Mold Illness: Impact on The Brain

#Mold and #mycotoxin exposure can cause many health issues throughout the body. However, in my practice, some of the most common issues I see involve the nervous system and cognition; including #brainfog, #fatigue, #inattention, #headaches ,#anxiety, and #depression. While these issues can be signs of other health problems, they can also be symptoms of mold exposure. While there are many ways that mycotoxins can impact the brain, this video discusses three of the major types:

- Mycotoxins & The Brain: Neurotransmitters 5:38
- Mycotoxins & The Brain: Oxidative Damage 7:04
- Mycotoxins & The Brain: Hormonal Shifts 11:00

As with all of my videos, none of this information is intended as medical advice, but instead as educational information only. Please be sure to work with your local managing physician or a mold literate physician in order to get the proper care you need!

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[healingwithforrest]

After suffering 14 years I was misdiagnosed with Depression, Bipolar, AUTISM and ADHD! Had a terrible reaction to Strattera which left me with short term amnesia for several months... lost my job, bank took my car and the house... then the pandemic hit. I was homeless and couldn't get any unemployment because I was unable to work. I got some money from my house eventually and went to Amen Clinics for their brain scans. They said I had CPTSD and some sort of chemical exposure. Urine and blood tests found 4 different types of toxic mold from long term exposure. I knew immediately it was from my house, which when I remodeled it I found black mold in the kitchen and bathroom but thought nothing of it at the time.

After a 3 month detox regimen I began regaining all of my cognition and executive function. I feel like a brand new person today. I am 39 and have never felt better in all ways. It is a shame these facts are ignored. I had several doctors and psychiatrists deny my reality through this process. Horrible experience. I have lost all trust in mainstream medicine.

[pamelabanner]

I lost both my fiancé and our fur child 🐈‍⬛ to mold. 12+ Advanced doctorates dismissed my research, peer reviewed out of the college library, , and blamed everything but mold. They tested him from 2015 up to and even on his deathbed and assured me it Wasn’t Fungal. I basically handed them the answer because They Were All Wrong. Molds actually made my MRIs look like a stroke and my neurologist looks at me upside down and backwards because according to him I shouldn’t be doing all I do, including my mold Angel page where I’m fighting for implementation of proper diagnostic s and testing and fir it to be covered by insurance.

[cynthiaharrison]

I was living in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022. The last year I was there I rented a beautiful condo in Cuenca. After 2 months the mold that had been there started bleeding through the fresh paint. It was in every single room. While in the hospital for that I was exposed to covid. I was hospitalized 2 more times.
My doctors sent me home to the states because they couldn't treat me. I arrived in diapers and a wheel chair. I didn't know my own name or even what country I was in. I had seizures and hallucinations. I still knew something terrifying was happening but couldn't verbalize it.
I was admitted to a secured Alzhiemers facility.
I started making improvements within a couple of weeks, I think because I was out of the moldy environment. After a month I was released. It's been 2 years now and although I still have some physical symptoms, my brain is functioning normally. As far as I know nobody comes back from Alzhiemers.
Side note, lost most of my hair too. It is growing back in nicely.
Scary times.

[AVIR]

I was diagnosed with mycotoxin illness after three years of absolute hell. I went from one doctor to another, doing every test imaginable, with no positive results. I had whole body symptoms, it was very neurological, but started with gut issues.
Woke up every morning feeling poisoned, had migrating pain all over my body, numbness, tingling, eye problems, nausea, and even a collapsed lung at one point. Had several stroke like events, but no stroke signs on imaging. I thought I was dying, or had something like MS, or a connective tissue disorder.
Finally saw a doctor who ordered a mycotox test and it was positive. I didn't believe it was the problem until I started the treatment. First thing was an antifungal medication, then a long term detox using binders. I cannot believe I feel as good as I do now, and I'm actually able to enjoy life again. I wish more doctors looked for mycotoxins as a possible cause for illness, but unfortunately the healthcare system is run by the insurance companies.

