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Invisible Bugs crawling on skin? Strange sensation...
I posted this info before, but it was a reply to someone else's similar post...
I am a 23 year old healthy male. I recently had a full physical and the results were that I am in above average health. I have no diseases, do not use drugs, but drink on occasion.
Anyways, just started noticing these strange symptoms, within the past few weeks. Nothing "brought it on" so to speak that I can tell of. It's been going on longer, but less noticeable, now since I do not talk sleeping meds any more, it's all that I can notice...
Symptoms are strange sensations on my skin. The sensation is it feels like there are "invisible bugs" crawling on, and/or biting my skin. No actual bites, rashes, bugs, sores, or anything of the nature is ever visible. Occurs more at night, while laying down than any other time. The sensation occurs throughout my entire body, no area is exempt from this sensation, and it seems to be completely random, at times I'll feel it on my arm, then my face, then leg, then arm again, etc, no pattern. The sensation "goes away" once I touch the area (either itch it, brush at it as if there WAS a bug I am brushing off, slap it, or touch it in any way...)
I've heard that various forms of dry skin, or minor allergic reactions to soaps could produce such a problem... I have not changed body soaps, shampoos, or laundry detergent types in quite a while (well before such symptoms) I do not have dry skin, or any type of rash.
Ruled out dry skin
I've read about "Morgellons" (years ago, before it was a mainstream idea) and don't think that is what I have... I have no lesions, sores, boils, wounds, or anything of the sort, and no fibers protruding from anything.
Ruling out Morgellons.
I had read about the possibility of it being bed bugs (from reading sites like this online) so I tore my bedroom apart looking for signs of an infestation, and saw NOTHING. My mattress is brand new, the apartment I live in is also pretty close to brand new. Never the less, not a thing was found, searched mattress, box spring, walls near bed, everything.
Ruled out bed bugs.
The only other thing I've seen it could be is Restless Leg Syndrome. NOT sure about that, but I did hear that that sensation in the legs is a symptom of that, and that in some cases, the skin crawling sensation can occur all over the body, not just the legs, and still be considered RLS.
Undecided about RLS possibility.
The only other things I have going on that MAY be related, is an upper back pain/numbness... unknown cause. Been going on for years though. No diagnosis.
So basically I'm out of ideas, and about to go insane. It's terrible at night not being able to sleep because of that feeling, and not being able to sleep with my girlfriend because I keep her awake with my constant moving around and itching...
I am a 23 year old healthy male. I recently had a full physical and the results were that I am in above average health. I have no diseases, do not use drugs, but drink on occasion.
Anyways, just started noticing these strange symptoms, within the past few weeks. Nothing "brought it on" so to speak that I can tell of. It's been going on longer, but less noticeable, now since I do not talk sleeping meds any more, it's all that I can notice...
Symptoms are strange sensations on my skin. The sensation is it feels like there are "invisible bugs" crawling on, and/or biting my skin. No actual bites, rashes, bugs, sores, or anything of the nature is ever visible. Occurs more at night, while laying down than any other time. The sensation occurs throughout my entire body, no area is exempt from this sensation, and it seems to be completely random, at times I'll feel it on my arm, then my face, then leg, then arm again, etc, no pattern. The sensation "goes away" once I touch the area (either itch it, brush at it as if there WAS a bug I am brushing off, slap it, or touch it in any way...)
I've heard that various forms of dry skin, or minor allergic reactions to soaps could produce such a problem... I have not changed body soaps, shampoos, or laundry detergent types in quite a while (well before such symptoms) I do not have dry skin, or any type of rash.
Ruled out dry skin
I've read about "Morgellons" (years ago, before it was a mainstream idea) and don't think that is what I have... I have no lesions, sores, boils, wounds, or anything of the sort, and no fibers protruding from anything.
Ruling out Morgellons.
I had read about the possibility of it being bed bugs (from reading sites like this online) so I tore my bedroom apart looking for signs of an infestation, and saw NOTHING. My mattress is brand new, the apartment I live in is also pretty close to brand new. Never the less, not a thing was found, searched mattress, box spring, walls near bed, everything.
Ruled out bed bugs.
