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Mysterious bug under my skin, crawling on my scalp

This is my first post, I've been reading this forum for about a month now, reading about evetything from how to cure scabies to mites.

I'm 27 years old, live in Dallas Texas and here is my story...

First, we've always had a fly problem at every house we go to. You know, the little fruit fly looking things. However, we're not big fruit eaters and don't have any out. They seem to love the trash and the sink (different fly?).

Up to 6 months ago I felt like a bug was crawling on me when I sat on my couch and bed (different apartment), our first assumption was bed bugs and we treated the house (using bombs) for these, the crawling feeling slowed but never fully stopped.

We recently moved (2 months ago) and I felt the same thing on the couch and bed, even worse actually. So much so that we had to throw the couch out. The couch had a mattress in it, it ended up staying out back for a little while until one day I looked out there and it had little black bugs crawling all over it. During this time it seemed I ws being attacked at night by whatever this is, constant crawling all over my head. I usually stay up late to work (upwards of 5AM sometimes) and the entire time this crawling is going on. When I get in the bed it's even worse.

Now here we are at present day. Three days ago I started feeling like whatever this was is now in my skin (I'm certain of it), It's under the skin on my face, my scalp, my back, my toes, and my feet. I can feel it crawling in and out of my anus at times also.

Went to the dermatoligist today and of couse he says it's my imagination, some people get it. He's subscribed me some DEXEPIN for depression. :(  Funny thing is I'm not depressed, my life was quite good until this bug showed up.

I can feel them crawling under my skin, they hang out in my ear (not sure if under the skin or just in the canal) all day, it's gross. No one in the house (my wife and 3 kids) can feel them. My wife has bites all up and down her legs and even a protruded ring looking this on her forearm.

As you might have imagined I'm loosing my mind and life, nothing is the same. And now that the doctor says it's my imagination I cant even get my mom or wide (even though she has a lot of bites) to believe what I'm feeling is real. This makes everything 99.9% harder.

At first I thought it was bird mites (lots of trees around our apartment), then I thought scabies (becuase I can see tracks under my skin), and now I'm thinking it's some kind of fly. There are flys everwhere in this apartment. The disposal was broken when we moved in and it had  flies coming out, they are still around even today (and it's broken again). The bathroom has the flies, in fact, there are several dead in the tub.

I spray the tub down with bleach/water after getting out and noticed when I spray the faucet part some of it turns black (black mold?).

Could this be a bot fly? What do I need to do to get rid of it. Now that the dermatologist was no hope (second doc I've seen, first gave me Pemethrin which did not work) I was thinking of ordering some Stromectol / Ivermectin and Green Kleen Green online.

Recently I had jock itch for the first time in my life, had been taking Gris Peg (Griseofulvin) when this all started to intensify. Please if anyone has been through anything like this offer your sound advice.
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My case i think can be =Contaminated Cotton_.

Cotton from china.  Im a sales REP.  my samples come from china.  I just recieved couple of boxes with ALOT of cotton, that day i started feeling very sick.  Sick for 3 to4 weeks, the longest sinus, cold, breathing problems, green and yellow mucus(for sure infection).  Some very very weird feeling.  That day i tried on alot of the clothing, after i while, i blew up my nose, UFFFFFF alot of fibers red, black and blue came out.  i mean alot!! also i spitted and there were more fibers....  Alot of fibers on my furniture also....

http://www.mddionline.com/article/industry-responds-pyronema-domesticum-hima-screening-studies

http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-7-14/57617.html

sorry again admins, if these posts arent permited here...
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Hi, my brother is suffering from the exact same symptoms. Hes been to several dematologists and they all say it is in his head, HELP, have you found any answers??
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv04SYXGQIM&feature=related

here is a video of the oraganism developed in every fluid of my body.  This was a rheum or sleep sample, The clearer the liquid, the easier to see in a microscope.  ck second 43 till 55more or less...

I have this stuff in my saliva, nose, ear, ect.  havent done the blood/semen test.

I been doing a whole different diet, eliminated meats & chicken, eating alot of veggies and fruits.  also started two weeks ago, futurebiotics C. silver and oregano oil.  Ive notice a big difference in the way i feel.  I still Feel them alot, but they like respect me a little.  Ive been doing wormwood combo and neem for a mnth know... so all of this together has made me keep me doing my regular life, not letting this nightmare control it. (ive been like 6mnth with zero productivity, only time free was for cleaning).  

When going to sleep, i feel them, but they seem to bother me less that a mnth ago.. actually it does take less time for me to sleep,Not like it use 2.
Also AC helps, here is summer, and dont know if the come from outside, but the flying ones, like hot humid areas... is either that, or if i go outside, open windows, or door open wihtout AC, they party!!!  Maybe my body temp. warms and the activate...

keep u guys posted... stay Positive +++
LGAMMA_.
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I often get the creepy crawling sensation on my scalp. It happens sudden and without notice. It feels as if a bug is scurrying across my scalp causing an itch that at the moment needs to be scratched. After scratching,I look under my fingernail hoping to catch the culprit and see no indication of anything being in my hair. I know it isn't hair lice because I had it many years ago,and that is a constant extreme itch and all over the head;not just in one spot,and not randomly like the crawling sensation. I've basically learned to live with it,but I still would like to know what it is.
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The media is push it but it the doctors that can't thing outside of the box. swine flu they jump on but when it come to this I am on drug or crazy.
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Maybe someday mainstream media will adress this or maybe even western medicine but I wouldnt hold my breath waiting
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