Nine days off the steroid cream now and this week just wore me down. The itching got worse around 2 or 3 in the morning, three nights out of the four shifts I worked, and with rotating shifts my sleep was already a mess before any of this started so it’s hard to tell anymore what’s the withdrawal and what’s just exhaustion, though that might just be me these days.
Been sketching on my breaks to keep my hands off my skin, filled almost half a small notebook this week alone. Helps for maybe twenty minutes at a time, then back to square one.
The part actually getting to me is work. A coworker asked if I was okay after seeing my neck on Tuesday and I just said allergies and changed the subject. I dont really know how much distance to keep from people right now, too close and they notice, too far and it looks weird too.
Just needed to put this somewhere. Hoping next week is a little quieter, that’s really all I’m asking for right now…