Guest guest Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I've been reading through all these posts for a few days. I'm so glad to have found this forum. My problem began in the summer of 2009 when I moved into an apartment with a pigeon nesting on the small balcony off my bedroom. When the mother left the baby small black mites began to enter my room and the problems began. The first week my body was covered in tiny red itchy welts. I had a pest company spray my apartment several times. I kept my clothes in totes with moth balls, washed and dried my clothes and bedding daily.. drying all clothes before wearing them. I never wear the same thing twice in a row. Nearly three years and three apartments later I am still experiencing problems. I get tiny red bumps all over my body, mostly on my chest and legs. They don't itch terribly, but they look awful. I also experience the crawling sensation periodically throughout the day. Here are a few things I would love to get feedback on. I am able to sleep throughout the night, this hasn't been an issue for me since at least a month after it all began in 2009. If I do have problems sleeping it's because of anxiety rather than feeling like bugs are on me - what does this mean when so many of you are kept up at night because of the sensations? I have lived with two different people at the height of my problem, neither seemed to be affected. Why is that? Why could I see them in the beginning of my infestation, but no longer can see a thing? This is the part drives me the most crazy. If I can't see them, how do I effectively treat? I have never felt like I have had internal issues regarding the mites. I don't cough, have itchy nostrils or ears or eyes. My scalp itches on occasion, but I've chalked that up to being winter and having a dry scalp in general. I feel relatively calm considering, but to counter that incredibly anxious, distraught, and hopeless. I worry that just because I can't seen the red welts that I'm being bitten.. although I just don't know. I am inconstant fear that I will spread this to ones I love. I remember thinking in the summer of 2009, " This is fine, in a few months it'll be all over, " and now here I am, still in the middle of all it. I am thankful that I've found this community and to see that there are people who have come out of this alright. ML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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