Good evening @staceyfred, welcome to Connect. I would like to be helpful about your itching. I have been dealing with "the itch" for quite a while. I don't quite know where to start or if I have enough information from you.
You indicate that your scalp itching began on 1/3/2022. Is that right? Are you relating the onset to the booster you had on 12/23/2021? Is that the correct date? My dermatologist has been working on "the itch" for a couple of years. She gave me Fluocinonide.....and a protocol for using it to keep the scalp itch under control. It works.
Where else on your body do you have the "itch"? Have you had tape testing or any other kind of process to determine the cause? Regardless, I have finally found a solution that works for me. Once again, my dermatologist has introduced me to a new product called Dermeleve......a non-steroid ointment that you simply rub on the itching area. It is available online at dermeleve.com. If you enter "dermeleve" in the Search block at the top of this page...it will take you to my introduction of this product. It takes effect within minutes and lasts about six hours. Literally, it has saved me from insanity.
I know too well how much you would like to be free of the "itch". And no....it doesn't have to get worse.
Are you doing a lot of scratching in your sleep?
May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris
Thank you for your insight Chris! I first noticed the itching on the 11th day after my booster (moderna). First on my scalp and then it was all over my body. Random spots at random times. Worse at night of course. No rash but hives where I would itch. Urgent care didn’t help and only suggested Benadryl and Zyrtec. The booster wasn’t even on my radar so I didn’t connect the dots until someone told me they knew someone else with the same reaction. Low and behold, here I (we) are.
It’s helpful to know others have the same issue as well. I just wish someone was better at helping us but of course this vaccine is new and we don’t know enough about it.