ive been running test for a few months now and just added gh and var about a month back plus ive been using dut and topical ru/minox for a bit but i just started a new source for reta and switched to oral minox lately. man i am waking up like 20 times every night just scratching the fuck out of my skin its terrible. i probably have 100 scratches all over my body at this point cuz im just so damn itchy. it kind of feels like that annoying scratchy feeling you get after a haircut when the little hairs get stuck in your shirt but its all over my entire body. i know reta can cause some skin sensitivity but ive never felt anything like this before. i am honestly worried it might be my liver since i already have a liver adenoma and dont want to mess with that. is this a normal thing with oral minox or could it be something else entirely? maybe its just totally unrelated but i really dont know what to do here
honestly the "haircut" feeling is classic for retatrutide... a lot of guys call it allodynia where your skin just gets super sensitive to touch or even your clothes rubbing against it. but the intense itching and scratching till you bleed sounds way more like a systemic reaction. if you just swapped to oral minox and a new source for reta you might be having an allergic reaction to one of the fillers or the drug itself.
man with a liver adenoma you really cant afford to play games with "mystery" itching. cholestasis (where bile flow gets backed up) can cause insane whole-body itching and it's a huge red flag for liver stress. if your eyes or skin look even a tiny bit yellow or your pee is getting dark you need to go get a liver panel done like yesterday. don't just assume it's the peptides.
i had a similar thing with oral minoxidil and it turned out to be a mild case of hives that just felt like itching at first. it can definitely cause a skin rash or systemic itch in some people. the fact that it's waking you up 20 times a night is crazy... i’d drop the new stuff immediately and see if it clears up in a few days. if it doesnt then you know its something else.
reta skin sensitivity is usually more like "my skin hurts to touch" rather than "i need to rip my skin off because it itches." if your actually scratching 100 times a night that sounds more like an allergy or liver issues. given your history with the adenoma i wouldnt touch another dose of anything until you get some bloodwork to check your bilirubin and liver enzymes.
could also be the gh causing some weird histamine release or even just a bad batch from the new source. ugl stuff can have all kinds of weird solvents or impurities that your body might be rejecting. seriously though- stop the reta and the oral minox for a week and see what happens. itching that bad is your body screaming that it hates something your putting in it.
