Guest guest Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 I have no way of knowing if it is mold related but I have battled with migraines for years and it is light sensitive but one sided. Not sure if that is what you are experiencing. >Re: Anyone else get mold related eye-headaches & light-sensitivity? > ? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 I do and cannot stand bright lights anymore. I think my puppy has the same pronlem. Lights come on he hides in the dark  God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen ________________________________ From: research1844 <research1844@...> Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 9:43:38 PM Subject: [] Anyone else get mold related eye-headaches & light-sensitivity?  ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Yes, this is a very normal reaction. You have to leave this place immediately. From: dragonflymcs <dragonflymcs@...> Subject: Re: [] Anyone else get mold related eye-headaches & light-sensitivity? Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:28 PM  I do and cannot stand bright lights anymore. I think my puppy has the same pronlem. Lights come on he hides in the dark  God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen ____________ _________ _________ __ From: research1844 <research1844> Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 9:43:38 PM Subject: [] Anyone else get mold related eye-headaches & light-sensitivity?  ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 yep! PS I understand the anger, and it's sad but your right. and it's not fair at all, none of it. whats sad is that there is no doubt more people suffering from toxic mold exposure that dont even have a clue whats makeing them ill. if this issue does not start getting addressed NOW and right, there well be so many more. your right, it's very hard to find a rental that is not mold contaminated, landlords dont care, they just want the money. if they actually did the upkeep like it should be, the rent would go twice as high, where I rent the yard gets mowed constantly, needed or not, contracted out, but you have a problem with the apt. and you'll be waiting 6 months -a year for repairs. but if you read the contract, when you move out they well find any reason to keep your deposit. SO THE RICH GET RICHER WHILE THEY KILL OFF THE RENTER'S, THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR GROWS LARGER. NO MIDDLE GROUND ANYMORE. landlords get away with more BS than lawyers and doctors, that means aaaalottttt. yes, we live in a azz kizz azz world. NO, I haven't found nothing to make my sensitivity reactions go away, only advoidence helps, only learning that I have to try hard to not let all of this get my nerves aggervated, makes it all worse. hard to do when you fell the pain every day, a constant reminder, that you have lost so much, and no one gets it, so how can they care? they dont get it, they dont fell the pain, they cant see that your body hurts all over. if you try to explain it to someone old, they say hey, thats what I live with, thats just part of getting old, but your not old. but they are not going to get it that their defences break down with age and yes you become more seceptable to environmental polutants with age. whats they dont get is with this illness, age has nothing to do with it, your defences are broke down, like if you were 100 years old++ and what you suffer is oh so much more. you try explaining to not so old people and they say, yes, I cant stand this or that smell either. so, I pretty much have given up on trying to get anyone to understand and I realize that this well probalby send me to my grave and still no one well understand. they well say, I dont understand, she was still young. and someone well say, well, she hasn't been " quite right " for several years now. yes, she was doing so well, bought that house and everything, than something just happened and she lost it. you know, even with this illness, I still have more sence than most of them. so, what they see is someone with what appears to be a mood disorder, what they dont get, is that it's their goddamn underarm deoderant or colone thats makeing my mood go haywire. or when a bad exposure takes me to my knees, I'm just fakeing it or something cause they dont smell anything terriable and/or it's not affecting them that way, and my coughing and apparent lack of air is just part of my nuttiness,I guess.YEP RIGHT! they dont get it cause it's not splashed all over the tv. it's not drilled into their heads. TO BAD NONE OF THEM LISTEN CAUSE WE COULD SAVE MANY IN THE FUTURE FROM SUFFERING THIS HORRIABLE DISEASE! OR HAVEING ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES SUFFER THROUGH IT, ALONE!!!!!! AND THEY WELL BE UTTERLY ALONE WITH THEIR DISEASE AND BE HURT BY THEIR LOVED ONES CAUSE SCIENCE AND THE COURTS WONT TELL THE WORLD TO SEE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS. ALL I CAN SAY IS PAYBACKS ARE HELL. WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND. THE WHOLE WORLD WILL PAY FOR THIS IGNORANCE. I never ever considered what a disease can do to rip a family apart, it never crossed my mind. now I see. this has got to be the cruelest joke of a disease yet. so cruel. to me, this is a plague of the worst kind. a sneaky plaugue that well bring distruction in many ways, right under the noses of the public, for the public,for which it stands, and it stands in deep shi#. cause this anit just about mold, it's about our toxic world. > > ? