Hello, I'm a 20 year old college student who is living at home with the family. My friend recently (probably june/july ish) had bed bugs. I thought nothing of it because I didn't know they were an actual thing, just a generic term used for bugs in the bed. (Stupid I know) Anyways I saw a bug several months ago probably the end of july and at the time I wasnt sure what it was but I killed it, now I'm certain it as a bed bug. (it was just crawling across my sheet.) I went into panic mode and my parents didnt seem to care to much, they were pretty certain it was just in my room and werent much help.
So I bought encasement's and encased my mattress and box spring and used bed risers and piled DE in it. I slept well for a bit because I thought that would fix the issue (I dont react to bites much so It's hard to gauge the problem) Fast forward I'm having a stupid amount of fecal stains/blood stains on my mattress by my head and feet areas. So now that I finally had time this weekend (today actually) I vacuumed up my mattress and boxspring also the frame of the bed. I know for a fact I got a decent amount of bugs vacuumed up (25ish? maybe a little lower.) I only found like what appeared to be 2 adults. Most were smaller.
Then I applied 91% alcohol onto my bed. I sprayed it all over the frame and a little bit along the seams of the mattress and box spring (both encased) I then let the room air about for about 2 hours and went back inside with some DE. (I vacuumed most of the previous DE and restarted essentially.) However I feel as if i put to much since my room got a bit cloudy and I left the room for a bit and came back just to type this up. (I was wearing a dust mask all day while in the room) I can visibly see DE on the frame but not mounds of it. (Is that proper application?)My dad then thought I used to little and put more (probably over the edge.)
Now I'm just going to sit here and wait and see what happens, however I just want to know from experienced people how I did and how confident I should be in this application. I know i'll have to apply it again soon but for now I need a break and ill most likely sleep in the living room tonight because of the DE. (I also applied it to the door so if they try to go somewhere else.)
I'm an idiot for not acting sooner but oh well. Im sick of the depression and anxiety. Thoughts? Opinions? Criticisms?
Sorry if the grammar sucks I'm tired ;(