Re: what does a mold hit feel like?

[Guest guest]

i can't speak for all, lily, but i sneeze, i cough, i become short of

breathe sometimes, & my eyes water, etc.

take care,

victoria

[] what does a mold hit feel like?

> Hi, can anyone tell me what a " mold hit " feels like? We are moving back

> into our remediated

> apartment this week. I never really felt sick in the 2 months we lived

> there until I stuck my

> nose under 2 loose floorboards for mold and probably inhaled a bunch of

> spores. We moved

> out 2 weeks later and our stuff was moved into other rooms and sealed. I'm

> guessing we had

> mold for about a month but had all the nasty kind. So my question...we're

> sorting through

> stuff now - to be washed, thrown out, saved. I've been smelling everything

> and sometimes

> think I have slight sore throats after being exposed to some items that

> were put in plastic

> bags for the last 2 months. It don't reallly feel terrible, per se, but

> I'm becoming paranoid! I

> guess I would know if I had a mold hit, right? But what exactly does it

> feel like?

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[Guest guest]

Hi Lily,

I cannot speak for anyone else just myself and my family. For me within

seconds my head feels like it has been hit by a small sledge hammer, within

5-10 minutes a large sledge hammer, and then later I get VERY tired and

exhausted.

For my kids, they get an upset stomach, loss of appetite, nausea, and

depending on the length of exposure my daughter gets very confused, and

disoriented, can't remember things.

Many people do feel their sinuses first, but for some reason we don't.

Hope others can share their reactions.

[] what does a mold hit feel like?

> Hi, can anyone tell me what a " mold hit " feels like? We are moving back

> into our remediated

> apartment this week. I never really felt sick in the 2 months we lived

> there until I stuck my

> nose under 2 loose floorboards for mold and probably inhaled a bunch of

> spores. We moved

> out 2 weeks later and our stuff was moved into other rooms and sealed. I'm

> guessing we had

> mold for about a month but had all the nasty kind. So my question...we're

> sorting through

> stuff now - to be washed, thrown out, saved. I've been smelling everything

> and sometimes

> think I have slight sore throats after being exposed to some items that

> were put in plastic

> bags for the last 2 months. It don't reallly feel terrible, per se, but

> I'm becoming paranoid! I

> guess I would know if I had a mold hit, right? But what exactly does it

> feel like?

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> FAIR USE NOTICE:

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I cannot speak for anyone else just myself and my family. For me

within seconds my head feels like it has been hit by a small sledge

hammer, within 5-10 minutes a large sledge hammer, and then later I

get VERY tired and exhausted.

> For my kids, they get an upset stomach, loss of appetite, nausea,

and depending on the length of exposure my daughter gets very

confused, and disoriented, can't remember things.

> Many people do feel their sinuses first, but for some reason we

don't. Hope others can share their reactions.

>

Great answer.

But at the level where you have been " sledge hammered " , is where Dr

Shoemaker and I start calling it a " Mold Slam " .

Anybody can tell when they've been slammer dammer hammered.

The trick to extreme 'avoidance' is to notice lower and slighter

levels and make sure these nagging lesser " mold hits " don't keep

your immune system revved up long enough to have long term effects.

I learned to identify these lesser 'hits' by taking a contaminated

article out to pristine area where I felt 'as good as it gets' and

then by slowly increasing proximity, learned to recognize the first

and lowest level of a significant response.

Because reactivity and characteristics of reactivity vary so much,

even in the same person over time and duration of illness, advice on

what it feels like can only serve as a loose guide.

The key to " knowing " is to find out for yourself.

Since I knew that my possessions could have an effect, I just

wrapped up objects in a vacuum cleaner that was rated Hepa and did a

protocol of gradually increasing proximity until I learned to

recognize that I wasn't feeling quite as good as I had when the

object was just a bit further away.

This deliberate training is what allowed me to precisely locate a

spore plume in Dr M's own reception room, and he was quite amazed

when I demonstrated this.

The better you are at identifying a " hit " , the better you are at

staying away from mold.

Do it long enough, and it makes a great deal of difference.

-

[Guest guest]

I would have to second this. My pattern is the same.

Within seconds I get a raging heachache, then minutes after, the confusion

sets in and vision goes blurry, then intense itching all over as if it hit

my bloodstream and is circulating...then 30 minutes to an hour of original

hit - crushing exhaustion.

My sinuses and ears act up the next day and are stuffed.

The exhaustion and headache take several days to clear if I am not

re-exposed. I also get black (and I mean black) circles under the eyes that

give me the appearance of " skeleton face " as my friends call it, GI

disturbance and heart palpitations.

Definitely poisonous stuff to me.

Angelika

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> > Hi, can anyone tell me what a " mold hit " feels like? We are moving back

> > into our remediated

> > apartment this week. I never really felt sick in the 2 months we lived

> > there until I stuck my

> > nose under 2 loose floorboards for mold and probably inhaled a bunch of

> > spores. We moved

> > out 2 weeks later and our stuff was moved into other rooms and sealed.

I'm

> > guessing we had

> > mold for about a month but had all the nasty kind. So my

question...we're

> > sorting through

> > stuff now - to be washed, thrown out, saved. I've been smelling

everything

> > and sometimes

> > think I have slight sore throats after being exposed to some items that

> > were put in plastic

> > bags for the last 2 months. It don't reallly feel terrible, per se, but

> > I'm becoming paranoid! I

> > guess I would know if I had a mold hit, right? But what exactly does it

> > feel like?

> >

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> >

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> >

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