On Jan 4th 2017 my husband and I settled down in our new apartment, never lived in, on the 5th floor of the apartment building. The first night I slept in the apartment I awoke with itching in my ears. The itching continued each night but woke me more often. After 4 days in the apartment, I got out of bed and my balance was off. I went to an Ear and Nose and Throat Doctor and told him about the itching and the dizziness. He looked in my ears and could not see anything or find anything wrong with my ears. Each night the itching continued but was added with feelings of something crawling all over me like bugs, including in my sinuses. I could not see anything on my skin. I woke with tiny red bites all over my thighs and legs. I was not sleeping. I was like a zombie during the day. Every day about 4:00pm the top of my head would start itching and would itch until about 5:00am the next morning. Then it got to a point where I had the crawling during the day like I was carrying something around on my body. I tried to ignore the crawling and focus on the fact that God created all beings so why should I hate them when they love me so much. I guess that was the way I accepted their presence on my body without going crazy. During this time I also discovered I had parasites. I think I picked those up from bad water on our Christmas Scuba Diving trip to Indonesia.
During the first 6 months of living in the new apartment, I visited five different doctors, had several tests with no results. They could not even find proof of the parasites in any stool sample. Two doctors referred me to an Infectious Disease Doctor. The Infectious Disease Doctor would not see me but on the phone told me it did not sound like I had a parasite infection. One of the doctors did say I could be imagining it all. All I had after 6 months was a prescription for sleeping pills and a doctor telling me I could be imagining everything. I had even visited a hormone doctor, thinking it might have something to do with hormones. After the visits with the doctors, I realized they did not have the medical knowledge to help me. I did not want to just sleep at night but wanted to know what happened in my body to cause all these insects and parasites to love me more than anyone else. I had lost from 128 to 103 pounds. I felt I was slowly dying and did not have a clue as to what was going on in my body and what to do next. I researched and read about bugs. Every day I vacuumed (Miele best vacuum), washed sheets, rubbed my body with sulfur cream, showered 2 to 3 times. Those chores, I discovered, helped me get a little sleep. I covered my mattress and pillow with the best bug protection cover I could find. Just put it on and leave it. I used Duct tape around the legs of my bed. I turned it so the sticky was on the outside and if anything touched it they stuck. It worked great but has to be put on tight so nothing can crawl underneath. That kept them off my bed. If they dropped from the ceiling on me, I vacuumed my ceiling (use a soft brush on vacuum). I went through my savings moving around. I did research and tried different creams to see if anything would help. The sulphur cream kept them off my body but had to be reapplied every so many hours. I also used Kleen Green (you can read about Kleen Green online). I tried different foods in hopes that I might change the chemistry of my body. I did a 6 month cleanse, no meat, no sugar, no processed foods. I did a parasite cleanse. Got rid of the parasites, felt great, could sleep all night with all the bed protection but the bugs still loved me.
I kept searching for that special doctor online that might know more about the human body. Then while searching online, using my symptoms as the search criteria, I found birdmites.org. I had previously bought a microscope and was able to see bugs on my skin. On birdmites.org I was able to identify the bugs as bird mites. Later, an exterminator verified they were bird mites. The stories people shared on birdmites.org gave me the courage and determination to move forward.
I do have a happy ending. My husband and I stayed together after being separated for a while. He was just as lost and scared as I was. I managed to keep my job. I have to admit that it was embarrassing to tell my manager (actually 2 managers, I had two jobs) that they might want to treat the office for bird mites. I kept searching and found that special doctor. He is a medical doctor who got cancer and knew that if any part of your body loses its connection it would not work correctly. After visiting him, telling him my symptoms, and a few tests it was discovered, by a methylation profile:plasma test, my body was not pushing toxins out. It was storing them. I was full of toxins. All insects were drawn to me. He said. “I could have been born with my body not pushing out toxins or my body just got overloaded with toxins.” He started me on supplements to push toxins out of my body in January 2019. He told me it would take about 8 months to heal. Each month I could tell a difference. After about 2 months I started sweating this really stinky sweat. It smelled horrible. After about 8 months I felt normal again.
It’s important for me to stay away from toxins as much as possible. I drink filtered water, clean food, and stay away from toxins as much as I can. When I travel, I drink bottled water, only eat food that is cooked completely and do a cleanse for a few days when I get home. I have a few more things to share I discovered while on this journey that might help with any research. I am a Scuba Diver Instructor. I noticed when I taught Scuba in a chlorine swimming pool the bugs did not bother me for about 3 days. I am not sure but I think the toxins come out through my skin and the insects would feed on the toxins. I believe the chlorine pool cleaned the toxins out of the pores of my skin and it lasted for about 3 days. When I went scuba diving I would wear a 3m or 5m wetsuit. I could tell after the dive that no bugs were on my body for about a day. I think that at the pressure the wetsuit pressed against my skin and killed the bugs I was carrying on my body. They come back to me but I did notice they were not on my skin for about a day. Thank you for birdmites.org and the stories that are shared. I hope that sharing my story will help someone else find the end to theirs.
Pamela.
