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Sent to Health Experts February 16 6:16 p.m.

I gat into these cycles where I will go 4-6 days without sleep. I''m not tired and I can function fine. Then I get itchy so bad I''ll claw myself until I bleed. When I do finilly get sleep I feel so ill.

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I've tried soft music, reading,just laying in a dark quite room, ect. The doctor finially tried sleeping pills. Don't work. For the itch from head to to I've used ointments, ice packs, benedryl. Nothing works.

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February 16 6:21 p.m. (5 minutes and 38 seconds later)

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Sent February 16 6:29 p.m. (7 minutes and 27 seconds later)

I no longer take the sleeping pill since it didn't work, but I do take the bebedryl when the itching gets real bad. I am 51 and some people have said it could be menipause, But I still get my monthly regularly.

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February 16 7:33 p.m. (1 hour and 4 minutes later)

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