Symptoms, and how long does healing take?

[Guest guest]

It's been about 6 wks since moving out of the (most likely) moldy house. I

have noticed a pretty big improvement in various symptoms. It's kind of

amazing. Certain symptoms still linger, though they've improved. I am hoping

for total healing. The " brain/nervous system " type symptoms seem to be the

most persistent--still having some brain fog/concentration and motivation

problems, though these too have improved. It's interesting how only AFTER

the symptoms start to melt away, do you realize just HOW bad your symptoms

were, just how sick you were. Seeing the symptoms improve helps me to

confirm that, indeed, the house was a huge culprit in making us so sick;

this confirms it for me just about as much as any mold test could.

For those of you who've moved out of moldy places, have you experienced

total healing, and if so, how long did it take your body to heal? (I realize

that extent of healing, and how long healing takes, depends on many factors,

such as length of exposure, age/health status of person, types of mold,

etc.) What are/were the most difficult symptoms to kick--the brain and

nervous system ones?

What helps the most with the brain/nervous system issues? Fish oil,

antioxidants, nasal rinses (if yes, why does this help--because whatever you

put in your nose goes straight to your brain, and nasal rinses clean the air

that you're breathing thru your nose? does mold affect the brain because the

mold spores go into your nose and then take this path to your brain?), epsom

baths, flax oil, exercise, fresh air, deep breathing, ATTITUDE, other?

What type of drs are best to go to, for advice re: mold healing?

Naturopathic, regular MD, chiro, etc?

Did any of you find that mold threw off your ciradian rhythms--sleep/wake

patterns and schedule? If so, did this resolve over time?

I get a little impatient/discouraged at times, wanting to just be all better

NOW. I have to remind myself of the progress made in our health since

moving, that's it's just been 6 wks since we moved (and that it prob. takes

a while to heal after a 4-year exposure).

In addition to trying to get our health on track, I'm trying to rebuild our

household and lives--still dealing with the fallout of how the mold really

wreaked havoc on every area of our life. I'm sure you all know what I'm

talking about.

Do any of you deal with other people who treat you like you're imagining

your symptoms or overreacting? I find that it's bad enough to have gotten so

sick because of where we were living, but it's even worse when you get

little sympathy from other people and/or they act like you're making it all

up, give you funny looks, tell you that you're hypervigilant (you have to be

hypervigilant after toxic mold!), etc. I get so irritated with how ignorant

most people seem to be about toxic mold.

Tip: I discovered there's an essential oil that is pretty inexpensive (and

similar to a popular oil that people use for toxic mold)--it's Medieval Mix.

I've just started trying it for purifying the air. I got one of those

plug-in diffusers that has the disks where you put the essential oil. Also

got a lamp ring. These are all very economical, and I hope they work.

Thought I'd share the idea with anyone here who might want to try it.