Comments on: FAQ: Bed bugs are crawling on me all the time. I am being bitten all day long, no matter where I go! http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-19156 nobugsonme Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:46 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-19156 <p class="alert">Comments for this thread are closed. If you want to discuss bed bugs or talk to others who've had them, please come to the <a href="http://bedbugger.com/forum" rel="nofollow">Bedbugger Forums.</a></p> Comments for this thread are closed. If you want to discuss bed bugs or talk to others who’ve had them, please come to the Bedbugger Forums.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-19155 nobugsonme Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:17 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-19155 Sendy, I am sorry you are going through this. You were catching bed bugs you saw with the lint brush. However, if you see bed bugs, there will likely be many more which you cannot see, because they hide well. It is very difficult to get rid of bed bugs. It is best to get professional help. Are you renting? If so, it may be the landlord's responsibility to get rid of the bed bugs. <a href="http://bedbugger.com/forum/" rel="nofollow">Please come to the forums</a> where you may get additional suggestions. Sendy,

I am sorry you are going through this.

You were catching bed bugs you saw with the lint brush. However, if you see bed bugs, there will likely be many more which you cannot see, because they hide well.

It is very difficult to get rid of bed bugs. It is best to get professional help. Are you renting? If so, it may be the landlord’s responsibility to get rid of the bed bugs. Please come to the forums where you may get additional suggestions.

]]> By: Sendy http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-19119 Sendy Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:12:50 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-19119 Hey i have been using this website for over 6 months now it really helped me out when i first found out that i had bed bugs in December. At first i cryed and cryed because everytime i turned around i was more ichy and ichy or as they say formication. From Jan to Jun i was being eating alive i woke up with huge welts even on my face and the welts lasted for more that 2 days. Finally i got my friend to help me out with just my room and it's not that big it barley fits a full size bed. So we went on online and searched and searched and found this website it was wonderful we bagged the clothes. scrubbed the hard surfaces and vacumed and vacumed over and over again it took us many tries over 15 times just in this tiny room. Many nights i stayed up so my daughter would not get bite. In this time i would take 2 hr or less naps in the day time because i refused to sleep at night. I bought over 200 lint brushes and when over my cothes and my daughters all the blankets. At night when i was keeping watch over my daughter i always saw them going for her and catch them with the lint brush. TIP HERE: LINT BRUSH WORKS FOR ON THE SPOT CATCHING OF THE BED BUGS. ok still with me July and August and September and October....i was bug free i finally sleeped and let me tell you how wonderful sleep is i learned that if i close my eyes it was ok i wasn't letting my daughter down and i felt like i didn't have to keep watch at night any more. NOVEMBER 8TH 2009 Their back again... i know because i wake up from my dreams with this ichy and hot sencation or formication. I turned the lights on and there they were 4 adult bed bugs. on my sheet now i will tell you something else. I do not have a bed or furniture i only saved my daughter's crib and i spent many nights scrubbing it with beach and hot water so i could save it. So when i say on my sheet my sheet is on the floor. I need help guys i don't know what to do im stressing out again last time i was so close to seeking help from a shrink about this. I know you have to maintain cleanliness like vacume don't leave clutter don't leave clothes on the floor I really don't know what to do any more im so tired and so over worked about this. This is the second night and im up right now trying to figure out what im supposed to do. I do not have money for a Professional...any other tips any will do please i am so sorry this is long but i am really hoping for any advice you all have. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, Sendy C from Jersey. Hey i have been using this website for over 6 months now it really helped me out when i first found out that i had bed bugs in December. At first i cryed and cryed because everytime i turned around i was more ichy and ichy or as they say formication. From Jan to Jun i was being eating alive i woke up with huge welts even on my face and the welts lasted for more that 2 days. Finally i got my friend to help me out with just my room and it’s not that big it barley fits a full size bed. So we went on online and searched and searched and found this website it was wonderful we bagged the clothes. scrubbed the hard surfaces and vacumed and vacumed over and over again it took us many tries over 15 times just in this tiny room. Many nights i stayed up so my daughter would not get bite. In this time i would take 2 hr or less naps in the day time because i refused to sleep at night. I bought over 200 lint brushes and when over my cothes and my daughters all the blankets. At night when i was keeping watch over my daughter i always saw them going for her and catch them with the lint brush. TIP HERE: LINT BRUSH WORKS FOR ON THE SPOT CATCHING OF THE BED BUGS. ok still with me July and August and September and October….i was bug free i finally sleeped and let me tell you how wonderful sleep is i learned that if i close my eyes it was ok i wasn’t letting my daughter down and i felt like i didn’t have to keep watch at night any more.
NOVEMBER 8TH 2009
Their back again… i know because i wake up from my dreams with this ichy and hot sencation or formication. I turned the lights on and there they were 4 adult bed bugs. on my sheet now i will tell you something else. I do not have a bed or furniture i only saved my daughter’s crib and i spent many nights scrubbing it with beach and hot water so i could save it. So when i say on my sheet my sheet is on the floor. I need help guys i don’t know what to do im stressing out again last time i was so close to seeking help from a shrink about this.
I know you have to maintain cleanliness like
vacume
don’t leave clutter
don’t leave clothes on the floor
I really don’t know what to do any more im so tired and so over worked about this. This is the second night and im up right now trying to figure out what im supposed to do. I do not have money for a Professional…any other tips any will do please i am so sorry this is long but i am really hoping for any advice you all have.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this,
Sendy C
from Jersey.

