brother needs help

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Hello!

I don't even know where to begin with this... but I'll try to give

you some idea of my dilemma...

My brother recently contacted me (about three weeks ago now)

with the news that he had been living in a residence with

stachybotris (probably for over a year) and now has many of the

symptoms associated with mycotoxin exposure. I've spot read

numerous articles on stachybotris here and there on the internet

and am well aware of all the health problems it can create.

Stachybotris appears to be ubiquitous in the environment and its

mycotoxin a most difficult substance from which to make a clean

break, a fact which makes all of this seem overwhelming to my

brother.

He has some CSM, but only takes it once a day. I have

encouraged him to revisit his doctor to obtain a further supply so

that he can take it several times per day and dump the toxins at a

faster rate. My brother is concerned that the doctor will find his

having not yet completely left his former dwelling odd and

condemn him for it (these thoughts of what others might think of

him often add to his reluctance in moving away from all artifacts

from his past).

I believe my brother also has some core issues from our

upbringing and a particularly difficult displacement from his

previous longtime " home " that seem to be contributing to his

inability to just walk away from his current place of residence and

his accumulated belongings (some of which he has built

himself). I believe he is under the influence of many factors

( " childhood " issues, personality type [highly sensitive person],

depression, and mycotoxins) in this fight for his life and sanity,

none of which are currently helping him to make the best

choices for himself.

He is operating from the limbic area of his brain and not from the

prefrontal cortex... many of his actions are reactionary and

emotional rather than rationally thought out. He is apparently

stuck in a cyclical type thinking pattern and cannot seem to take

any steps that would be linear in fashion. Although I've offered to

come out for weeks now and help him sort and pack things for

storage (until a future time when he feels strong enough to let

his possessions go, if that's what it takes), he is still resisting

my help. His " reasoning " is that he'll still be resistant to moving

his things even if I help to pack them.

I feel he needs psychiatric help (with antidepressants)on top of

his taking CSM to help rid his body of the mycotoxins, but seeing

anyone with little awareness of mold toxicity would probably

result in his being declared psychotic. Does anyone know of a

good mental health professional, who would be well aware of

the effects of the mycotoxins and give support on that front, while

working with some of the more latent issues that seem to be at

the core of some of his other fears?

It's not that I haven't offered suggestions on moving forward, as

have other folks he knows. He's even written things down and

made lists of the suggestions... he just seems incapable of

moving on any of them. I've been patient and understanding, but

I'm running out of suggestions. I keep hoping the right one to

motivate him to action will pop out of my mouth and head him in

the right direction, but so far, it hasn't.

I'm in Indiana, he's in California... he has no relatives near him.

I feel totally helpless at this distance and would appreciate any

help or suggestions you could send my way. I am extremely

fearful of his state of mind and don't know what else to do other

than ask for help from those of you who have gone through

similar situations in your personal fight against mycotoxins. I'll

be grateful for any suggestions that you may have. Please feel

free to e-mail me with anything that may be of help.

Sincerely,

B.