Re: Re: anxiety [was] Small pupils

[Guest guest]

Another way to address it would be to knock the fraud out of health policy

so physicians could help you get better. Novel thought, eh?

IE Connection recently ran an article in their Ask Dr. Burge column titled,

" Aren't mycotoxins part of the indoor problem? " Dr. Burge seems to

conclude the answer would be " expected to be " NO.

Page 15: _http://www.ieconn

ections.com/pdfs/newsletter/2011/IEC-02-2011.pdf_

(http://www.ieconnections.com/pdfs/newsletter/2011/IEC-02-2011.pdf)

So I asked Dr. Burge a question:

" Dear Dr. Burge,

In your February 2011, article in IEConnections, " Aren't mycotoxins part

of the indoor air problem? " you make the statements of " In fact, there are

no publications that I can find that actually document the amount of

mycotoxin exposure in a moldy indoor environment. Does this mean that such

effects do not occur? Not necessarily, but I would expect them to be quite

rare. "

You mention animal studies in the article that looked at one route of

exposure at a time and in very high, acute doses before symptoms occur in

rodents. But, you said in your paper

" Reduction of Pulmonary Toxicity of Stachybotrys chartarum Spores by

Methanol Extraction of Mycotoxins " that " We provide evidence that there is a

dose-related association between an acute exposure to toxin-containing S.

chartarum spores and measurable pulmonary responses. [in rodents]. The

consequences of low-level chronic exposure remain to be investigated, as does

the relevance of the rodent data to human exposure. "

If there are no publications you can find that document the amount of

mycotoxin as potentially part of the indoor problem when causing human illness;

then on what scientific premise are you forming your opinion that

mycotoxins aiding to the problem would be " expected to be quite rare " ?

What do you think it is that causes so many people, who have been exposed

to the contaminants found in water damaged buildings, to repeatedly report

similar symptoms that are known to be indicative of toxicity? I.e., nose

bleeds, headaches, blurred vision, memory problems, numbness in extremities,

dilated pupils, gastro-intestinal problems, slurred speech, skin rashes,

etc.

Thank you,

Sharon Kramer "

I think there are a WHOLE LOT MORE questions Dr. Burge needs to be

asked...like how much money she generates as an expert defense witness in mold

litigation and exactly what was her role for the CIAR of Big Tobacco.

She was a defense expert in this case:

_Philadelphia PA Premises Liability: PHA to pay $9.68MM to settle TBI

lawsuit_ (http://sandra.visionsmartnews.com/pha-to-settle-tbi-lawsuit_172.html)

Her testimony was beyond absurd.

[Guest guest]

Meredith,

I have nerve symptoms all the time that make me not feel relaxed, always tension

in my muscles, and I can easily feel anxiety because of my nerves. They get

worse after I take my protocols or when I'm exposed to something or if I exert

too much, etc. So I have to practice things like visualization to get rid of

these feelings and to keep calm. I have been taught lots of valuable things

like saying STOP! to any anxious or nervous or negative thoughts, replacing them

with calming, beneficial, positive thoughts.

If I am feeling really anxious I talk myself through a visualization that works

wonderfully. Lying down I close my eyes and visualize my body filled with fluid

that is the anxiety and then watch/feel it slowly drain out of my body on to the

floor and down a drain. I watch as the level of the fluid goes down and down

until it's all drained out and the fluid has dripped completely off onto the

floor and watch as it keeps going down the drain until it is completely gone.

It is very effective.

Relaxation techniques help too. Sometimes I picture my body as a blob of Jello

that is slowly melting until I am a just a puddle of goopy gel. Or you can

focus on calming music and isolate the different insturments, focusing on each

one before moving to the next. Be each instrument you hear. There is also

guided imagery you can do. Right your own script and record it and play it back

to for example guide you along a beach, find a box you put your worries and

troubles into, continuing until you find a path through the woods, walking

beside a stream, sitting next to a waterfall, hearing, smelling the water, fresh

air, etc.

Distraction helps me too, focusing on something, or talking to somebody. If you

can exercise that helps too.

Just some ideas that have helped me since I can't take anything for anxiety.

anita

---From: fontanafool

Anxiety:

Does anyone else feel like they are always on edge, like when I try to relax I

am not at all relaxed, in fact I feel like I could curl into the fetal position

rather than sleep.

Am I alone here??? Makes it hard to sleep and i wake up with aches and pains.

Meredith