Nicole
At 05:12 PM 3/18/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I am now experiencing something that I don't know if it is related to my
>TM, want to know if this is happening to anybody else.
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>I started getting a little raised rash on my leg, about a week ago Sunday.
>Very itchy. I thought it was Poison oak or scorpion weed, so went to drug
>store and bought a bottle of Benadryl anti itch gel for poison oak.
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>A little more than a week later, and the bottle totally emptied, the rash
>has spread to both legs and both arms. I wake up in the middle of the
>night clawing at myself, trying to get the itching to stop. I finally made
>an appointment with my Dr. (Not my neurologist, but my allergist) He
>prescribed Atarax 25mg, three times daily, and Triamcinolone cream to apply
>to affected areas.
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>It has not spread anywhere else on my body, except my arms and legs. The
>Dr. told me it is contract dermatitis. To me, it looks like Chicken Pox
>and diaper rash combined. But the pharmacist said the Atarax is prescribed
>for anxiety. Is this related to my TM? Is anybody else out there
>experiencing added, supposedly unrelated symptoms like this?
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>I would like some input. Thank you very much.
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>Debbie
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