]]> By: tricia http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-19060 tricia Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:04:10 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-19060 Wow I feel terrible with these bugs on me but I understand the whole mind game thing with the bugs. Even thinking bout the bugs right now makes them crawl bu of coarse that's in my mind. I'm figting the war now and its terrible, I think its ww3 and like cockroaches, bedbugs are up there. Plz someone pray for me. Lol. I think I might die from these things! Wow I feel terrible with these bugs on me but I understand the whole mind game thing with the bugs. Even thinking bout the bugs right now makes them crawl bu of coarse that’s in my mind. I’m figting the war now and its terrible, I think its ww3 and like cockroaches, bedbugs are up there. Plz someone pray for me. Lol. I think I might die from these things!

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-19012 nobugsonme Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:24:51 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-19012 That is an important bit of information. Thanks for the response, Janthina. I would follow a professional's advice for using DDVP strips. That is an important bit of information. Thanks for the response, Janthina. I would follow a professional’s advice for using DDVP strips.

]]> By: Janthina http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-19011 Janthina Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:05:39 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-19011 Only empty unit were treated with the strips. Most of the building was unoccupied. Our exterminator said that the strips were not to be used in occupied spaces. Only empty unit were treated with the strips. Most of the building was unoccupied. Our exterminator said that the strips were not to be used in occupied spaces.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-17608 nobugsonme Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:48:08 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-17608 Janthina, As I understand (and I am not an expert by any means), these strips are labeled and intended for use in spaces not occupied by humans. Was your building evacuated? Janthina,

As I understand (and I am not an expert by any means), these strips are labeled and intended for use in spaces not occupied by humans.

Was your building evacuated?

]]> By: Janthina http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-17598 Janthina Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:54:53 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-17598 I must report that the vapor strips work and worked well. I manage a twenty unit building that was treated for a month with the strips and we are happy to see NO ACTIVITY! Also, none of our move ins have reported activity with fresh bait in these treated units. I hope all is well. I must report that the vapor strips work and worked well. I manage a twenty unit building that was treated for a month with the strips and we are happy to see NO ACTIVITY! Also, none of our move ins have reported activity with fresh bait in these treated units. I hope all is well.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-15782 nobugsonme Mon, 11 May 2009 04:11:54 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-15782 Hi Kitty, Thanks for your comment. Some people report feeling a bed bug and then finding one as you did, though this does not seem to be the typical experience. Many people feel something, and look, and find nothing. I suggest not scratching as this should mean bites itch less. (It also makes them less likely to get infected.) We have heard applying an ice cube to an itchy bite can be helpful. However, you will have to experience with massaging them. Please let us know if this makes things worse or better for you. Hi Kitty,

Thanks for your comment.

Some people report feeling a bed bug and then finding one as you did, though this does not seem to be the typical experience. Many people feel something, and look, and find nothing.

I suggest not scratching as this should mean bites itch less. (It also makes them less likely to get infected.)

We have heard applying an ice cube to an itchy bite can be helpful.

However, you will have to experience with massaging them. Please let us know if this makes things worse or better for you.

]]> By: Kitty http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/comment-page-2/#comment-15747 Kitty Sat, 09 May 2009 18:32:43 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/12/faq-bed-bugs-are-crawling-on-me-all-the-time-i-am-being-bitten-all-day-long/#comment-15747 2-3 days ago, I felt (what I assume was) a bed bug crawling on me. I felt it crawling on my arm after it finished a meal, and ONLY THEN did I see and kill it (I wish I had kept the remains). There are two very bedbug-like bites where the bug was, and blood splattered on my thumb when I killed it, and the appearance of the bug matched the pictures here, so I'm pretty sure I'm dealing with bedbugs. Anyway, if the bug is heavy enough to feel crawling around (I.E. an adult that finished feeding), the sensation will linger and probably move around. I've experienced a lot of formication since I began researching, but the formication stays stationary and feels "lighter" than the bug was. It will also fade after a couple of seconds. Also, does massaging the bite count as "scratching" it? 2-3 days ago, I felt (what I assume was) a bed bug crawling on me. I felt it crawling on my arm after it finished a meal, and ONLY THEN did I see and kill it (I wish I had kept the remains). There are two very bedbug-like bites where the bug was, and blood splattered on my thumb when I killed it, and the appearance of the bug matched the pictures here, so I’m pretty sure I’m dealing with bedbugs.

Anyway, if the bug is heavy enough to feel crawling around (I.E. an adult that finished feeding), the sensation will linger and probably move around. I’ve experienced a lot of formication since I began researching, but the formication stays stationary and feels “lighter” than the bug was. It will also fade after a couple of seconds.

Also, does massaging the bite count as “scratching” it?

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