Anxiety responses

[Guest guest]

Laurie, hang in there I believe there is light at the end of the tunnel I

just pray it is in the near future. I know how you feel & can probably speak

for everyone in this group. Some days are more difficult than others and can go

from one extreme to the other. I have days that I feel absolutely wonderful

and then end up crying because I know it won't last.

I was a very healthy person all my life other than the common childhood

illnesses. I spent my happy childhood playing outside year round and was

healthy

all my adult life. Only in the hospital to have my two children. In 2002

things began to slowly change. I had recently turned 50 and just thought I was

getting older but as things got even worse I knew something was terribly wrong.

I even ended up once in the ER thinking I was having a stroke or Heart

attack. Heart cath proved my heart in excellent condition. You talk about

anxiety!

When I heard heart cath I just about lost it!!

To make a long story short I felt horrible for 2 yrs. going from Dr. to Dr.

with multiply symptoms.No one could help and blamed it on stress & anxiety.

Finally confirmed mold exposure so I left immediately fully expecting them

to clean up and help me. I probably don't need to explain anymore. In a nut

shell my life as I knew it totally changed and our family life will never be

the same. It truly is a life altering experience! I take one day at a time

and do the very best I can, but it is a very limited and frustrating life.

I try to stay positive but the burden of it all really gets to me and most

people including family do not understand or even try to.

I am so thankful for this group of people & don't know what I would do

without it. It's a comfort to know others (unfortunately) are going through

the

same things.

I keep hoping one day we can all shout in unison that we told the employers,

landlords, family, friends, schools, etc, that they should have listened to

us!!!

Hope you have better days than bad and stay well.

Sue

To all of you who have responded to my question regarding anxiety,

thank you so much. I cry ed realizing that I'm not the only one with

this debilitating condition. I suffered with minor

anxiety/depression for years but nothing like what it is now. My

fiance and I were living in a house that's walls were infested with

mold because of a plumbing problem. The landlady tried to blame the

mold problem on us. I started getting sick soon after we started

renting. The landlady wanted people with animals because she knew

the house had a problem and even though she is a contractor she

didn't want to fix the problem. Just wanted to blame it on the

animals. Wasn't until we moved and bought a condo(which we severely

cross contaminated) that we figured out the mold issue. She tore out

the carpets and all the fabric blinds and tried to charge us for it.

Now we will enter a legal battle. I was very healthy, happy person

until we rented that house. I now feel like my life has been ruined,

along with my health. I have a long list of symptoms also. The

hardest part is the extended family that doesn't understand. I guess

its like having cancer but not really being able to get help for it.

We did go to see Dr. Gray in Arizona in Dec. and are not taking more

meds and supplements than it seems a body can handle. Hope I start

feeling better soon-but who knows. This whole experience really

sucks, but it is important the we keep up our spirits and try to

laugh as much as possible. I thank God for the sight and for all of

you. Sometimes we just got to keep hanging in there-even if its just

by one claw!!!!! xoxoxo Laurie

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[Guest guest]

To all of you who have responded to my question regarding anxiety,

thank you so much. I cryed realizing that I'm not the only one with

this debilitating condition. I suffered with minor

anxiety/depression for years but nothing like what it is now. My

fiance and I were living in a house thats walls were infested with

mold because of a plumbing problem. The landlady tried to blame the

mold problem on us. I started getting sick soon after we started

renting. The landlady wanted people with animals because she knew

the house had a problem and even though she is a contractor she

didn't want to fix the problem. Just wanted to blame it on the

animals. Wasn't until we moved and bought a condo(which we severly

cross contaminated) that we figured out the mold issue. She tore out

the carpets and all the fabric blinds and tried to charge us for it.

Now we will enter a legal battle. I was very healthy, happy person

until we rented that house. I now feel like my life has been ruined,

along with my health. I have a long list of symptoms also. The

hardest part is the extended family that doesn't understand. I guess

its like having cancer but not really being able to get help for it.

We did go to see Dr. Gray in Arizona in Dec. and are not taking more

meds and supplements than it seems a body can handle. Hope I start

feeling better soon-but who knows. This whole experience really

sucks, but it is important the we keep up our spirits and try to

laugh as much as possible. I thank God for the sight and for all of

you. Sometimes we just got to keep hanging in there-even if its just

by one claw!!!!! xoxoxo Laurie

[Guest guest]

And by one claw it is most of the time. I completly understand about others not

understanding. I think everyone here has experienced that at one time or another

or still.... It is very frusterating. I would say if your fiance understands you

have half the battle licked. Did he not get as ill as you did? I ask that

because if that is the case it would tell me that you have the genetic make up

that will make you ill longer and worse than others, as I do. I also was in a

rented home and in the middle of my own situation with that. What I can tell you

is sit back and relax as much as you can. Easier said than done for me but I

think that is a BIG part of the anxiety issues. I want to be better. I miss

working. Even though I may never work again I still feel in linbo. At least if

you have a flu or something you know eventually you will get better and return

to normal. I think in my head I keep expecting things to be better tommorow and

when they are not I get more and more

anxious. I have not learned how to conquer this yet. My biggest problem so far

is getting overwhellmed and shutting down. This has not helped yet I don't know

how to stop that either.

I will say that sometimes on this board I will ramble on about something and

by the time it is done I have answered my own questions or even just feel better

to talk about it and hope that my rambelings help someone else like others do

mine. Not that others ramble. LOL I don't know what I would do without the

people on this board though. People here have become near and dear to me and I

hope the same happens to you.

Chris...

Laurie Lowery <lannl4@...> wrote:

To all of you who have responded to my question regarding anxiety,

thank you so much. I cryed realizing that I'm not the only one with

this debilitating condition. I suffered with minor

anxiety/depression for years but nothing like what it is now. My

fiance and I were living in a house thats walls were infested with

mold because of a plumbing problem. The landlady tried to blame the

mold problem on us. I started getting sick soon after we started

renting. The landlady wanted people with animals because she knew

the house had a problem and even though she is a contractor she

didn't want to fix the problem. Just wanted to blame it on the

animals. Wasn't until we moved and bought a condo(which we severly

cross contaminated) that we figured out the mold issue. She tore out

the carpets and all the fabric blinds and tried to charge us for it.

Now we will enter a legal battle. I was very healthy, happy person

until we rented that house. I now feel like my life has been ruined,

along with my health. I have a long list of symptoms also. The

hardest part is the extended family that doesn't understand. I guess

its like having cancer but not really being able to get help for it.

We did go to see Dr. Gray in Arizona in Dec. and are not taking more

meds and supplements than it seems a body can handle. Hope I start

feeling better soon-but who knows. This whole experience really

sucks, but it is important the we keep up our spirits and try to

laugh as much as possible. I thank God for the sight and for all of

you. Sometimes we just got to keep hanging in there-even if its just

by one claw!!!!! xoxoxo Laurie

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