Start taking baths with Epsom Salt and borax. Maybe you could get your boyfriend to take a long hot bath? Add in borax when you wash your clothing and bedding.

You might have candida or some fungal since that's what the mites feed on...

Coconut oil can be soothing to your skin and is good to combat fungal/candida problems.

Start taking probiotics if you're not already.

Sorry the professionals are having such a blind eye to your problem... it still blows my mind...

With the description of problems with parasites in your eyes, I think you may be co-infected with strongyloides. Somewhere on here, there is a description of how to use coconut oil and eyewash to cure that. As far as I know, mites don't get into your eyes.

I suggest the coconut oil and borax bath too. Get the water as hot as you can stand it and stay in it as long as you can, at least 30 minutes of so. You can also add apple cider vinegar to the water. It seems to help draw them out.

Plus, if you can get some Bentonite clay, slather it on where you're itching the worst and it will draw some of the critters our and smother some of them.

Noxzema helps sometimes. This is all stuff I've read on here.

Thank you Clew, Albeit and Nurseashley870 for your responses.

Unfortunately where I live I only have a large shower, (previous owner removed tub) and I can't do renos as I just recently moved here. Racking my brain trying to figure out if there's something I can wedge into shower space to act as a tub...is there such a thing as portable bathtub? (In Victorian times I think they had a thing called a hip bathtub-need one of those!)

Meanwhile been thinking I could try Epsom Salts in a shaker bottle to use as a scrub while showering.

Yes, HOT showers, read someplace scabies do not like temperatures above 120F.

Have been showering using Bentonite soap followed by sulphur soap for quite a while. It occurs to me maybe this is why I did not have a lot of visible scabies lesions...the bentonite/sulphur seem to inhibit surface mites but not the tunneling sub-dermal ones. (The female lays eggs in the tunnels and the mites hatch out and follow the tunnels-I read somewhere that's why new lesions appear in "rows" or "lines").

I've also used (Organic) Virgin Coconut Oil topically alternating with the Boudreaux's Butt Paste (a diaper rash ointment) for quite a while, over a year I think. (VCO at night while in bed, Boudreaux's during the day as it's heavier.) Again, I found VCO is helpful but it inhibits, does not fully kill. I tried applying several kinds of essential oils mixed in with the VCO, and also sulphur powder. Again, inhibited, but nothing killed all the scabies outright.

Boudreaux's Butt Paste I was fortunately able to buy in quantity as I live not far from the USA border. (I got some very weird looks while loading up my shopping cart though.)

Scabies do not like Boudreax's Butt Paste!!! I think it smothers them-I put it everywhere! Some adults and larvae pop right up out of my skin soon after application. Not all of them though-sadly again it does not seem to reach the tunneling adults. Boudreaux's may explain though why I did not have as many surface lesions as I should have had, considering how bad my die off is.

Essential oils: I was following the suggested 10 drops essential oil per 100ml carrier oil as advised by a herbalist where I purchased the oils. I'm now believe that this ratio is not potent enough.

I started off this latest eradication attempt with a spray bottle of BORAX/ACV solution sprayed directly on in the shower every third day. I got some die off but the borax solution was EXTREMELY painful even after a minute on the skin. How I managed to do it two more times I don't know-desperation, I guess. Personally I would be very, very careful applying borax solution directly to skin and I don't recommend it. As you said, possibly a borax bath would be worth trying. I need a tub!

I'm using borax for laundry as recommended on here and other sites, and hot dryer/long time for drying clothes. All the protocols for containing laundry and keeping person and house clean. Very tiring to keep up.

I did try good old Noxzema too, (lost track at this point of how much money spent buying stuff for skin).

Noxzema feels good (menthol and camphor active ingredients), seemed to inhibit, again not kill all mites though. I was using REALLY a lot applying it everywhere at one point. At the same time, I started having problems with the pupil of one eye constantly dilating and I eventually figured out from one heck of a lot of reading that it was probably from too much CAMPHOR getting into my system. Stopped Noxzema, eye normalized. I think Noxzema is designed for small areas and/or use in small quantities and would be okay to use this way, not slathered all over body in total whiteout.

