It must be stress

Guess who has a rash that likes to pop up whenever it likes?

Still me.

I've put a lot of thought into the fact that this thing seems to be selective of when it rears it's ugly head. I tried to figure out what change may be causing it. I tried to retrace my steps to see to what I could have exposed myself. Nothing is adding up. Except... I remember thinking that it felt like my conscious thought was triggering it. As if the more I dwelled on it the more often it popped up and worse it got. I also made note of the fact that twice I started to break out and decided to go to sleep without treating it, only to be completely clear when I woke up again.

I may have been closer to the truth when I suspected my conscious thoughts to be the trigger. I think this thing is brought on by stress. Before I'm written off as crazy, I'll explain:

My first breakout occured when I was running late getting to work. My knees started to itch as I was driving. Once I got there I was then reprimanded for my tardiness. Words like losing and write-up were tossed around. All the while, the itch on my knees spread up my legs and to my arms. The worst occurrence happened when I was worried I'd be late to my other job and was rushing to get there. While in the car, I was watching the thing spread across my skin while eyeing the clock to make sure I made it to work (that time I did). That occurrence was probably strongest because I was freaking out at the many possibilities of what this rash could be.

It's simple, I wake up fine. It's when I am going to work (usu. rushing) or dealing with some situation whilst at work where it starts. Basically, the more on my plate the more bumps across my skin.

I've known for years that I get stress headaches. I once had a situation where I had a person who only needed to say two words before I had a headache. Just recently I have noticed that my stress headaches are making a comeback. The likes of which I'd rather not see. This is a first for me breaking out from stress. I know it isn't diagnosed but I'm willing to believe it. I'd be more worried if everytime I went to sleep it didn't clear up just to come back again when I fussing over something.

All of that being mulled over, I'm currently trying to wain myself off of antihistamines. There's no way taking two every two hours is healthy. I've even stopped freaking out when I break out. I believe that may be part of the reason the outbreaks aren't as bad as they were. That or maybe something to do with the medication that was prescribed to me. Who's to say at this point? I'm just glad it's weakening. Hopefully I don't eat my words tomorrow.