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Skin picking... what's causing this, and how do we stop it?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 304167" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have always picked at the soles of my feet. From childhood. But mostly because they felt like I was always walking on hot goals or broken glass. Sometimes picking helped. The bottom of my feet came off not in little bits of dried skin but in sometimes huge sheets. Sometimes not as huge, but never in little bits. And the skin never seemed dry or calloused. If this happens it is an atypical form of psoriasis (also an inflammatory autoimmune disease).</p><p></p><p>Lyrica changed all of that for me. Now I actually have skin on my feel long enough to get dry. Using a pumice stone can help reduce picking of feet by getting rid of dead skin.</p><p></p><p>For what difficult child is doing, Wiz did that. A LOT. He would even go and get a stick or a rock and gouge his skin so he had sores to pick at. Just imagine the dirt he would come in with and finding blood mixed in with it. He got several skin infections. </p><p></p><p>Lotions did nothing to change it.</p><p></p><p>Risperdal and a high dose of Luvox helped. SSRI dosing for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is higher than for anxiety and depression.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if stims make it worse. He did it long before he was on stims and he did it after them until we added risperdal and increased it several times.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. Keep the triple antibiotic ointment with pain reliever around. If the scabs/sores hurt he will pick more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 304167, member: 1233"] I have always picked at the soles of my feet. From childhood. But mostly because they felt like I was always walking on hot goals or broken glass. Sometimes picking helped. The bottom of my feet came off not in little bits of dried skin but in sometimes huge sheets. Sometimes not as huge, but never in little bits. And the skin never seemed dry or calloused. If this happens it is an atypical form of psoriasis (also an inflammatory autoimmune disease). Lyrica changed all of that for me. Now I actually have skin on my feel long enough to get dry. Using a pumice stone can help reduce picking of feet by getting rid of dead skin. For what difficult child is doing, Wiz did that. A LOT. He would even go and get a stick or a rock and gouge his skin so he had sores to pick at. Just imagine the dirt he would come in with and finding blood mixed in with it. He got several skin infections. Lotions did nothing to change it. Risperdal and a high dose of Luvox helped. SSRI dosing for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is higher than for anxiety and depression. I don't know if stims make it worse. He did it long before he was on stims and he did it after them until we added risperdal and increased it several times. Good luck. Keep the triple antibiotic ointment with pain reliever around. If the scabs/sores hurt he will pick more. [/QUOTE]
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