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Yes, my eyes are very light-sensitive; I also have sinus headaches and a droopy eyelid. I have been out of the toxic environment since 1999 but still have problems. I must wear dark glasses whenever I drive because the sunlight bothers my eyes. I live in Florida -- the Sunshine State. I also have very dry eyes. Testing for Sjogren's Syndrome came back negative but the medication used to treat Sjogren's works for dry eyes nevertheless and the doctor prescribed it for me. It is called Sargen -- generic name pilocarpine. My left eye (the droopy one) is affected more than my right, and the sinus headaches are generally on the left side as well. I think this is because I had sat with my right side close to a wall filled with stachybotrys and aspergillus and my brain reversed damage to the left side -- just an assumption. Hope this information is helpful to you in some way. > > ? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 My problems all started with my eyes. They started burning and feeling like they had pieces of dirt in them whenever I was around mold. It's still my #1 surefire sign that something is wrong. I also became super light sensitive-I wore sunglasses at night too because street lights and car lights just killed me. The light sensitivity has eased a bit now that I'm away from toxins most of the time (I don't work anymore). But florescent lights will never work for me-never. They kill my eyes and then...migraine. If regular bulbs ever become illegal I will be doomed. Honestly, I have to carry around incandescent bulbs with me when I go to people's houses just so I can sit in the room. It's a huge problem for me to get a new pair of prescription glasses. I feel every imperfection and if the glasses are off but even a millimeter I feel something and my eyes go crazy-then nausea, then migraine. Thank god my optometrist believes me. He's a gem and if I say something is wrong he will look until he finds it. Of course something is always wrong when you are as sensitive as me and right now I have been trying to get a pair of glasses to be good for over a month now. Wearing a back up pair of sunglasses while I wait for lab to get the lenses right. > > Yes, my eyes are very light-sensitive; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 My daughter's symptoms started with her eyes burning and itching as if she had left her contacts in too long. They became red and irritated. After that point she suffered major, life threatening complications with another illness that continued from there. As for her eyes, they are the first thing to show any indication that there is danger. Due to s Syndrome which she had in October, she was left with blepheritis, dry eye syndrome and light sensitivity. She wears prescription lenses with a 40% brown tint. Over those she wears sunglasses to even go outside and this is all the time. If she is in a room with flourescent lighting, she must wear dark sunglasses and we have found the polarized glasses to work the best. We actually bought them at a thruway rest area and they work wonders. The biggest thing is she needs to keep her eyes moist and this helps. She uses a preservative free over the counter eye drop for dry eyes as well as a preservative free ointment every night and then covers her eyes with a soft night mask. You may need to see someone other than an optomitrist as there may be other issues with your eyes. If you have a good relationship, ask his/her opinion. My daughter's eyes are the first thing that indicates that the air in the area we are isn't good. She doesn't notice it right away but they become very red and irritated looking and she starts to have trouble seeing. At that point all we can do is wash her eyes with baby shampoo (I know it sounds horrible but it gets all the dirt and particles off her face, eye lids and lashes), irrigate her eyes with the eye drops, cool compresses and complete darkness. Sue Bell > > > > Yes, my eyes are very light-sensitive; > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Thanks, Sue. Are you and your daughter worried about incandescents becoming illegal in this country? I keep hearing this and can't confirm it. It worries me alot. I keep thinking maybe I should stock up on regular bulbs. > > My daughter's symptoms started with her eyes burning and itching as if she had left her contacts in too long. They became red and irritated. After that point she suffered major, life threatening complications with another illness that continued from there. > As for her eyes, they are the first thing to show any indication that there is danger. Due to s Syndrome which she had in October, she was left with blepheritis, dry eye syndrome and light sensitivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Unfortunately it doesn't matter what the lighting is, this is always going to be an issue and a new lighting fixture that works better than the last. My daughter is 18 and has a lot of years hopefully to live and enjoy life so we have been pro-active in regards to finding things that work in all situations. If it means wearing sunglasses indoors, so be it. Unfortunately since most people with sensitivities to molds are not the " norm " it is difficult to force the world to change things to accomodate everyone so we must do what is best for us and if it means being a little different, it is what it is. If she is sensitive to a place or an area, we learn to do something different and avoid it at all costs. If going out and buying lightbulbs makes you feel better about it, then by all means, stock up but don't allow this to live your life as a hermit and miss out of enjoying what time we have here on earth. Be creative and think about what works best for you. Sue Bell > > > > My daughter's symptoms started with her eyes burning and itching as if she had left her contacts in too long. They became red and irritated. After that point she suffered major, life threatening complications with another illness that continued from there. > > As for her eyes, they are the first thing to show any indication that there is danger. Due to s Syndrome which she had in October, she was left with blepheritis, dry eye syndrome and light sensitivity. