Have you ever had bed bugs ?

Yes I have and they are (VERY VERY) hard to ridd of they last about a year or more I had to stay away from alot of my friends ...I had alot of sores all over my body I went to the doctor and he said it's bed bugs bites.There's a big out break of them in all North America and USA so don't feel bad just be happy you found out what they were.And as far your roommate she should be happy you did what you did I would be...I had the place spray 3 times and we still get some off and on. GOOD LUCK I HOPE YOU GET RIDD OF THEM!!! cd

I have not had them. I think that the climate here in Winnipeg is too extreme, too cold in the winter, too hot in the summer for their survival and I do check everything very carefully. However if I were to wash my things in hot water and also put them in the dryer including the ones that I cannot wash as suggested on Dr Oz and Rachel Ray if I did suspect or to prevent them, I would get a high electrical and gas bill in the mail. Yet if I sprayed the ddt or hired a professional exterminator, my house would not be fit to live in. So it seems that these bed bugs are invincible worse then the scorpions I heard about. There is nothing that can kill them that does not have a worse effect on other things. I do plan to get a mattress pad but I have other things that I have to get first. I hope I never have them. Maybe they should not have banned DDT, or maybe they should have invented a natural solution that does not require that one has to practically dismantle their dwelling place to get rid of them as you had to do.

No, I have never had bed bugs. I understand that they are very hard to get rid of. She may have brought them from her family. They come in suitcases.I understand that there are some large offices that are infested by bed bugs. They use dogs, specially trained to sniff them out. I hope you get this under control.

There was a time a few years back, when we had a lot of cane furnitures, and there were a lot bed bugs crawling not only in the bed but also in the cane chairs and sofas. In fact when we used to tap the cane furniture hard, the bugs fell down, and we had to squash them. Then when we painted the house, we used the insect repellant paint and slowly, the bed bugs started disappearing. Even though we do not have any problem with bed bugs, we still have problem with termites. Whatever we do, these pests come back, particularly during the monsoon season.

We had bed bugs when I was a child. But they seemed to be in only one room in the house, the room I shared with y sisters. It took my folks a long time to get rid of them, but they were not able to hire a professional exterminator. It was very uncomfortable living with them, but we all survived and eventually the house was rid of them. I was only about 7 or eight years old at the time & I don't really remember what they did to get rid of them. But all of the clothes and bedding were always washed in hot water, and the bedding was washed almost everyday. We weren't allowed to keep our clothes in our room, or toys, or books or anything. We just used the room for sleeping until the bed bugs were gone. it was not much fun at all. Good luck getting rid of them. The reports I have heard about the bed bug infestation that is currently sweeping the United States indicates that the exterminators may need treat the property several times before they will be gone for good. Also, it may not have been your roommate who brought the bed bugs into the apartment. It is possible that they were brought in in a grocery bag, or a bag from the department store. Bed bugs have many ways to travel and they have been infecting all sorts of places and can travel from almost any of those places into your home surreptitiously.

There was one company that I worked for in the past that had so much bed bugs. Eww there are just terrible. They bit me all over my hands and my legs even my neck. They went inside my drawer, on the table, and also on my chair! How disgusting. It took so many days for the pest control to get rid of them because we also need to empty the office and they were too many stuff inside. Then my boss also got our office repainted. I was just happy and they were finally gone and the best of all was I had a week paid off while the pest control was operating

Well, I have faced this problem earlier and spent some sleepless nights. I got rid of them only after pest control. How they came I don't know but it was really awsome.

weah i remember sumtin about this topic.. some kind of a bug..not like what happen to you. There is a tree besides our house.. its branch touched our rooftop. its stem full of higad or what so called caterpillar. one night i woke up when i felt ometin ichy in my pillow. when i turn on the light i saw one caterpillar crawling on it.. all my hair raised when i saw it.. just imagine if you are in my situation that night.. that starts my phobia on higad.