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Invisible Crawling Sensation
Well boy where do I start. I know this page is bombarded by this question, but I am at my complete wits end.
Let me start off by saying that I am 20 year old male, with no known previous disorders besides moderate anxiety and depression. My question today revolves around the constantly asked question of why do I feel an invisible crawling sensation?
Let's start off 3 years ago when I moved into an cheap on-campus dormitory at my university. Well after living there for a few a months I came back home to my father's place to realize that I had bed bugs. To this day I still have not determined whether I, or another occupant brought them home, as I never witness, nor expierenced any bites while residing in my dorm. Fast forward a about 8 months and the bugs had completely spread to every room of the house, many nights involved me killing an upwards amount of 8+ full grown bugs a day. As my father who brought home $1600-$2000 a week, decided to let the problem advance without professional intervention.
Well the time came again to when I was to return to college for my 2nd year with my girlfriend, who had been living with me at my father's house. Well all was well in my dormitory until a few months down the line, behold I had bed bugs yet again. Keep I mind that before departing for college I made a thorough effort to wash and dry(on the highest setting to where the items were extremely hot to the touch) all of my, and my girlfriends items. All bags, shoes, anything that we brought with us. Once the clothes were dry they were immediately transferred to trash bags, sealed, and then immediately placed in my mother(who has never had the bugs) car. Well after noticing my problem in my new dorm, I contacted campus maintenance to address the issue. After weeks passed I returned to my room where a note was placed saying that Orkin had come and sprayed my room. Finally I was at peace knowing that those pesky critters were eradicated. Well, once again I was met with disappointment when a month later I discovered another adult bed bug crawling on my sheets. This was the one and only bug I ever witnessed but it struck so much horror into my heart knowing that all the efforts had been for nothing. My suspections were either my girlfriend, who was in my room every single day either had them in her room and they were still blooming, or pest control purposely under treated to have return business.
Well my semester was up and it was time to return for the Summer break. Me and my girlfriend diligently, once again, washed and dried all of our belongings. This time though, we moved to her mothers home in a dingy, ancient, trailer home. Every single day I had constant tickles and crawling sensations, mainly on my torso, all thought out the day. Although this time I was determined to find the bed bugs and eradicate them, the only problem? I couldn't find them. 9 weeks passed and nearly everyday I would examine above and below our mattresses even so far to pull the corners of our carpet up to examine, and I couldn't not find a single trace of them. No nymphs, eggs, fecal spots, blood on the sheets, or adults. Nothing. As I continued to suffer the constant crawling sensations I would ask my girlfriend if she could feel them and she had no such sensation. We lived with 5 other individuals who all have never once complained of any symptoms.
After awhile we moved on to a brand new refurbished apartment, taking almost no furniture with us and I still feel the sensations. Every single day with no signs of any infestation. At this point I am convinced that I have developed a mild/moderate case of psychosis due to delusational parasitosis or it is something else altogether.
Every day I wake and immediately have bed bugs on my mind. For months and months the idea has never left my mind and I am on the brink of a mental breakdown because of these crawls. It seems to only occur when I'm wearing a shirt because the sensations are almost totally isolated to the sides of my torso. I feel the need to mention when I first encountered bed bugs at my fathers house, I awoke everyday severely covered in welts. But since I moved home to the trailer and then the apartment, I have not seen a single mark on my skin. I don't even have itches, its just the tickly crawl that is immediately alleived by me simply touching the area.
I don't know what to do anymore, I think I have developed a severely unhealthy obsession with bed bugs and at this point still can't determine if they have permanently over sensitized my skin to where the slightest brush or hair will trigger the crawl reaction. I try to tell myself that's its all in my head, but to no relief. Once again no one in the apartment has had this problem but myself. Please. Please someone help me or I think I may lose my sanity.
Let me start off by saying that I am 20 year old male, with no known previous disorders besides moderate anxiety and depression. My question today revolves around the constantly asked question of why do I feel an invisible crawling sensation?
Let's start off 3 years ago when I moved into an cheap on-campus dormitory at my university. Well after living there for a few a months I came back home to my father's place to realize that I had bed bugs. To this day I still have not determined whether I, or another occupant brought them home, as I never witness, nor expierenced any bites while residing in my dorm. Fast forward a about 8 months and the bugs had completely spread to every room of the house, many nights involved me killing an upwards amount of 8+ full grown bugs a day. As my father who brought home $1600-$2000 a week, decided to let the problem advance without professional intervention.
