The Pityriasis Chronicles: The Chronicles Continue

The disease PRP consists of three words, pityriasis (shedding), rubra (red), pilaris (hair follicle). For me up to this point (mid-July 2015) I noticed 2 of the 3 occurring. Shedding skin, check, by the cupfuls. Rubra, yep red from head to toe. Pilaris, hair follicles, not yet, head or body hair has not seen any affect. Oh, did I mention the itching? Sure I have, there is no itch in the world that compares to the itch of PRP! The non-inclusion of my hair follicles is in the process of changing. Throughout July and into August, I loose body hair, ALL body hair, and I begin to notice that the hair on my head is beginning to thin out. By this time I am totally in awe of what changes are happening to my body and my skin. I continue to freeze the entire day and night in Houston summer heat, my body does not put forth one drop of sweat, I am tired all of the time, and I am quite miserable and sad most days. My skin is never the same day to day, some days it looks better than others but my once normal life has become a train wreck and I am a shell of my formal self. I have returned to work by this time, and I am able to go into the office most days. It takes me at least five minutes of standing in one spot before I can deal with the pain from the cracks in my feet and take my first step of the day. This a mere 2 months from the time that I was running or walking 3-5 miles a session, several times a week and doing essentially anything that I wanted to do from a physical stand-point. I really am not able to tell if what is going on is the process of the condition, or the side effects of the medicine that I am taking, both can be very similar. And the itching continues in earnest, worse at night when you really want to sleep. For the itching at night I take 50 mg of Hydroxyzine, it knocks out the itch as well as knocking me out and most mornings I am no more than a zombie.