I've suffered from pompholyx eczema on my fingers intermittently for the last 5 or so years. I know that it's brought on by stress and on occasion has been really bad, with weeping skin and unbearably itchy. I've had a little tube of steroid cream I've been ekeing out over the years that seems to keep it at bay. But for the last few weeks I've had awful itching to my armpits, elbows, knees and groin and I just can't control it. I'm under a great deal of stress generally as we have a dc with significant special needs, and this has ramped up as I have several hugely important meetings about his future coming up in the next few weeks. I don't feel hugely more stressed than normal but I know that this is bubbling away under the surface and on my mind all the time. The thing is, there's nothing I can do to make my life less stressful! And the horrible itch is driving me insane, especially in the evenings. I've had all sorts of health problems in the last year which have all been put down to stress by the doctor, from hugely painful and heavy periods to weird big lumps that have been appearing on my scalp. I feel so uncomfortable in my own body 
Is this really all down to stress?? And what on earth can I do to help myself? Looking for literally any suggestions, from the woo to the eminently sensible.