I also tried QUASSIA, applied by spray AND ingested. Inhibits scabies, again does not kill them all. I think Quassia may work in a H2O "tea" solution to kill pests on houseplants/garden but I would HIGHLY NOT RECOMMEND INGESTING IT or applying topically. Very strong, toxic alkaloid-boy did I get sick from it. Ggrrr.

Thanks for reading all this. I appreciate your replies.
So great to communicate with those who understand.

I'll just have to be patient-maybe I'll be able to convince my boyfriend with a bit more effort.

(Pardon-tend to write too much will try to cut down.)

LOL

If I could blast Led Zeppelin all day to get rid of them certainly I would do it.

Or Alice Cooper..."No more Mr. Nice Guy"!!

(Now you all know how old I am)

Unfamiliar with rife. Did try zapper back when I first found out I had assorted parasites. Had to stop-too many Amalgam fillings in teeth, was getting terrible metallic taste in mouth during zapping. Did read later on probably not a good idea to zap if you have too many fillings...supposed to get rid of fillings, then zap. But who could afford it?

Let me know which loud music works the best and I will give it a try :c)
Got to get rid of the darn scabies any way that works, lol

Thanks Nurseashley870

I did try several brands of zinc oxide cream in various strengths: 10%, 16%, 40%.

I found the higher zinc content, the better the cream seemed to act on the scabies. I ended up preferring the Boudreaux's Butt Paste as it seemed to work slightly better than everything else I tried. (Experimented with five brands as I recall.) (I have spent SO much money trying to cure this!!!!!)

Beaudreaux's is the only one that has Peruvian Balsam in it, as well as zinc oxide, which I think is an extra ingredient that is somehow beneficial. I also don't mind the smell, which is a bit like vanilla. A lot of other diaper rash creams are loaded with heavy fragrance, which is truly annoying when wearing it on your skin all day. I don't want to smell like a baby!

What I REALLY like the best and seemed to kill the most, is the version of Boudreaux's that has 40% zinc oxide, their "extra strength" formula. (Their regular formula has 16% which I liked and used before I got the 40% one.)

I think zinc oxide cream partly works because it smothers them.

The only problems are 1. it kills some, not all scabies
2. I began to worry about too much zinc exposure, wearing it constantly every day for for weeks. Cream is supposed to be applied on limited area of the backside only, not all over body.

Currently taking a break from using it. If it actually KILLED all the scabies, I would keep on using it. But it only partially kills, like just about everything else I've tried so far.

The only thing that's probably safe to use constantly is VCO.

Thanks for your thoughts on my boyfriend. I think you are right, it would be best if I quit trying to convince him, and just carried on working to kill these parasites and heal. He may never grasp what's going on. He only arrived in my life recently so he doesn't understand what previous struggles I've been through with parasites and my health.

It IS so annoying when he tells me I am being stubborn and not working with the Doctors. MAN I see red when he says that! I would GLADLY work with anyone if they only FREAKING knew what the blazes they were looking at and not fob me off with yet another useless prescription and no diagnosis.

The first dermatologist I saw shrugged and said it was a rash that would go away by itself...in your dreams, you stethoscope-draped dingbat!!!!!!

it does not matter who believes you, doctors, tests, and medicines, are just that, after reading your post, you may think about the detergents, soaps and shampoos, that may be contacting you and everyone in your household..some of these may contain some pretty nasty and caustic chemicals, so the body reacts...putting drugs on the reaction points, could be an area of question....you may think about exfoliating, with more natural products like baking soda, borax, epson salts,and try to get your skin back to the baby state, then find a oil that is agreeable with you, to protect your skin. but read as much as you can before putting any thing on your clothing or skin.. there are many natural soaps, shampoos, scrubs and detergents, you can buy or make at home. some have very powerful, antibacterial and anti-fungal properties, naturally.

Thanks sd2345 and jimzilla for your replies.

The Miracle-Mineral-Supplement looks like it would kill a lot of things including scabies but I've read enough about it to convince myself that it, and the CLO2 it creates, might be toxic to red blood cells, so I don't think I'll try it. My attempt may be slower but I hope for success.

(I think that is part of the problem... a lot of things toxic enough to kill parasites are also toxic for us.)

