Posted by bleauberry on February 3, 2019, at 9:04:12
In reply to Re: Relapse Update - MOLD » bleauberry, posted by alexandra_k on January 31, 2019, at 8:48:53
You ask good questions. Your curiosity and challenge is like a diamond in the world of psychiatry. Rare and beautiful.
With the benefit of hindsight and a lot of thought over days and weeks, here's my thinking at this point.
1.There have been molded cardboard boxes and wood in my basement for 20+ years. I used to do a lot of work down there.
2.That stuff is all gone. The Dump Guy took it all. There really isn't much mold in the rest of the house. A little here and there.
3.A genetic test 10 years ago indicated I have flaws in methylation, which is tied to detoxing contaminants. My greatest suspicion at this time is that I have been accumulating mold toxins for decades. Early signs were bloating issues, depression and slow healing skin wounds. But of course I had no idea at the time.
4.What I've been researching indicates that most of us are subjected to significant mold toxin exposure through our food choices, not our homes. Like for example, corn, peanuts and coffee are loaded.
5.The immunosuppressant power is my explanation for why I relapse in Lyme after I have gotten to remission, multiple times. And why it took me 3 years to beat it the first time, when it normally should have taken about 9 months to a year.
6.I complained to my doc of a "sour sponge' smell in my sinuses. Apparently mold growth in the nasal cavities is not uncommon. That would definitely explain some of the high values I scored. I am currently treating that with silver spray and then will switch over to a prescription nose antifungal. This particular treatment protocol lessens the potential for relapse.
7.The next step is to get an air quality test of my home to find out if there are issues. This is too serious to be guessing.
Complicate stuff. More questions than answers. All I can say is it is at least good to have objective issues to work with. Most patients have no clue what is actually wrong in their bodies.
> I was curious about your test results so I looked them up on Wikipedia.
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> > My mold results. (in ng/g creatinine)
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> > Ochratoxin A (Scored 35.08m on a scale that ranges from 4 to 20, with under 4 being good, anything higher is bad)
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> > Sterigmatocystin (under 2 is good, 2 to 175 is bad, I scored 200)
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> Aspergillus is common to both (a fungus - not a mould).
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> > Mycophenolic Acid (Under 5 is good, 5 to 50 is bad, I scored 563.72.)
> > That's literally 1000% too high.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycophenolic_acid
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> Wiki said that's a immunosuppressant used to prevent rejection in organ transplantation. I gues that would be a pretty powerful immunosuppressant. Why would you have high level of that in your system for?
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> > I think without the strategic supplements I take I would be dead. Because many of them are anti-fungal, anti-inflammation, anti-toxicity, anti-oxidation, etc. I think they have protected me - somewhat - from the worst damage. Time will tell.
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> Maybe the mycophenolic acid was in your suppliments? Which meant aspergillius got out of control?
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> I know nothing. NOthing. Nothing at all. Only enough to be trouble.
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