Annie Lowrey

How do you deal with the fact that you might itch and never stop itching? Because I was really revving myself up about it and didn't feel good about it and didn't feel like I had a psychologically satisfying answer. And both of them were kind of like, you put up with it. Stop worrying about it and get on with your life. And they said it in a much nicer way than that.

How do you deal with the fact that you might itch and never stop itching? Because I was really revving myself up about it and didn't feel good about it and didn't feel like I had a psychologically satisfying answer. And both of them were kind of like, you put up with it. Stop worrying about it and get on with your life. And they said it in a much nicer way than that.

How do you deal with the fact that you might itch and never stop itching? Because I was really revving myself up about it and didn't feel good about it and didn't feel like I had a psychologically satisfying answer. And both of them were kind of like, you put up with it. Stop worrying about it and get on with your life. And they said it in a much nicer way than that.

Both of them were people of faith and they were like, I praise God and I move on and I keep on focusing on the good things in my life. I think they were totally correct. It was such a nice jolt of an answer just not to get stuck. It's interesting. keeps you trapped in these loops. And I think I was mentally trapped in this loop. And sometimes it's like, okay, just get out of it for right now.

Both of them were people of faith and they were like, I praise God and I move on and I keep on focusing on the good things in my life. I think they were totally correct. It was such a nice jolt of an answer just not to get stuck. It's interesting. keeps you trapped in these loops. And I think I was mentally trapped in this loop. And sometimes it's like, okay, just get out of it for right now.

Both of them were people of faith and they were like, I praise God and I move on and I keep on focusing on the good things in my life. I think they were totally correct. It was such a nice jolt of an answer just not to get stuck. It's interesting. keeps you trapped in these loops. And I think I was mentally trapped in this loop. And sometimes it's like, okay, just get out of it for right now.

Go do something else. Life continues on. You have a body. It's okay.

Go do something else. Life continues on. You have a body. It's okay.

Go do something else. Life continues on. You have a body. It's okay.

It's a great question, and I think that the answer is multilayered. So one is that doctors didn't understand itch, even just that basic histaminergic itch, very well until recently. There's not a lot of drugs to treat itch, and there didn't seem to be a lot of money in treating itch. there's a lot of money in treating pain, right?

It's a great question, and I think that the answer is multilayered. So one is that doctors didn't understand itch, even just that basic histaminergic itch, very well until recently. There's not a lot of drugs to treat itch, and there didn't seem to be a lot of money in treating itch. there's a lot of money in treating pain, right?

It's a great question, and I think that the answer is multilayered. So one is that doctors didn't understand itch, even just that basic histaminergic itch, very well until recently. There's not a lot of drugs to treat itch, and there didn't seem to be a lot of money in treating itch. there's a lot of money in treating pain, right?

An upsetting amount of money that has led to a tremendous social crisis due to our treatment of pain. But it is also true that, you know, there's a lot of chronic pain and we have a lot of ways to treat it. And, you know, I think there's now a lot more emphasis on non-opiate medications to treat pain while also acknowledging that a appropriately, opiate medications to treat pain.

An upsetting amount of money that has led to a tremendous social crisis due to our treatment of pain. But it is also true that, you know, there's a lot of chronic pain and we have a lot of ways to treat it. And, you know, I think there's now a lot more emphasis on non-opiate medications to treat pain while also acknowledging that a appropriately, opiate medications to treat pain.

An upsetting amount of money that has led to a tremendous social crisis due to our treatment of pain. But it is also true that, you know, there's a lot of chronic pain and we have a lot of ways to treat it. And, you know, I think there's now a lot more emphasis on non-opiate medications to treat pain while also acknowledging that a appropriately, opiate medications to treat pain.

So there just wasn't a lot of optionality for treating itch. It wasn't the sort of thing that medical centers were going to make a lot of money by treating people with chronic itch because they didn't have options to give them. I also think that there's a social aspect Pain is so awful. And I would never say that there's something ennobling about pain.

So there just wasn't a lot of optionality for treating itch. It wasn't the sort of thing that medical centers were going to make a lot of money by treating people with chronic itch because they didn't have options to give them. I also think that there's a social aspect Pain is so awful. And I would never say that there's something ennobling about pain.

So there just wasn't a lot of optionality for treating itch. It wasn't the sort of thing that medical centers were going to make a lot of money by treating people with chronic itch because they didn't have options to give them. I also think that there's a social aspect Pain is so awful. And I would never say that there's something ennobling about pain.

But I think that there's a certain amount of social respect to people who are going through it. And itching, you kind of sound like a Muppet, right? I do think that like itching, it's just a little bit like disrespected. You look like a dog with fleas. It's like embarrassing to scratch yourself in public. It's inappropriate to scratch yourself in public.

But I think that there's a certain amount of social respect to people who are going through it. And itching, you kind of sound like a Muppet, right? I do think that like itching, it's just a little bit like disrespected. You look like a dog with fleas. It's like embarrassing to scratch yourself in public. It's inappropriate to scratch yourself in public.