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[Ikeeptrying]

Hi Everybody,

I suffer from horrible itching so when I came upon someone using hyroxyzine for MS itching on a facebook post I was pretty excited. Then after reading more about it I found that people also use it for RLS. Has anyone here used it for either condition? I have both and if this works it'd be like a miracle.

[Joolsg]

I think it might make RLS worse as it’s a sedating anti histamine.

Most anti histamines are really bad for RLS.

I’ve never tried it personally so can’t give any detailed info.

Take care

Jools

[Ikeeptrying in reply to Joolsg]

Thank you Joolsg. I'm going to tr it if I can get a Rx for it. I appreciate your response, thank you.

[Hidden]

I read a medical report which said Hydroxizine had helped a small number of people so I asked my GP if I could try it. There are also reports that in other folk it makes it worse. It made no difference to me at all. I presume like we all think there are several different versions of RLS which result in the same symptoms but originate at different sites. There's a recent report where they have identified 5 different types of Diabetes now instead of the previously thought 2 ( or 3 ). I presume RLS will turn out to be the same

[Ikeeptrying in reply to Hidden]

I'm sorry it didn't help you. Itching is such a crappy symptom. And it's non-stop. I'm going to ask my PCP if she'll prescribe it. Maybe it will help a little. I appreciate your response.

[Suhavard]

My 92 year old mother uses it for itching. Helps a lot but doesn’t take it completely away. Did not make her RLS any worse.

[Ikeeptrying in reply to Suhavard]

That's great news, as long as it doesn't effect the RLS. Thank you for responding!