I also lived in a mold infested house when I was a teenager. I've had PATM for 20 some years. I had several good friends and my husband who dont react to me so I have been able to live with it. Although it's keep me from a higher quality life. Now things have changed And I've had a child. She is starting to show sever reaction to me I worry about her health and my sanity. Help
Have it 8 years now and defintely lived in mold, mine smells bad too
I've had PATM for almost 2 years now and seeing all the posts on this website none have resonated more than this one.
Admittingly I've been living in a mold infested house for I'd have to say... 4 years. though I can't rightly say because we only found it out by a toxicologist a year ago. It could have been more, if black toxic mold has systemically infested my body then it makes sense how mycotoxins could be causing allergies from the air I breath out and the sweat I secret from my skin. It sucks because with the job I have I can't really move out but I can't get a better job with this horrible disease. I currently work alone so it's the perfect situation to resolve this. I'm saving to move out for a year, this should be enough to cleanse my system.
I have also recently been having really bad digestive issues, sinus issues, minor vasculitis, constipation, all symptoms of inflammation.
I'm also getting a gluten allergy test but I think it will come back negative. if the candida diet does work like PATM carriers say it does then it won't matter if they haven't changed their environment.
I want to formulate a survey between the correlation of PATM carriers and their surrounding environment ( susceptibility to mold)
Scott I think you nailed it on this one! It really all makes sense! I realized my apartment has had leakage and my bathroom shower has some visible mold growing. It's black and looks gross. All the symptoms of PATM are almost identical to what you would suffer through mold exposure. Clearing of the throat, itchy red eye, lethargy, and brain fog. I can't believe I just figured it out. Mold enhances candida growth which creates all these other problems like leaky gut, gut flora imbalance etc. Here's something to back up your statement
http://www.jillcarnahan.com/2015/02/08/toxic-mold-exposure-cause-symptoms/.
That's why no matter how healthy I ate symptoms would only subside but would always still be there. I'm almost certain these toxins from the mold in us are released via are pores and breathe. On hot days I would be able to smell a yeast smell on my face side of nose especially if I was in a car with AC. Also I remember when I used to work out and hit the sauna my PATM reactions would dramatically decrease.
My eyes are always irritated and when I used to play sports I would always be short in breathe. Moisture seems to be molds best friend so maybe that's why after you shower you would think PATM reactions would be less but actually seem to be worse even though you cleaned the surface of your body. But in reality you have mold inside you exactly what it likes.
We need to figure out how to remove this mold inside of us. That's the root of the problem. I read that tea tree oil, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda is good for mold. But abviously you can't consume most of these.
Honestly, I swear this forum is full of people that think they have this EXAMPLE CANDIDA, ODOUR, now MOLD WTF is going on and every crap u can think of. Maybe later they think some ALIEN MUTATED THEIR DNA. I swear this forum is just full of people believing they have this and that, hence we all have PATM, because we just think way too much they, that they went grostesque > people to react to us. And we all know that it goes through windows and phonelines. CMON now can they SMELL MOLD? As result this hypothesis is false. :)
Hey Scott,
There is a general consensus that mold has something to with it on this forum, the question is what to do next.
I totally agree that one needs to exercise to get better, moving is the only way for lymph circulation and many immune cells that reside in lymphatic system can only be moved around with exercise, same probably for toxins.
The question is will it be enough. I doubt it, but you want to try it and let us know?
When someone uses a lot of perfume, I've seen this, you can sometimes smell that perfume 10-20-30 meters away, now this thing produced by PATM for me anyways usually works "best" within that 30-m radius, but the speed of how quickly it works, makes me think more of perfume(gas) then dust(spores), also the quantity required to get the reaction is very small, I can cause reaction right after showering, when I would expect the spores got washed off.
Another thing for me is the digestion, I know for a fact that my gut flora has changed a lot since I got PATM and many people here feel that the pathogen has colonized their bodies, mucus and digestive tracts.
So far it looks to me that it needs to be killed/reduced by either drugs/supplements, probiotics, and the the body biome needs to be repopulated by good bacteria.
So let us know if you get any progress, but I don't think only clearing out the house, running and detoxifying mold will be effective. ( I hope I am wrong.)