It's nice to learn from others with their experiences--- appears that the symptoms and effective treatments vary much. My rash is confined to the torso all around and the intensity of itching changes frequently. Have been encouraged with the Witch Hazel, but it does not always eliminate the worst spells. One night I could not sleep for the itching and applied light coating of a generic 1% hydrocortisone cream which got me through the night. The dermatologists here in AZ seem mainly devoted to skin cancers and GD "is a rare disease w/ no cure"