Re: How I stopped being bitten after 3 years of torture

[Guest guest]

How long did you do this before you found relief?

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> Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to torture I decided

to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my own or perhaps a

store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last 3 years and I am

not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up trying to change

my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house since we live in a

wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and humid here in NJ. Once

it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug repellent. I mix

eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like eucalyptus. I

apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea buckthorn I

just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the answer.

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> I do absolutely nothing else. If the mites find no one tasty to eat they will

go away.

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[Guest guest]

If they were not getting a meal why would they not just die or leave?

If you left your house for a while would that get rid of them?

Thanks,

Sandy

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> > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to torture I

decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my own or

perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last 3 years

and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up trying to

change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house since we

live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and humid here

in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug repellent. I

mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like eucalyptus. I

apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea buckthorn I

just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the answer.

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> > I do absolutely nothing else. If the mites find no one tasty to eat they

will go away.

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[Guest guest]

I used the mixture starting in early spring, every night, straight through the

summer into Fall. I usually go away for 3 weeks a year between spring and fall

but I think the bugs must be repelled at the beginning of their season so that

they don't pick up a host to bother the rest of the year. I would say it took a

season. The next spring, this year I started applying the mixture but I didn't

do it consistently and I still did not get bitten on off days. What did work for

bites was Tea tree oil, Vicks vapo rub ot any muscle rub with a strong smell.

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> > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to torture I

decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my own or

perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last 3 years

and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up trying to

change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house since we

live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and humid here

in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug repellent. I

mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like eucalyptus. I

apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea buckthorn I

just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the answer.

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> > I do absolutely nothing else. If the mites find no one tasty to eat they

will go away.

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[Guest guest]

I actually do not have a recipe. I just mix the stuff in a large bottle of

carrier oil(almond oil), pour in eucalyptus oil until I can notice the smell,

maybe add neem oil, tea tree and sea buckthorn-shake it- and apply the oil all

over my body with my hands: under clothes, around ears-I avoid my face but do

toes. I sometimes spray Arid Extra dry under arms and pants. Even if I miss

places I no longer have gotten bitten this year.

I absolutely DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE-NO DIETS, NO THROWING OUT OF STUFF. I tried

all that and it drove me nuts--and did not work.

I am a medical person and tried a scientific principle to stop being bothered.

Insects will go away when they have no one to eat.In this case making onself

un-appetizing.

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> > > > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to torture I

decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my own or

perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last 3 years

and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up trying to

change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house since we

live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and humid here

in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug repellent. I

mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like eucalyptus. I

apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea buckthorn I

just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the answer.

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will go away.

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[Guest guest]

I think, what can happen if one tries so many things on the body, the skin's

natural defenses are interfered with. It is normal to have micro-organisms on

the skin,of various types, called the skin's normal flora. It's the balance of

nature.If this is interfered with then other organisms and substances can attack

the skin. Think about what happens to the bowel with antibiotics. The balance

gets deranged and might need to be restored with " good " bacteria. This can

happen to the skin with all these futile attempts to rid the body of mites.

Normal cleanliness is enough along with a natural repellent until the mites go

hungry and die. I believe in sensible efforts to keep bird nests away from the

house and rodents at bay.

What didn't work and what else I tried(before using a natural repellent each

night was tried): Excessive clothes washing and placing in bags,microwaving

underwear, boric acid bedding,washing myself with bleach/applying Epsom salts to

body/hair. We even Cedarcided the whole house with a fogger-spent hundreds of

dollars and my husband's breathing was affected. We left the house for a hotel

for 2 nights. I still got bitten.

I went to Germany for 3 weeks-no problem, and got bitten as soon as I returned

home.

I gave upon excessive measures and started applying the repellent nightly,

faithfully, a whole season. I never got bitten with a natural repellent applied

all over. I used to wake up every night around 3 AM with a bite and then that

awful itch from hell.

Ihave found a solution that works for me and no more craziness in my home. By

the way, my husband was never a victim.

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> > > > > > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to torture

I decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my own or

perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last 3 years

and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up trying to

change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house since we

live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and humid here

in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug repellent. I

mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like eucalyptus. I

apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea buckthorn I

just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the answer.

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they will go away.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have sooo many questions. I hope that is Ok...

1) Did you ever get bit in the day or at work or in your car? If not, how did

you keep the bird mites isolated to your home or just a bedtime problem?

2) Will you ever be able to go to sleep without oil on or do you only use it at

a limited time of the year?

3) Do you have to wash your sheets every night to avoid the oil from smelling

rancid in them over time? My sheets got a rancid smell from oil even with

washing them very often when I've used oil to keep the mites off me at night.

I've found that tape around our bed keeps them off us every night. But we still

are tormented by them in the house, cars, work, etc... and would be noticed by

others if we wore fragrant essential oils at work, w/friends and in the

community.

Any suggestions.

z3

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> > > > > > > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to

torture I decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my

own or perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last

3 years and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up

trying to change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house

since we live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and

humid here in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug

repellent. I mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like

eucalyptus. I apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea

buckthorn I just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the

answer.

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eat they will go away.

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[Guest guest]

Have you found a natural repellent that cannot be smelled or seen by other

people?

Thanks,

z3

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> > > > > > > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a " host " to

torture I decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my

own or perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last

3 years and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up

trying to change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house

since we live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and

humid here in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug

repellent. I mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like

eucalyptus. I apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea

buckthorn I just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the

answer.

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eat they will go away.

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[Guest guest]

I used to get bitten in the car and at work. Since I use my concoction at night, after my shower, during the warm season(NJ) I am not troubled.. My formula has never stained the sheets/bedclothes. It may depend on the carrier oil one uses. Maybe oil on the sheets acts as a further repellent.

I change my bottom sheet 1x every 2 weeks, pillow cases every week, pajamas every week. The trick is to avoid having mites pick you has a host at the beginning of the season. I sometimes forget to oil myself and haven't gotten bitten but do not want to trust my luck.

I do not spray it but apply by hand. I even miss many parts of my body where I cannot reach and I must be using enough oil to repel in any case. At times I have used herbal formulas and they worked well also. I do not care if anyone smells it but, so far, no comments from anyone.

I do NOT: do anything else-no special diets, no taping, no throwing out of clothes furniture and I live in a forest.

We are alert for any bird nests near the house, no more bird feeders, avoid mice and live a normal life.

> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > Recognizing the fact that the mites enjoy using a "host" to torture I decided to go to bed each night, starting in Spring, covered with my own or perhaps a store bought herbal repellent. I did this religiously the last 3 years and I am not being bitten at all!!! I even miss some nights. I gave up trying to change my environment. We do watch out for any nests near the house since we live in a wooded area near a lake and it sure has been very hot and humid here in NJ. Once it starts getting cool at night I stop the nightly bug repellent. I mix eucalyptus in a carrier oil making sure it really smells like eucalyptus. I apply it after my shower. If I have any cedar oil, neem oil or sea buckthorn I just throw it in the same bottle. I think the eucalyptus is the answer.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do absolutely nothing else. If the mites find no one tasty to eat they will go away.> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >>