The longer I coach clients with mold related symptoms the more I learn. FATIGUE that stays rather steady, not fluctuating up and down, and having come on rather slowly, is one of the top symptoms. Another is BRAIN FOG and depression. Again, if mold is one of the chief causes for symptoms, normally they do not go up and down often, they stay rather consistent with smaller fluctuations depending on foods and stress levels day to day. Fatigue, brain fog and depression tend to bring people into my office quite often. Your quality of life is just not the same when you feel so tired and can’t think straight. Another consistent symptom is sleep disturbance. Some simply cannot fall asleep, other cannot stay asleep. Not every person with mold related illness has every symptom, but fatigue, brain fog, depression and sleep issues seem to be most common. Chronic unexplained cough, post nasal drip, sneezing year round, sinus congestion, and watery eyes are the more obvious symptoms with mold exposures. If these symptoms are coming only during allergy season, or only during a cold that is not the same. When they are rather consistent and year round, think mold. For those of us who have long haul covid, frequent cases of covid, or treatment resistant lyme disease, think mold. Mold suppresses your immune system in such a way, that it is hard to get your body to respond to antibiotics or herbals for lyme. It also causes chronic inflammation so that you may be more vulnerable to covid and long covid. Mycotoxins, the waste products of mold will tank your mitochondria, the energy creating powerhouses in your cells. That alone will make you feel tired all the time, or have low reserves. Major organs like the brain liver and heart all need a lot of mitochondrial energy, so if mold is suppressing them, you can end up with a sluggish liver, high cholesterol, poor bile flow, and IBS style gut symptoms that poor bile flow will create. Another part of your health that really suffers as a result of mold and mycotoxin accumulation in your body is hormone imbalances. Since mold is lipophilic ( it loves fat!) it will hide in fatty organs like those that make hormones, and in the liver and brain. When the thyroid, adrenals, pancreas, pituitary or hypothalamus gets inflamed from mold, SO MANY OTHER symptoms may ensue: Inability to lose weight, fatty liver, high blood pressure at times, high cholesterol, mast cell activation syndrome, sluggish bowel, difficult monthly cycles, poor libido, poor sleep, and many more...
For those who naturally detoxify mold and their inflammatory mycotoxins well, they may not have many symptoms at all. Those who do not detoxify well will accumulate more and get really sick. That is why you can have 5 people in one home, and see only 1-2 get sick and all the rest are just fine. This variable can really make those who are reactive seem like hypochondriacs and not be believed by their families and doctors. Testing bodies and homes for mold is mostly not even on the radar screen of mainstream doctors. This is where personalized holistic care can be so helpful. Until it is dealt with effectively, Mold just keeps us in a chronic state of inflammation. This can make our bodies a perfect home for lyme and parasites to thrive - and they do! That is why so many will not respond to their antibiotics and other herbal formulas for lyme disease, autoimmunity and mystery illness.
If you suspect that you may be suffering from an accumulation of mycotoxins in your body call us today for skilled coaching, guidance and support.
Theresa