The only other thing I've seen it could be is Restless Leg Syndrome. NOT sure about that, but I did hear that that sensation in the legs is a symptom of that, and that in some cases, the skin crawling sensation can occur all over the body, not just the legs, and still be considered RLS.
Undecided about RLS possibility.
The only other things I have going on that MAY be related, is an upper back pain/numbness... unknown cause. Been going on for years though. No diagnosis.
So basically I'm out of ideas, and about to go insane. It's terrible at night not being able to sleep because of that feeling, and not being able to sleep with my girlfriend because I keep her awake with my constant moving around and itching...
I think apple cider vinegar is a great product with many useful aspects, but I only use it in the evening when not going out or the house. After all, who wants to go out smelling of vinegar. It is great for the hair, what ever else happens the hair is very smooth and silkie if you use it regularly.
I would love to know how many people who suffer from this problem have a cat in the house?
I do, and the problem seems to be related to the cat. I think he may be carrying very small mites that get on to my skin and in my hair.
I use Citronella soap which helps the problem considerably, you can buy it on Amazon, it is not expensive.
I do, and the problem seems to be related to the cat. I think he may be carrying very small mites that get on to my skin and in my hair.
I use Citronella soap which helps the problem considerably, you can buy it on Amazon, it is not expensive.
can you tell me what u did with the basil this tiching crawly feeling is driving me nuts hellllpppp!!!!!! my email is uma.***@****
thankyou very much for the advice, will try all of this and see what happens, really appreciate you advising me x
Reporting back. The last time I posted I'd had a great night's sleep the night before, and had one more night to sleep at home before going out of town for a week. Well, the last night at home it wasn't so great. I actually felt them swarming on me.
Then I spent a week out of town. I was hoping it would be a bug free week. It wasn't. First I'll say that I was at a conference on a college campus and the dorm room had a vinyl encased mattress and they gave me two polyester sheets. (Never thought I'd see that as a good thing, but people here will understand that I did). The first night it was like a somewhat okay night at home. They were crawling on me, and it itched and I felt the occasional pin-stab sensations, but it was not so bad that I couldn't eventually fall asleep once I'd taken a Benadryl. The next day I put a cardigan sweater on in a lecture and had to take it off because they were crawling on me in the sleeves. The darn things had traveled in my sweater. Anyway, the moral of the story with my week out of town is that I felt them less and less each day/night, and by the last night I was almost free of them -- even in the sweater.
Am now home and about to launch into my all-out attack on this damn infestation. I'm feeling a bit scattershot today, but will draft a multi-week plan tomorrow. Today I've eaten diatomaceous earth and drank water with ACV. I've scrubbed a mixture of dawn detergent and salt all over my body and left it on for five minutes before rinsing it off in the shower. I've bathed in a bath with a cup of epsom salts and several tablespoons of borax and a sprinkling of tea tree oil. I've covered the entire carpet of my bedroom including under the bed, and the mattress and box spring with a combo of diatomaceous earth, borax and tea tree oil. Will vacuum it all up tonight. I have found that it is vastly more effective to vacuum at night right before I go to bed. They seem to come out around 8:30 or 9, so I try not to vacuum before then. I don't want to put down all of that borax, and then vacuum it up at 7 before any of the bugs come out to get into it and die. Pillows, sheets and blankets are in the hot water/borax laundry right now.
The bedroom was treated for a week with diatomaceous earth and borax while I was out of town and I vacuumed it last night. I was afraid to try to sleep up there, though, so I slept in the almost bug-free basement -- so I don't know how well that week long treatment did.
I'd planned on covering my mattress, box spring, and pillows today, but the covers I ordered are bedbug covers that have terry cloth on top. Not gonna work for bird mites. Obviously. So I'm returning them.
Also I think Homeland Security probably has me on some kind of a list as a result of the large amount of ammonia I ordered through the mail for the large scale cleaning operation I'm about to launch into.
QUESTION: Any advice on where to get the right kind of mattress covers? Any advice on what kind that might be? Vinyl? The terry cloth ones I ordered would just harbor more mites, right?
QUESTION: Has anyone dusted their cat with diatomaceous earth? Anyone with cats have any other advice on managing this near-pestilence with a pet in the house? We are already confining him to areas that are not anywhere near the bedroom when it is dusted with borax/de, as we understand it can be very dangerous for him to inhale it (or anything else, really, cats have small lungs).
