For the first time in a long time, I've recently had itching so intense it was painful. I'm not talking about my scratching being painful, because a few days ago when it started, I hadn't scratched yet.

Lotion with salicylic acid helped temporarily where the regular super-powered lotions did not help at all. I've been applying this medicated lotion to knock it down, then taking some ibuprofen to keep it down.

I hadn't been taking my nutritional supplements (Centrum Silver + additional B-complex, C, D3, E, calcium, magnesium, etc) as I'm starting to run out and the household budget is tight enough already.