I might have scabies?

... which I had to look up to learn that scabies is kinda like having lice, except it's from microscopic mites. And you usually only get a few of them, which then trigger an allergic reaction.

With this as a topic of discussion, and thinking this stupid attack started around the time I found Skritches (but I really don't know any more), I thought maybe I picked them up from her but the doc said that would be unlikely cause human & animal forms of the mites are different (in animals, it's mange - and that doesn't live on humans).

The doc doesn't really think it's what's going on, since I don't have any tell-tale bite marks or "burrows" in my skin. But since i'm not reacting as expected to the steroid shots and allergy meds, and the itching originally presented in the common scabies places ("groin area" - which was originally horribly itchy but I thought it was due to shaving rash) that she decided there's no harm in treating scabies too.

This feeds perfectly into a long standing paranoia of mine - about micro bugs (specifically mites) in my home and, particularly my bed linens. It's based on nothing really - just paranoia. But maybe my subconscious was trying to tell me something.

So the linens are currently being washed in ultra-hot water. And my dirty clothes are out in the garage, awaiting their turn. But with my house, and piles o' crap, if it really is mites, they could be literally anywhere and re-infest anytime. I used some spray crap on the bed and will treat the couch I'm usually on too - even though the spray is pretty toxic and WebMD said there's really no effective environmental treatment so this is just high-risk placebo effect.

I apparently get to slather myself in some kind of lotion for the night and wash it off in the morn. If it IS scabies, I might be magically cured. Or I might keep having allergic reactions. Or I could still be reacting to something, anything, else.

Current theories are:

• several flea/spider bites in a 2-day period set off a histamine overload
• avocados have salicylic acid in them - to which I'm known to be allergic - and I ate 4 avocados in 2 days before this started (hey, cool, this is the best salicylic acid food chart I've ever seen)
  
• any of a billion plants are blooming waaaaaay more than usual due to a cool spring - could be coming from my yard, neighbors, the dessert... anywhere
• mites/scabies - and severe allergic reaction to them
  
• i'm  just crazy

Current theories aren't (so non-voxy people can quit asking me):

• cat allergy