Then I spent a week out of town. I was hoping it would be a bug free week. It wasn't. First I'll say that I was at a conference on a college campus and the dorm room had a vinyl encased mattress and they gave me two polyester sheets. (Never thought I'd see that as a good thing, but people here will understand that I did). The first night it was like a somewhat okay night at home. They were crawling on me, and it itched and I felt the occasional pin-stab sensations, but it was not so bad that I couldn't eventually fall asleep once I'd taken a Benadryl. The next day I put a cardigan sweater on in a lecture and had to take it off because they were crawling on me in the sleeves. The darn things had traveled in my sweater. Anyway, the moral of the story with my week out of town is that I felt them less and less each day/night, and by the last night I was almost free of them -- even in the sweater.
Am now home and about to launch into my all-out attack on this damn infestation. I'm feeling a bit scattershot today, but will draft a multi-week plan tomorrow. Today I've eaten diatomaceous earth and drank water with ACV. I've scrubbed a mixture of dawn detergent and salt all over my body and left it on for five minutes before rinsing it off in the shower. I've bathed in a bath with a cup of epsom salts and several tablespoons of borax and a sprinkling of tea tree oil. I've covered the entire carpet of my bedroom including under the bed, and the mattress and box spring with a combo of diatomaceous earth, borax and tea tree oil. Will vacuum it all up tonight. I have found that it is vastly more effective to vacuum at night right before I go to bed. They seem to come out around 8:30 or 9, so I try not to vacuum before then. I don't want to put down all of that borax, and then vacuum it up at 7 before any of the bugs come out to get into it and die. Pillows, sheets and blankets are in the hot water/borax laundry right now.
The bedroom was treated for a week with diatomaceous earth and borax while I was out of town and I vacuumed it last night. I was afraid to try to sleep up there, though, so I slept in the almost bug-free basement -- so I don't know how well that week long treatment did.
I'd planned on covering my mattress, box spring, and pillows today, but the covers I ordered are bedbug covers that have terry cloth on top. Not gonna work for bird mites. Obviously. So I'm returning them.
Also I think Homeland Security probably has me on some kind of a list as a result of the large amount of ammonia I ordered through the mail for the large scale cleaning operation I'm about to launch into.
QUESTION: Any advice on where to get the right kind of mattress covers? Any advice on what kind that might be? Vinyl? The terry cloth ones I ordered would just harbor more mites, right?
QUESTION: Has anyone dusted their cat with diatomaceous earth? Anyone with cats have any other advice on managing this near-pestilence with a pet in the house? We are already confining him to areas that are not anywhere near the bedroom when it is dusted with borax/de, as we understand it can be very dangerous for him to inhale it (or anything else, really, cats have small lungs).
I took the capsules, go with the manufactures dosage. re probiotics yog drink is fine.
Most important is to eliminate sugar, processed foods, soft drinks etc, eat healthy and you will reboot your system.
To get rid of the fungus on the skin I took sea salt baths 3 times a week and once a week mix TTO with a carrier oil and rub all over your body leave on for a min of 30mins and shower off.There are loads of ways of getting rid of the fungus on skin but i find this to be the most effective. Change your towel, bed sheets regularly.
Don't do or use anything that will harm you or the people around you as this will only weaken your immune system and thats when the fungus thrives.
I mean don't spray chemicals or pesticides.
Good luck, this is beatable but requires hard work so don't give up after a week. Stick with it.
And please feed back your results so people here can also benefit.
Most important is to eliminate sugar, processed foods, soft drinks etc, eat healthy and you will reboot your system.
To get rid of the fungus on the skin I took sea salt baths 3 times a week and once a week mix TTO with a carrier oil and rub all over your body leave on for a min of 30mins and shower off.There are loads of ways of getting rid of the fungus on skin but i find this to be the most effective. Change your towel, bed sheets regularly.
Don't do or use anything that will harm you or the people around you as this will only weaken your immune system and thats when the fungus thrives.
I mean don't spray chemicals or pesticides.
Good luck, this is beatable but requires hard work so don't give up after a week. Stick with it.
And please feed back your results so people here can also benefit.
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