2 year nightmare

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Lorelei- after reading all the posts in this group it seems as though

you know as much or more than anyone so I was hoping I could tell you

what I'm dealing with and hopefully get some valuable input or advice

regarding my situation. I spent the night at a friends home in Long

Beach Ca on Sept. 12th, 2005 and awoke to a crawling sensation in my

hair and on my face so I went in the bathroom and turned on the light

so I could see what it was and couldn't see anything so I went back to

sleep thinking it was a flea that I was overreacting to.

Well, that was the beginning of my nightmare. Since then I have been

to 7 dermatologists, 3 general care physicians, about 50 health food

stores (they're all over LA fortunately) a vet, approx. 20 pharmacists

(they are easily accessible, FREE and sometimes very helpful) and 4

major universities and sent what I thought were samples of this

demonic organism to 3 different labs. ALL TO NO AVAIL!!! Oh, and did I

mention the over $7,000 I've spent for all this???

I have lesions on my neck and arms, have lost over 20 pounds in 2

years, lost my right eyebrow and 1/2 my left and have bald spots in my

scalp which forces me to wear a baseball cap everywhere I go incl.

business meetings which doesn't make such a great impression to say

the very least! It's better than NOT wearing it though, believe me.

To this day I don't even have a scientific name for what I have

because up to this point, no one has had the guts to try and help me.

I've been told repeatedly that I have parasitosis and even had one

dermatologist pick up the phone and threaten to call 911 if I didn't

leave his office immediately! (Then he sent me a bill for $210.00 for

NOT helping me and trying to get me arrested!!!)

Thank God for this group and for people like you!!!!!!!

I think there is a solution somewhere in all this and would like to

get as much GOOD info as possible so I hope someone can help me answer

some questions.

Do these things have a known cycle that you're aware of?

If so, I'd like to find out

1) what their gestation period is,

2)how long it takes them to mature,

3)how many stages they go through and

4)how long they live.

(I have a trillion more questions but I won't push it.

Anything else you (or anyone else) may be able to think of would be

greatly appreciated Lorelei...

I am currently using these things to deal with this-

ivermectin (stromechtol) (it's kinda scary to me beacause I don't know

what else it attacks in my body so I haven't taken it for about 2

months. (It just seemed to piss them off anyway),

permethrin cream,

colloidal silver (drops in water- 1/2 tsp every morning),

baths with epsom salts, ammonia, vinegar, mineral oil,

parsley (eaten),

iodine,

olive oil (directly on skin),

Sea Breeze (astringent),

hydrogen peroxide (not food grade- can't afford it at this time),

olive oil,

fresh minced garlic (eaten),

oregano oil (pills taken orally),

garlic (pills taken orally)

and have gotten special pillows, pillow covers and mattress covers

made by a co. called Homedics www.homedics.com which are supposed to

be specifically for repelling critters like dust mites.

I am going in to " phase 2 " of this by making sure my environment is

not habitable for these things but have to admit that this is THE most

difficult part of this because I have a carpeted room and will be

evicted if I take it out. I am following all the instructions I have

found at www.birdmites.org and at this group as well as the FEW other

places I have been fortunate enough to find.

THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of you and to Tim of birdmites.org

for providing a forum and all this content for this pestilence and how

to treat it, I was in the depths of despair before I found this site

(group) and now I have hope.... which is very important when dealing

with such a difficult thing....

Peace & God Bless to each and every one of you that are dealing with

this affliction, you are most definitely in my prayers...

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