Posted by Angielala on January 23, 2004, at 11:30:36
In reply to Re: Warning, gross topic. » Dinah, posted by Penny on January 23, 2004, at 10:11:58
This is so weird to me, I thought I was just a weirdo. I have the eczema on my face, thighs and upper arms... though it always seems to go in the summer. I wonder if I'm less stressed in the summer and that's why... hmmm.. I wonder if there is a psychodermatolist somewhere... and if not, maybe we discovered a new profession!
What I dislike most is that panic attacks turn me into this gross, red-faced, sweating person... and that only adds tot he anxiety. Every night I wake up to some sort of nightmare, sweating, smelling... it's really something that has been bothering me for a while, but I'm always told, "Paxil makes you sweat, that's all it is"... well then the sweating can't be just your everyday run of the mill kind...
Man, what else can we be affected by- there is so much to consider in an equation of mental health and psychical health, but it seems that there is a slight gap because a doc that takes care of all your phsyical needs, then one for mental needs, and they seem to contradict each other so often...
I did go to a dermatologist about the eczema. I told her that my anxeity makes it so much worse. She gave me some sort of cream (that did nothing helpful except make me smell like a grammy) and she told me that there is nothing she can do to help my mental state. Thanks for the bill doc.
Sorry- rant. Too much coffee... so much anxiety right now.
> It makes perfect sense to me, but, as the others said, I'm not a doc.
>
> Actually, I've never pieced together the whole eczema-anxiety thing, but my eczema is pretty much just on my face (joy...). However, I know that anxiety causes my acne to flair up, so it would make sense that the eczema is affected as well. Especially with what you were saying about pH.
>
> Hmmm...Have you looked on the NIH website? They always seem to have info on whatever it is I'm looking for.
>
> P
poster:Angielala
thread:304576
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20040120/msgs/304622.html