Flaring in four places at once, still looking for relief

Monique is writing from the middle of a bad stretch — prednisone, cetirizine every twelve hours, and still unable to move or touch anything without a reaction.

Monique ·

Living with it
1–3 years
Main trigger
Touch and movement — almost anything
What helped
Currently on prednisone and cetirizine, still searching for relief

I'm suffering. I'm flaring up in four places at a time and I can't get relief at all.

I started prednisone 20mg and I'm on cetirizine every 12 hours. I'm still suffering, and wondering if I'll be able to feel like myself again before the holidays.

I can't touch anything or move around without a reaction. I have to keep away from my toddler or I'll keep breaking out in flare ups. That's the part that gets me — not being able to pick up my own child without my skin punishing me for it.

I don't know what else to do.

I'm posting this partly because every other story I read here is someone who has already figured something out, and I wanted there to be one from someone in the middle of it. If that's where you are right now, you're not the only one.

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