I'm still getting some good die-off over the last few days, and a lot less herx (the first week was brutal, a lot of flu-like symptoms, hot and cold chills, fever, nausea; it was a bad die-off herx reaction but it was also a big die-off, so far anyway. I killed a lot of these mites which set up a terrible secondary allergic reaction in my skin. Took Benadryl for the allergic reaction...which helped a lot with the chills and somewhat with the itching.

I see it's going to take a while. I have many generations of these things to kill.

Yes, I agree, I do read labels on things and try to use non-toxic substances. I've been experimenting making my own lotions. Try to buy organic things with as few ingredients as possible. It all helps. Have to help my body fight off these persistent creatures.

Hi jimzilla

Thanks for that.

I've been double rinsing my laundry for a while, I'm worried about chemical residues too. My skin is in not very good condition right now and I don't want to make it any worse by exposing it to harsh cleaners.

This scabies problem has created more laundry than I've ever done in my life. Can't wear anything more than once.

The good news is I'm having less herx today, a bit less itch and my skin is looking a little better! (It's about two weeks since I started.) The last couple days I got even more dead larvae out from everywhere and quite a few dead adults too. The larvae look like tiny white grains of sand. They come out from places where I've seen adults, but also from areas where I've never seen any adults. If I wasn't witnessing it for myself, would not have believed it.

Sometimes I'll feel something on my leg, and it's a trickle of blood where an adult has come off. The adults really can burrow into the skin.

I've heard it said that you can't see the mites, maybe for some species, but with the variety I've got, the adults and larvae are small but clearly visible.

I just hope one day this will be over and I can have my regular life back.

Thank you jimzilla and twll

That was an interesting read, jimzilla, especially the old medical text, appreciate it!

"The despairing condition of mind sometimes induced by the long-continued tormenting sensations..."
Henry Hartshorne, 1880

Sadly seems the suffering goes back to Victorian times and beyond. I read somewhere that the Roman armies were infested and they liked to soak in sulphur-rich mineral springs when they could.

I've got the sublimed sulphur powder,"flowers of sulphur" (Humco) which I bought online and sulphur soap also purchased online. I've used sulphur soap quite a while. The kind of scabies I have appears somewhat resistant to sulphur. It seems to inhibit them but not kill outright. The scabies I have definitely are resistant to permethrin.

Could be I'm not using the more effective kind of sulphur, if one is available. I'll look into it. Thanks for the lead!

More die-off today with experimental protocol. My skin IS looking slightly better again.

If I succeed in killing them all I'm going to do a thorough write up describing exactly what I did. So far I've only partly recovered and I still have a few adults emerging from my skin after two weeks...TWO WEEKS! I hoped I would have killed all the adults by now. Every adult female I've got prolongs this as I read they lay 2-3 eggs a day (and I'll bet it's even more).

I'm psyching myself up for the long haul. I think I'll be at this for at least 2 months while I wait for the eggs to hatch so I can kill the larvae. (Nothing kills the eggs or so I've read.)

I don't know HOW many eggs are scattered in my environment...evidently they're microscopic, so all I can do is follow all the cleaning protocols here and posted on other sites. It is SO daunting. Keeping up with the laundry alone is exhausting.

Twll, thanks for your tip.

The first week I had the terrible die-off I had so many dead mites in patches it looked and felt more like a burn than a rash. I couldn't sleep, I took Benadryl, which helped. I think some of the reaction was allergy to all the dead larvae and mites. I didn't sleep one entire night that first week.

About 2AM one morning, during the intense unreal SAVAGE itching keeping me awake, I remembered in my fridge I had kept a bottle of Aloe Vera gel with lidocaine, supposed to be used for sunburn. I got this out and put some on the worse areas under breast, torso and the back and sides of my neck.

It was cool and soothing and helped me get some sleep that night. I used it, only on the worst areas, for the next two nights and it seemed to knock the itching down enough to help me sleep. Meanwhile I managed to exfoliate quite a lot of the dead larvae out of my skin and some of the itching subsided.

I was lucky I had this lidocaine gel. I had bought it from a USA drugstore on one of my trips there. As far as I know this kind of gel can't be bought off the shelf in Canada.

Have to have prescriptions to get most items containing drugs in Canada, which is d*mned hard when you can't get any Doctors to believe what you've got.

"...your own eyes, you are the witness, you are the patient and you are the Doctor..." summed up very neatly, jimzilla