[MrLeonightis]

I lived in a mobile home that had leaks and was full of black mold in the walls, closets, under the sink, etc, etc, I actually thought I was having early onset of Alzheimer's or Dementia, I couldn't remember words, peoples names etc, couldn't keep my place in a conversation it was horrible, I was terrified because I felt like I was always a bright person and sharp it was like literally losing your identity. Sold the place and moved out and got an apartment feel so much better like a cloud has lifted.

[ClipheApex]

I'm a plasterer and one of my customers had a leaking roof for 18 months, mold all over the ceiling. Got leak fixed and asked me to remove boards and reskim. The old man had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's since the leak. He used to sit watching tv in that room because he didn't want to watch what his wife was watching in the other room. Since removing the moldy ceiling boards he has recovered quite remarkably. He couldn't maintain a conversation before but in about 8 months the difference is clearly night and day. When i removed the boards i also broke out in psoriasis, never had it before. I did 4 jobs in a row of a similar nature. I can only put it down to mold exposure as nothing else had changed. Psoriasis has started to fade slightly now but it's been a slow process.

[sillynelson]

I was living in an apartment and found black mold that had been there probably for weeks, maybe even months. During that time I experienced the craziest anxiety and depression I’ve ever had. I’ve always dealt with some level of mental health issues, but nothing even close to that. I also felt like I was slowly detaching from reality, like I didn’t know what was real anymore, in a constant daze and cutoff from the world. It still feels weird to think that mold might have something to do with it, but after watching this and other videos it seems more likely.

[markusbroyles]

I'm a construction / inventor guy from Hawaii ~ I saw black mold (Stachybotrus Otra) on all the lumber we used there . The wood shows up wet from Canada. It sits for long periods in containers at shipping yards and comes from all over. It feeds on CELLULOSE. And it's spores can live forever. They never sterilize those containers. Black mold gets into the sheet rock and concrete. It goes righ through new paint in time ~ I've seen it grow on a concrete wall and it happens on pools. ONCE this stuff is there it's like RADON GAS. Sometimes if the building inspector sees this stuff they will condemn the place and label it a BIO HAZARD ~ Which means no one can live there and the owner is responsible for tearing the building down and disposing of the waste in very expensive special bio hazard disposal dumps. It's a killer. It makes your home UNLIVABLE and you can be sued for renting it out. BEWARE ~ I've lived in a few little shacks over there and we had to hire people who would come in with bleach and soap and then I would paint over the cleaned areas with fungicide added paint. But it ALWAYS CAME BACK ! Those were the early years before we had the internet and knew all this stuff about it. It's worse than you've heard unless you've studied it for hours and chased down these kinds of videos. It's all out now. It's a national disaster and I'm sure it's world wide too. You have to catch it before it gets really bad by tearing out the bad stuff.ALL OF IT !!

[MrChristianDT]

Been dealing for years with anxiety issues, sore joints, extreme fatigue/ lack of motivation, brain fog, short term memory problems, lack of coordination, etc. Only just learned recently that all those are caused by black mold toxicity- & it's been getting steadily worse the last couple of years. Barely being able to form a mental list longer than two things, legs & back tight/ sore in ways where regular stretching just barely helped out- particularly at my hip joints & up my spinal column to my neck, every single thing in the world feeling like work/ an impossible task, often including things I actually enjoy doing, often not able to even form coherent sentences because I will forget common words/ phrases- sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for days or weeks at a time- &/ or become so mentally disorganized that I can't even figure out how someone who speaks my own native language would say what I am trying to say, becoming ravenous thirsty for no reason.

Trying to work on the issue. I know where the mold is &, sadly, it's mostly inaccessible & I can't afford to fix it, so all I can do is manage with some supplements, a bag of charcoal & construction grade face masks. It's helping a little bit, but but not as much or as fast as I'd like.

