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Jul 22, 2008 01:35AM
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last few days having real trouble doing simple things like grocery shopping, writing, working on computer, cooking. Any multi-tasking activity is hard...I get a headache (not real painful but kind of odd feeling), also I get fuzzy headed and nauseated...feels like the flu. Hard to be around people. I don't get a panic attack. Sensory overload at malls or grocery store. I am not depressed...feel fine otherwise. I've veen disabled for 1 year due to something the doctors don't know is wrong in my brain. I'm getting scared that this is getting worse.
In your profile, you mentioned growing up near an active mercury mine. You don't have to answer me but please think about (1) how old were you when living near this mercury mine; (2) are you still in an area geographically near this mine; (3) are you aware of any toxic or polluting problems where you presently live or have lived in the past and (4) have you ever been tested for mercury or any other environmentally toxic substance. I don't mean drugs or alcohol.
It's possible that your exposure to mercury and/or other contaminants have effected you but you would need to be checked for that. Your body could have become more "sensitive" to contaminants and something could have triggered them off and now you are feeling the way you describe. You said your dr did not think your problem was "mental".
Before you decide that I'm just a loony, I can tell you that I was involved in the EAGLE project about ten years ago. It was a Native/non-Native study of the mercury and other toxic chemical levels in the Great Lakes. Fish, which was part of our basic diet, was full of mercury and our people were dying, giving birth to stillborn or deformed babies and becoming sterile. The EAGLE study was to determine how much mercury was in the lakes from where these fish came from. As usual, there was a certain amount of political interference and the official results were that mercury levels were "within reasonable limits". It should not have been there at all; there is no "reasonable limit". In fact, unofficially, the mercury limits were too high and there were also other non-biodegradable poisons in the water.
I could go on about all the toxins we inhale or are exposed to every day but I won't = ) I'll just say that years of exposure to toxic substances - and it sounds like you've had your share - have to go somewhere in our bodies and yours might have gone partially to your brain causing you to feel the way you do.
I am on disability too. I got my PhD in Environmental Studies in 2003 and have never been able to use it for reasons that sound a lot like yours but also include depression and anxiety. The building Env. Studies was in had the worst air quality in the university. My dog wouldn't drink the water from that building, even in the extreme heat. Other buildings had to be "re-done" because of exposed asbestos. The townhouse I'm in, here in the ghetto, "might" have asbestos contained in the walls. The "might" has never been verified or shown not to exist.
Maybe I am just loony = (
Whatever it is, I hope you feel better.
It's possible that your exposure to mercury and/or other contaminants have effected you but you would need to be checked for that. Your body could have become more "sensitive" to contaminants and something could have triggered them off and now you are feeling the way you describe. You said your dr did not think your problem was "mental".
Before you decide that I'm just a loony, I can tell you that I was involved in the EAGLE project about ten years ago. It was a Native/non-Native study of the mercury and other toxic chemical levels in the Great Lakes. Fish, which was part of our basic diet, was full of mercury and our people were dying, giving birth to stillborn or deformed babies and becoming sterile. The EAGLE study was to determine how much mercury was in the lakes from where these fish came from. As usual, there was a certain amount of political interference and the official results were that mercury levels were "within reasonable limits". It should not have been there at all; there is no "reasonable limit". In fact, unofficially, the mercury limits were too high and there were also other non-biodegradable poisons in the water.
I could go on about all the toxins we inhale or are exposed to every day but I won't = ) I'll just say that years of exposure to toxic substances - and it sounds like you've had your share - have to go somewhere in our bodies and yours might have gone partially to your brain causing you to feel the way you do.
I am on disability too. I got my PhD in Environmental Studies in 2003 and have never been able to use it for reasons that sound a lot like yours but also include depression and anxiety. The building Env. Studies was in had the worst air quality in the university. My dog wouldn't drink the water from that building, even in the extreme heat. Other buildings had to be "re-done" because of exposed asbestos. The townhouse I'm in, here in the ghetto, "might" have asbestos contained in the walls. The "might" has never been verified or shown not to exist.
Maybe I am just loony = (
Whatever it is, I hope you feel better.
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