[Sadsack]

Monika -
I developed full blown Morgellons about 2 years ago. I went the "meds" route by seeing one of the few doctors (Infectious Disease) who believe in and treat Morgellons. For the first couple of days I improved and thought "WOW - I'm gonna get over this!". Alas, after a month of abx, stromectol, albendazole I was twice as bad. That was when I went "natural" on my own. Got off everything and started taking immune-stimulating supplements, vitamins, etc., and long soaks in Dead Sea salt, etc.
By the time I hooked up with Dr. Staninger (3 months after the ID doc), I had improved significantly. I still had strange skin anomalies, and numbness & tingling, "stuff" squirting out of my eyelids (where the eyelashes grow out) so I had to wash my glasses several times a day.
Anyway, her extensive knowledge in methods of dexotification and building up the body brought me the rest of the way.
So I don't think that finding a believing practitioner was the issue, it was the methods. And to be honest with you, psychologically I'd probably be better off thinking that this nightmare was caused by something that crawled out of the rainforest that it is manmade. But I've had a life-long habit of trying to get to the truth of everything, even if it meant turning my world upside down. I'm not a very good "revisionist" thinker, nor am I good at psychological denial.

SS

PS - Knowing what I know now about various symptoms, I can trace the origins of this back to 1991, when I developed a mysterious rash. It is still with me and covers about 1/4 of my trunk.