Stay hopeful everyone (Very Detailed)

Hey all. I just wanted to lay out my current route to being Scabie-Free.

Hopefully someone can relate to this, and not feel so alone. Because you're not. Dont focus on most of the negative posts here, sure they can be real but most of them are extreme cases. I still havent beat it either (I think). But trust me, most of us regulars will beat this. It just takes some time out of our lives. Try to use it for the positive: Fix your sleeping schedule, eat healthier, work out, use more natural products for your skin, anything.❤️

• INFO –
  24 Year old male here. Live at home with my mom and 2 siblings. Probably got it when i was sleeping at a girls house, 4 weeks prior. Dont go out much, so it is the only thing i can think of.

• HOW IT STARTED –

• 7th of August –
  I started to have heavy itching at my feet at night. (Didnt really know about Scabies, so i figured it must be due to dry feet from my ventilator as it is quite hot in my room and i have it turned on way to long.)

This consisted for 3 days. When finally my hands would also start to itch like crazy.

• 11th of August –
  The itch on my hands and feet subsided, and in return i got an unbearable itch on my legs, shins and thighs that did not allow me to get any sleep at all. This itch, also made sure i couldnt function either. I felt like i couldnt or didnt want to do anything anymore.

• 13th of August –
  2 sleepless nights later, and only now i could see that my hands and feet were covered in burrows and blisters. Bumps had also by now appeared on my genitalia, and loads of red dots around my groin appeared.

I finally did my research. And i felt absolutely devastated when i found out that it was probably Scabies. Told my mom, and we would call the GP the next day, as you can only call between 8 and 10 AM here.

• 14th of August –
  Calling the GP, and bad news. Everything fully booked. I had to wait until the 21st. And so i was unknowingly facing an absolute hell.

1 week long, i would say i had atmost around 2 to 3 hours sleep a day. I was at my absolute lowest (I thought.) I scratched my legs open. I wanted to end myself. Had arguments everyday at home. Couldnt focus. Wasnt myself at all. And was just completely in my own bubble of agony, all alone, crying everyday.

• TREATMENT TIME –

• 21st of August –
  I went to the GP, it took 10 seconds and yes Scabies. We all got the Permetrine gel prescribed. 2x, 1 week apart. And i went home. We all completely covered ourselves, chin all the way down that night. And we made sure to completely cover the advises for sheets, clothing etc, 3+ days in a bag or washing at 60c. And i would say my mom did everything quite in the extreme and extra.

• 28th of August –
  First of all by now most of the dots around my groin, faded or turned into more brownish spots. Alot of the burrows and blisters on my feet and hands seemed dried out or more brownish. Bumps on the genitalia however remained. Here and there i could get a good rest, but heavy/unbeareable itching still persisted throughout the day. And still felt very depressed.

So we all completely covered ourselves in the Permetrine that night, and did all the advises for all clothing/sheets etc again.

• POST-SCABIES-SYNDROME, ACTIVE? PARANOIA –

First of all let me state that i used a third Permetrine a week later from the 28th of August again. But man, that week was worse than the first few weeks.

So after the 2nd Permetrine treatment, i could finally sleep again. Like really good sleep. Itching still persisted, but not unbearable.

But i started to look at my hands and feet like every hour. And while they looked very improved. (Again burrows dried out, and now also skin flaking off at those spots) I discoverd new burrows, and new fluid filled little blisters daily. New ones, old ones, who knows.

Worst mistake incoming.. Looking at this Reddit lol. This fueled my paranoia, my loneliness, my anxiety and feeling like i will never get rid of this. I felt depressed again, and again wanted to just end myself to make it stop and this persisted again until the 4th of September.

• JUST LETTING GO OF THE NEGATIVE –

• 4th of September –
  So, we still had a leftover Permetrine, as they gave us an extra one (probably on accident or confusion about the amount of inhabitants) And so that night, i went to cover myself in it again, doing all the sheets and clothing again too.

As this was the last gel, i just figured, what else can i do? my sleep has been good ever since the 2nd Permetrine. Most of my skin is looking like it is healing. My mood is overall quite back to normal and i can enjoy a good game or movie again.

So i decided to not let negative thoughts win, stopped looking at all the extreme cases. And now have a more, whatever happens, happens attitude.

I myself believe i am 75%+ there, based only on what i see! I might even be fully cured. But even if i still have some, i will get rid of them. Even if some are resistant, i will get something else.

But at the end of the day, I will beat them, I will be the victor. And this will be a hardship which i will learn from. Change some things in my life, care better for my skin. Hard times breed better (wo)man.

• NOW –
• 6th of September –

My family members still have not contracted any symptoms.

From this day on, i am starting to shower with Sulfur Soap instead of regular products. Stung a bit, but skin felt smooth.

Groin:
95% of all spots have faded away. Just a few brownish spots remaining and a litle healing scratch wound.

Genitalia: 75% of the existing bumps completely flattened. 1 new bump.

Feet and Hands:
These are healing much slower. I would say around around 35% of the existing burrows have COMPLETELY healed. The rest are either still dried up, or still slowly flaking away. (No clue how old they are)
There still are a decent amount of new burrows and fluid filled blisters, but that can also be post-scabies syndrome or the body getting rid of the mites / eczemia.

Legs and Arms:
A few red spots here and there, nothing severe, very minimal.

Itch:
Itching here and there still persists but no unbearable, unending itches

• CONCLUSION –
  Thanks for sticking with me❤️
  For now besides every day using the Sulfur Soap, there is nothing i can do.

I promised myself to take it week by week. See every wednessday how it goes. The blisters and burrows will probably appear and dissapear and reappear. But aslong as it doesnt get extreme and aslong as i can sleep, i should be good. And if i feel like i need Permetrine again, or Ivectermine, i will just call the GP again. For now no stress.

I hope this relates to some of you, or brings some ease to your minds. Yes, it can feel like you are dying, but you are not! We are currently experiencing our own WW3 before WW3.

The difference is that this war is one that can be won.

Please try to keep your mind healthy so it can work in sync with your body. Dont let this bring you down.

I am right here with you❤️