HIVES!!

So I wake up this morning scratchin' and itchin' and a scratchin' and an itchin', only to look in the mirror and i'm covered in red welts. I've had hives before, so I knew what it was. BUT I've never had them so bad that my scalp itched. I think I lost about a pound of hair brushing with my hair brush to get that pesky itch (ok, so i can stand to lose a little hair and you would never notice it was missing). I took an antihistamine and after about an hour, it had kicked in and i was scratchin' a lot less. It was a pill that you are to take every 24 hours, so then why 12 hours later am I'm scratchin' just as hard as I was when I woke up and am covered in welts AGAIN??? So I broke down and took another pill, even though it says not to. I figure whats the worst that can happen to me, i fall asleep earlier then my normal late bedtime (well, thats not the case cause I'm still up now posting this ) So does anyone out there have a magical cure for these things? I feel like I just want to go roll on a bed of nails to get that itch!!! I know it has to run its course, and hopefully its a short course and not a couple week ordeal.

Now I can empathize with Mason, who has eczema and is itching all the time, even with us putting lotion on him twice a day. Poor little guy. It does usually get a little better in the summer when he is in the sun, so we do have that to look forward to.

Guess I'd better go to bed before this pill wears off and I wake up itching after 12 hours!!!