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[gigi22]

Dwn2rth -

You are not doomed! I understand the feelings you are going through though after a trip like this to the doctor. Dermatologists are one of the most useless doctors you could go to. I've been to a few, and there's no sense in convincing them of anything. Even before I got M, my derm couldn't even treat my rosacea correctly. She gave me creams that made it worse.

But.. don't give up, my friend. I feel that a lot our crawling sensations and itchiness is due to yeast/fungal/mold growth on our skin. Treat it as such.
I couldn't even get my derm to consider that I had yeast or fungal overgrowth on my skin. My skin isn't raised or patchy-looking, so according to her, there is nothing wrong.

You need more than a dermatologist thought.. you need someone who can treat you inside and out. There is a reason why our bodies broke down and allowed this to happen. We need to fix the root cause, restore the terrain, and build up the immune system. I believe you will find better help from a naturopathic doc or osteopath who treats chronic illness and will recommend vitamins and minerals in the proper doses. Someone who will do blood tests, stool tests, detoxification tests, heavy metal testing, etc. Someone who will treat with herbal remedies first and foremost.

I am mostly better due to the right mix of supplements/vitamins/and minerals. I suffered from extreme fatigue and was so very ill 6 months ago. Lots of stinging, crawling, and biting. My hair was falling out. Most all of my internal symptoms are now gone and my hair is healthy and shiny now, and no more stinging, crawling, and biting.....but I'm still working on the bacterial and fungal infection in my gut, the yeast on my skin, and heavy metal testing/detoxing.

Whatever you do, don't give up looking for help, especially based on one experience. I delayed getting help for a long time because of my fear of being labeled DOP. Avoid the dermatologists, though.. this problem is systematic - best to be addressed by a different kind of doctor.

Originally Posted by Dwn2rth

Hello everyone, and again, thank you for your support and advice. Well, I went back to the dermatologist with baking soda, and purell in hand. I saw the P.A. instead of the doctor which was fine with me as the doctor I see irritates me. We went through the same old same old, and one of my "problems" is that I don't have any outward signs, no lesions, tracks, etc. I just have crawling under my skin. After talking to her and showing her my "trick", she said whatever is on my skin is purely a reaction, no larvae or anything. Then at the end of the visit, she said...you may want to see a psychologist. I was so crushed. I wanted to cry, but I just shook my head, put my clothes on, canceled my next appt., and left never to return. I see a new dermatologist next month who specializes in infectious diseases. Part of me wants to cancel the appt. because I don't feel like hearing the same thing.

I used GSE in my shampoo for the first time last night and again this morning. I have to say I've hardly had any movement in my scalp. This has been the only bright spot in this ordeal.

What I don't understand is if I'm imagining crawling, why does it occur in cycles, meaning why does it slow down, why do I go through what I call a "mite" phase when I'm the most itchy and have the most crawling. Why does what I have in my scalp respond to my touch. If I feel it crawling in the front of my scalp, I can place my hand there, and feel it crawl somewhere else. As I move my hands, they move as well.

All I can do is pray that the new doc takes me seriously, and takes steps to find out what's wrong, I also pray for endurance. It's bad when I hope that whatever hatched in my pubic area hatches again, so I have proof. That was a scary experience, and had I known it would be so hard to prove that something is wrong with me, I would have put those suckers in a glass jar, punched a hole in the top, and taken them to the doc.

Well, here's to one of the biggest fights in my life, I'm just glad that I'm not alone.

Peace to all