What is definitely working for you? Please help.

[thisshitsforthebirds]

I’ve done everything on this sight to t. Moved even. I did notice switching up my regimen every week helps. I noticed it first in my clothes I was washing them with borax, amonia, arm and hammer. They where amazing for a week then boom I put clothes on sheets my house so forth they are at me so now I just switched to using Epsom salt and is better. So far my top things are vacuuming, steaming everything, Kleen green on the body. I even just took ivermectin one dose five tablets. Second tome in a year. First time was one pill every week for three weeks which I think was more effective. Any suggestions. Thanks

[milly]

Suffered for almost 3 years, had no idea what it was until I came across this forum. Along the way I’ve made loads of mistakes, and myself ill with insecticides. No sleep, hours wasted with magnifying glass and sticky tape – all the stuff I’ve now read about, you get the idea – I’m not crazy – and neither do I suffer with parasitosis. These bugs are microscopic,, but they do leave clues in the strange fuzz balls and odd bits and pieces I’ve picked up with a lint roller. Thanks to a suggestion on here from the person who used a tealight burner for essential oils and eucalyptus crystals, Ive just had 2 straight nights of sleep with no irritation. I have neem oil in the top of the burner and I drop the eucalyptus crystals into the oil. (Amazon sell both) Place a tea light underneath, and burn it all day and all night. We’ll see how it goes. I think it’s actually working – the aroma is strong, but not unpleasant. At the moment I have it placed on night table right next to my bed. I’m giving it a few more days, and then I intend buying these little burners for every room in the house until I’m not being bothered any more. The other thing I tried is, instead of sptaying my body with 96% alcohol or 5% peroxide, in desperate 4am moments, I thought talcuum powder might work to smother them, certainly better for the skin, so far so good. I wish you the very best – this thing is hell on earth!

[Pandemic Bird Mites]

We’ve been fighting a bird mite population burst since April 2020 (but I think they were slowly growing in numbers for a few years before this). This year is much better than last year and here is what we think helps for us:
– installed and use AC and dehumidifiers constantly (we try to keep temps below 70 F and humidity below 45%);
– got rid of all carpet, major decluttering;
– vacuum and washing clothing and bedding daily (with borax, ammonia, detergent – you can get all from laundry section at grocery stores);
– nightly showers using medicated Selsun Blue as a body wash and tea tree oil shampoo and conditioner (generic Paul Mitchell) and using a scrubbing cloth (Salux brand from Japan – from Asian markets or Amazon);
– using Aveeno lotion nightly (has dimethicone – keeps skin moist, thought to impede the mites;
– I am the preferred host and modified my medications (ones that had hormonal effects) and take supplements (NutraCore B-complex, Thank You structured silver, sweet wormwood pills (Prince brand from Korea, from Amazon), garlic pills);
– monitoring my thyroid functioning (I am borderline hypothyroid and will try to get supplementation as soon as clinically indicated). I sometimes take supplemental iodine but very cautiously;
– Cedarcide Tick Shield with extra essential oils (like tea tree oil) added to it, which I spray on myself under the blankets before bed. I figure I might as well hit the sheets and blanket at the same time;
– will start using biopesticides (Aprehend, a mycopesticide, and Elector, with Spinosad from soil bacterium) – fingers crossed;
– sleep with fan positioned over the bed at night. I believe the mites deliberately crawl to the highest places they can reach, so they can fall on their targets.
– when we had the energy to vacuum ceilings regularly, it helped a lot. Aprehend can be sprayed on ceilings and lasts three months, which I am trying out now over “hot spots” like over the computer desk and our bed, and feel it may be starting to be helpful but time will tell.

I am so sorry for all of us suffering through this. And for most of us, there is no quick, easy or cheap solution. But I believe getting the support we need to keep us going, doing whatever we need to do to stay resilient and resolute to keep killing the mites just bit faster than they can reproduce, holding on firmly to our vision of a happy life unaffected by mites (even if not completely mite-free) can help us prevail and find some silver lining from this horrible situation. Hang on, ask for help from those who can support you, blessings!

[thisshitsforthebirds]

Amoxicillin, my dr put me on this. I was golden for two and a half weeks. Remember they are adaptive. But with this I’m ahead. Highly suggest. Still
Do your normal cleaning, wiping, and steaming everyday and it got me ahead.

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