do days. I just have to take my client out into the community