Well the time came again to when I was to return to college for my 2nd year with my girlfriend, who had been living with me at my father's house. Well all was well in my dormitory until a few months down the line, behold I had bed bugs yet again. Keep I mind that before departing for college I made a thorough effort to wash and dry(on the highest setting to where the items were extremely hot to the touch) all of my, and my girlfriends items. All bags, shoes, anything that we brought with us. Once the clothes were dry they were immediately transferred to trash bags, sealed, and then immediately placed in my mother(who has never had the bugs) car. Well after noticing my problem in my new dorm, I contacted campus maintenance to address the issue. After weeks passed I returned to my room where a note was placed saying that Orkin had come and sprayed my room. Finally I was at peace knowing that those pesky critters were eradicated. Well, once again I was met with disappointment when a month later I discovered another adult bed bug crawling on my sheets. This was the one and only bug I ever witnessed but it struck so much horror into my heart knowing that all the efforts had been for nothing. My suspections were either my girlfriend, who was in my room every single day either had them in her room and they were still blooming, or pest control purposely under treated to have return business.
Well my semester was up and it was time to return for the Summer break. Me and my girlfriend diligently, once again, washed and dried all of our belongings. This time though, we moved to her mothers home in a dingy, ancient, trailer home. Every single day I had constant tickles and crawling sensations, mainly on my torso, all thought out the day. Although this time I was determined to find the bed bugs and eradicate them, the only problem? I couldn't find them. 9 weeks passed and nearly everyday I would examine above and below our mattresses even so far to pull the corners of our carpet up to examine, and I couldn't not find a single trace of them. No nymphs, eggs, fecal spots, blood on the sheets, or adults. Nothing. As I continued to suffer the constant crawling sensations I would ask my girlfriend if she could feel them and she had no such sensation. We lived with 5 other individuals who all have never once complained of any symptoms.
After awhile we moved on to a brand new refurbished apartment, taking almost no furniture with us and I still feel the sensations. Every single day with no signs of any infestation. At this point I am convinced that I have developed a mild/moderate case of psychosis due to delusational parasitosis or it is something else altogether.
Every day I wake and immediately have bed bugs on my mind. For months and months the idea has never left my mind and I am on the brink of a mental breakdown because of these crawls. It seems to only occur when I'm wearing a shirt because the sensations are almost totally isolated to the sides of my torso. I feel the need to mention when I first encountered bed bugs at my fathers house, I awoke everyday severely covered in welts. But since I moved home to the trailer and then the apartment, I have not seen a single mark on my skin. I don't even have itches, its just the tickly crawl that is immediately alleived by me simply touching the area.
I don't know what to do anymore, I think I have developed a severely unhealthy obsession with bed bugs and at this point still can't determine if they have permanently over sensitized my skin to where the slightest brush or hair will trigger the crawl reaction. I try to tell myself that's its all in my head, but to no relief. Once again no one in the apartment has had this problem but myself. Please. Please someone help me or I think I may lose my sanity.
If these bugs won't go away it means that someone around you is infested. It could even be animals, rats, dogs, pidgeons... Etc
Have you been visited by a dermathologists? Some of there species do nest under the skin and sometimes the lungs.
Sometimes people do feel the bugs on the skin but pretend to have felt nothibg or that it's psychological. This is because mainstream medicine not only have elaborated something called 'allucinatoy parasitosis" but they suppose that if someone has that, means he has a severe mind condition.
So careful who you talk with.
Have you been visited by a dermathologists? Some of there species do nest under the skin and sometimes the lungs.
Sometimes people do feel the bugs on the skin but pretend to have felt nothibg or that it's psychological. This is because mainstream medicine not only have elaborated something called 'allucinatoy parasitosis" but they suppose that if someone has that, means he has a severe mind condition.
So careful who you talk with.
Hello~I am so sorry you are having these issues.
I would say the sensations you are feeling are due to your fear of those bed bugs, your body is reacting as if you do have them still on your skin.
Try to relax and take a hot bath with Epsom salts, this will help calm you down. Also, take the B vitamin B1 (thiamine) if by the rare chance you do have any bugs on you, this will chase them away as they are repelled by this particular supplement, it will also help you to feel calmer, I would add a good, vitamin B complex to balance it. Also, if available, purchase some brewers yeast, again, this will act as a natural repellent and help with your nervousness as well. It certainly won't hurt you.
I would say the sensations you are feeling are due to your fear of those bed bugs, your body is reacting as if you do have them still on your skin.
Try to relax and take a hot bath with Epsom salts, this will help calm you down. Also, take the B vitamin B1 (thiamine) if by the rare chance you do have any bugs on you, this will chase them away as they are repelled by this particular supplement, it will also help you to feel calmer, I would add a good, vitamin B complex to balance it. Also, if available, purchase some brewers yeast, again, this will act as a natural repellent and help with your nervousness as well. It certainly won't hurt you.
Thank you for responding to my question. At this point, I am willing to try anything. I'm willing to accept the possibility that I do still have bed bugs, but to date I still have found no evidence of their existence. I'll give those suggestions a try! Anything to make these sensations to go away. Lately they've been rather mild as I'm trying to convince myself that it is all in my head. I've been taking 25mg-50mg of oral benadryl and that seems to help a lot. Not sure if it is the calming effect, or anti-itch effect of the medication. Unfortunately I can't take it 24/7 as it makes me extremely drowsy.
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