[orionk]

I live in a moldy apartment, been living here for years, and I have all the symptoms of neuron damage from shaky hands, numbness in hands and face, brain fog, fatigue etc.
The thing is, this comes in seasons, obviously the mold has seasons for spreading out, especially when the air is humid.
Luckily the body and brain repairs itself outside the mold seasons! I just ordered a dehumidifier and gonna try with aircleaner as well but I think the best thing to do is move, I don't think you can fix the issue here because the apartments are from 1950 and they dont have isolation, they are a health hazard zone.

[Aliciaskinsecret]

Also it gets in the eyes and ears. My eyes will burn and my ears start to hurt. Trying to get friends and family to believe that water damage causes hidden mold. Meaning you don’t always get to see the mold. I’ve been in and out of hidden mold but after you are exposed for so many years you can all a sudden not be able to handle it any longer and that is what happened to me. I’ve see it happening to so many people I care about it’s heart breaking

[James-peky]

100% spot on. Got both my parents. 7 years ago, apartment complex they lived in identified mold penetrated through the infrastructure. Notified the residents abatement had to be performed. There was a corner in their living room where mold was growing. My father refused the abatement program. All but begged them to allow abatement, gave them studies and reports. I work with toxicologist, chemist, risk assessors. My mother died 2 years ago from total systemic failure. This month, I had to locate my father to a nursing home. Diagnosed with sepsis. Doctors said his blood/brain barrier had been breached via a prolonged infection. He had been hallucinating for months, delusional. Confined now to a wheel chair. The apartment had become a surreal scene from the twilight zone and I had to vacate it. Afterwards the property managers said the apartment would be demolished and renovated.

[ParkRangerJake]

I'm worried that I have irreparable damage from mold or something, and it really gets to me </3 thank you for the video and information, I really appreciate you taking your time to share your knowledge with everyone and i hope all is well for you too <3

[uhdnksk]

Doctors are clueless about mold toxicity and the terrible symptoms, been sick for 34 years and no doctor to help me 😢

[Shadevidz]

I was a victim from toxicity but never deduced the problem being this until I was 29, the exposure happening when I was 19… Throughout those 10 years, I had to break my own bones attempting to stay connected to reality… Praise God 🙌

[yearofthegarden]

I live in moist Washington and grow mushrooms, and currently moved to a really old moldy house for cheap rent, and had every issue you described until I dried out the basement, gutter a moldy bathroom wall, and dehydrated the attic. There is still more to do but my symptoms got better. My hormones were so out of walk, it was hard

[michelemurphy]

This is the most intelligent, smooth, comforting explanation I have heard yet. Thank you!

[fatty]

I had mould for over 3 years and since I’ve suffered with mood, emotions balanced and brain never imagined it could be the mold

[parvinmuseyibova]

Happy to see that there are people who believe that mold toxicity really exists. Here in my country nobody believes me including my doctors and family members that all the health problems of my children are caused by mold. It happened after we moved into a moldy and very humid house. Before that my children never had any health issues. After a few years I could make my husband to leave that house. Their health has improved but still experiencing some problems. That's because we couldn't afford to throw out our belongings and brought them to the new place.

[TheSpelledMilk]

Thank you for sharing this. My life has been a nightmare. I found out I was working in a place for years with Mold. Quit my job, stayed at home to get better & did but not 100% Then realized my apartment had Black Mold. Just moved into a New apartment in same complex. Still was feeling Fatigued, Foggy Thinking, Light Bothering Me. In New apartment thought I'd feel better. My Organs started hurting, Sinus Infections non stop. Just found Mold in my AC It's under the compressor... I'm worse now then my old apartment. It sounds unbelievable. I can't even concentrate to watch a movie. All I wanna do is sleep. Feel like I'm literally going crazy & am now Paranoid about Mold.

I'm so MISERABLE.... Owners are stopping by tomorrow. Almost scared to stay at my place tonight. I can't Thank You enough for taking the time on these videos. I'm wondering if that's why I've been getting sharp pain shooting headaches right in the area of a "Nerve Highway' just want energy again & feel creative. You ROCK 👍 Following you everywhere I can 💯😁