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Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :

While living in a hotel, the brain stuff went away.

Lived there for 40 days. It took 2 weeks before the head cleared. I liked it. Less pain in body too.

But, then repairs were made on apartment complex and I am back in apartment. Health level has gone down hill.

Brain stuff is back. Pain is back. Less energy is back.

Twice now, I have gone to lay in the shade with a breeze outside of the apartments on the sidewalk near apartment.

I go in my power chair and lay down. I am on my iphone playing games while there.

The brain stuff lessens. I come back in and get back on computer and the brain stuff increases.

Old computer. Typing this with eyes closed as it hurts to look at screen or because the brain stuff ??

Ideas???

Did not have computer while at hotel. Just watched TV and played games on iphone.

Here I watch movies on computer..netlfix streaming and no TV.

Bedridden for the most part

Tried shutting everything down...cancelled cable company.

But, I guess that did not work as I started cable company back up just for interent.

Posted by TNT (Member # 42349) on :

I'm very sorry you are struggling with this. When our normal living environment causes us to become toxic and not feel well, it's really difficult to know what to do about it!

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Originally posted by kam:
Twice now, I HAVE GONE to lay in the shade with a breeze OUTSIDE of the apartments on the sidewalk near apartment.

I go in my power chair and lay down. I am on my iphone playing games while there.

The brain stuff lessens. I COME BACK IN and get back on computer and the brain stuff increases.

I don't remember why there were repairs made to your apartment complex, but just going by what you posted above, I would say it is likely you are dealing with some mold in your place, rather than your toxicity being related to your computer.

I don't want to minimize the possibility of EMFs, because that can be significant for those of us with chronic health issues.

Can you have the maintenance guy look into possible mold in your apartment?

Posted by TNT (Member # 42349) on :

I didn't specifically say, but why I think it may be mold is because you feel better when you go outside [with the breezes] (where there is fresh air), but worse when you go back inside (where there could be mold).

You could try laying down to play your I-phone games while you are inside your apartment (but not near your computer) and see if you feel as bad as when you use your computer. If that makes you feel just as bad, that rules out a connection to your computer.

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

They had water damage there from a fire. There may have been mold there before the fire also.

Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :

For some reason the head stuff was less today. I stayed outside as much as possible and also just used the iphone to keep my mind off of symptoms.

Time to watch a movie now which will be on the computer. Hoping brain continues to be OK.

It is tricky figuring things out. Need to let iphone charge back up then most likely will go out again for a while.

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Glad to hear, kam! [Smile]

Posted by lymeonade2015 (Member # 45611) on :

The problem may be watching the movies and not the computer. Did you not watch movies when using just your phone?

After being sick for a few months I started watching netflix. At first it was just 2-3 hours a day... then sometimes 3-4 hours. I didn't have any problems for about two months until, all of a sudden, I felt myself getting headaches and like my brain was literally turning to mush (not from the lyme). Took me a couple of days to realize that it got way worse when watching TV but not when browsing the Internet.

I stopped watching TV altogether for about a week and now I am able to watch half hour a day without any problems. Watching TV is probably the worst thing in the entire world for the brain, in my opinion. Its okay if you watch a movie or show on occasion but (for me anyways) daily TV makes me feel awful.

Being outside is probably the best thing in the world for the brain.

Posted by project (Member # 46200) on :

The body / immune system can do some pretty strange things. I was working for the first two years of my treatment. However I was able to get up M-F and go to work, feeling pretty poor but functional. Then on the weekend I would just fall apart and even just leaving my apartment was sometimes too much. Then on Monday I'd wake up and feel functional again. The schedule I was on meant that my strongest herxes were actually Thurs, but being at work somehow kept me functional.

I think a lot of the body's immune / detox processes are meditated on complex cues as to when it's "ok" to start up again. Mild stress, change of environment, and some kind of engagement with an activity can be a cue to the body to stop all the heavy lifting for survival purposes. I'm not saying this is happening in your case, but it's something to consider. Sometimes feeling bad is a sign that progress is being made.

Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :

Trying to be outside again today. Just came in to charge the iphone.

I do not watch movies on the iphone. I think it is too small.

And I have shut off TV service. Just have internet so stream movies on netflix.

I can feel myself going down hill being on the computer so am going to shut it down now.

Not much I can do but lie here or lay outside in the shade in the power chair. Even reading is out.

I also am wearing the ear muffs when outside due to sounds making me worse..the bugs in the trees...cacida's (SP?), the cars pulling in and out of parking spaces...traffic near by...

...looking forward to when I am doing well enough to leave the apartment for most of the day and hang out in my hammock in the quiet forest.

For now, I need to be close to the apartment.