My doctor listened to my story. Then she asked me a few questions:
Did the sensation happen when you were falling asleep or waking up?
Do you have a history of anxiety?
Are you under a lot of stress right now?
Have you changed any medications recently? No.
Do you have any other symptoms? I was tired—but that was mostly because I wasn’t sleeping well.
She nodded and said, “I don’t think you have bugs. You may be experiencing something called formication.”
I had never heard the word.
