Psoriasis flare up questions

[jiml]

Thank you all for all of your insights!
I went gluten free because my body just doesn't tolerate wheat at all, yuck!  No big loss, I can find a lot of other things to eat!!
And I quit alcohol because my husband is recovering alcoholic, again, no big deal!! I'll occasionally have a drinkie-poo, I'm not a teetotaler    
I mentioned those things because my dermatologist suggested that those are things the medical field is thinking might be triggers for some. When I told him that I'm gluten and alcohol free, he kind of looked at me like "well you're messing up my theory you know"

Stress is I think the biggest, I agree. And you're right, sometimes it takes quite a while for it to appear.

I'm having a ridiculous flare this summer, which is not normal for me, mine usually gets better because I tend to be a sun-worshipper
So I'm sort of grasping at straws. 

I think we've all done the clutching at straws thing looking for reasons and often drawing a blank ....
I also think it helps understand what's happening by talking on the forum..... And sometimes creams just stop working and you need to go up a gear
I think I remember you saying you had tried all the creams, but don't recall you ever saying you had tried methotrexate or  acetretin or any biological treatments ..... It might be time to consider these options

Sorry you spoilt your dermatologists theory, which goes to prove we are all different, and it's foolish of him to generalise
I am also a sun worshiper should I ever see it again