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 As an MCSer flourescent bulbs do not work for me. They need to come up with better options for lighting. Ellliminating the mercury, lead, cadium and such that is in them. Ten year phase out :? Updating the lightbulb : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/business/14light.html http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_20_169/ai_n16533042/  God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen ________________________________ From: surellabaer <surellabaer@...> Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 12:16:09 PM Subject: [] Re: Anyone else get mold related eye-headaches & light-sensitivity?  Thanks, Sue. Are you and your daughter worried about incandescents becoming illegal in this country? I keep hearing this and can't confirm it. It worries me alot. I keep thinking maybe I should stock up on regular bulbs. > > My daughter's symptoms started with her eyes burning and itching as if she had left her contacts in too long. They became red and irritated. After that point she suffered major, life threatening complications with another illness that continued from there. > As for her eyes, they are the first thing to show any indication that there is danger. Due to s Syndrome which she had in October, she was left with blepheritis, dry eye syndrome and light sensitivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Wow, this conversation is fateful for me. coincidentally, I've started a serious discussion about the current state of " requirements " for cfl's. I am of the professional opinion that cfl's are NOT sustainable. I predict that they will create a legacy of environmental pollution equivelant to lead paint, asbestos, pcb's, and more. Even more coincidentally, one week after I made this personal pronouncement (to myself and others) It became news that here in Cleveland, the city council and mayar are having a debate on a $30million dollar LED purchase. THEN, two days later, I was introduced to a distributor for LED's from the west coast.The distributor ahs told me that they have dimmable LED's, and are the only ones who do. Then, today, I read these posts. As if it couldn't get any weirder. If any one has info and research on cfl's, led's, please contact me offline. Thank You so very much! Armour, M.S. > > > > My daughter's symptoms started with her eyes burning and itching as if she had left her contacts in too long. They became red and irritated. After that point she suffered major, life threatening complications with another illness that continued from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I have read that the CFL's contain mercury so if you break one, you get a big mercury hit, and theoretically your space then requires expensive hazmat cleanup. I will not buy CFLs for this reason. I know a young woman who has health problems, was doing much better, then broke one of these lite bulbs and went into a tailspin, eventually she connected the dots, started chelating, and is now doing better. don't know about the led's. sue >Wow, this conversation is fateful for me. >coincidentally, I've started a serious discussion about the current >state of " requirements " for cfl's. I am of the professional opinion that >cfl's are NOT sustainable. I predict that they will create a legacy of >environmental pollution equivelant to lead paint, asbestos, pcb's, and more. >Even more coincidentally, one week after I made this personal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I only have the light problem when I get a migraine then the light, the sound of a clock ticking, etc. hurts. > > ? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Not a bad idea! Check this article out about the coming $50 LED " energy efficient " 60 watt light bulbs: <http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/05/17/low_power_led_bul\ bs_coming_soon/> May May Indoor Air Investigations > > > > My daughter's symptoms started with her eyes burning and itching as if she had left her contacts in too long. They became red and irritated. After that point she suffered major, life threatening complications with another illness that continued from there. > > As for her eyes, they are the first thing to show any indication that there is danger. Due to s Syndrome which she had in October, she was left with blepheritis, dry eye syndrome and light sensitivity. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Thanks for the article-it gives me a little hope. But I'm still going to start to stock up on incandescents. Hopefully it will be for nothing but I've learned to not hope for the best anymore. > > > > Thanks, Sue. Are you and your daughter worried about incandescents becoming illegal in this country? I keep hearing this and can't confirm it. It worries me alot. I keep thinking maybe I should stock up on regular bulbs. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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