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- April 15, 2021 at 4:24 pm #4640
  
  Feelinghopeless
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  This is the second time I have had to deal with bird mites.
  
  It first started a few years back, my flat had pigeons that would sit on the balcony and I think that’s how it started. People at work would get bitten around me but no one else would. Pest control didn’t help and neither did hoovering daily and spraying. It went on for two years, then I moved in with a boyfriend and although they came with me they would die off for weeks at a time. He wasn’t affected.
  
  When I moved from there they disappeared and I was free for 18 months until I picked them up again from work.
  
  I moved out and they came with me but I think that was because I brought all of my stuff with me to my new house. I’ve now been dealing with this for over a year. I get bitten 100s of times a day but have never seen a single thing. I feel them crawling on me and biting me. Pest control have been out multiple times, I’ve tried hoovering, steaming and every chemical possible but nothing has worked. I’m moving again soon but I am not taking anything with me. I’m going to put on brand new clothes the day I leave (they are sealed in the delivery bags) and I’m only taking my computer. I’m begging that this time they don’t come with me because I am close to suicide.
- April 15, 2021 at 11:47 pm #4641
  
  delusional_mite
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  I have found that if the wrong pesticide is sprayed and not properly treated, the come back in revenge. From what I could read on web, there are only like 3 products can be used to fight mites. I feel invisible bugs coming from all sorts of places and things. Lots paper goods, the mail, and even plastic grocery bags. I’m trying to find an immunologist or nuerologist but my PCP has refused referral.
- April 16, 2021 at 1:07 am #4642
  
  delusional_mite
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  Oops I can’t edit tags so I’m updating now
- April 16, 2021 at 4:47 pm #4643
  
  Feelinghopeless
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  It’s just so stressful and strange. The worst part for me is that the three people I have told all think that I’m crazy.
  
  It’s like no one wants to think outside the box and consider that maybe just because they don’t feel something doesn’t mean it’s not real.
  
  I feel your pain 🖤
- April 18, 2021 at 2:39 am #4647
  
  Feelinghopeless
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  Update- I’m moving today but I’ve just been bitten for the first time in my hair and on my ear. I’m hoping so much that this isn’t the start of them infesting my hair and insides. I can’t deal with any more.
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