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holahanson
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So this past summer I had an intership in a national park and I lived in a really rustic cabin. We didn't know moving in that the cabin had a lot of mold in it behind the walls. After a month or so I started to notice I would be out of breath without doing anything. I ignored it because it wasn't that bad, but gradually as I spent more time there it got worse and worse until I could barely breathe sometimes. I wouldn't be able to swallow, couldn't breathe, felt panicky like I was going to die or something...
Anyways, I got medicine (my dr said it's allergy-induced asthma) As soon as I finished my internship and came home all my symptoms went away. I stopped taking the medicine, and I was fine.
For some reason, starting this past Monday I've had all the symtpoms again. Shortness of breathe (while I'm just sitting at my desk at work, doing nothing...), pressure in my chest, panic feelings... I just had to pull out my Albuterol a few minutes ago because I was hard core freakign out.
One question I have - how do I know that I'm having an attack? I don't know what's an attack and what isn't.. is it an attack as soon as I feel the symptoms? If so, is it bad that I feel out of breathe in and out all day? I haven't started taking my Advair yet, but I think I will take it tomorrow.
My other question - how long would it take, theoretically, for my symptoms to come back once I am in mold's presence? There are a few things I can think of that would trigger this; I moved back home in Deceraber and my mom fixed up a room in the basement for me. She swears it's dry down here, but I don't know... it could be my room. Or, it could be my poorly ventilated office I work in (it's an Israeli company.. they are super tight on security, so there is not a single window in the ENTIRE building). I started that job right around the same time I moved into the basement.
That was over a month ago though... does it make sense that if one of those was the cause, I would feel it now and not earlier? I hate feeling like this... I get so paranoid, like I'm going to have a heart attack and die at any moment or something. Or that I'll get brain damage from lack of oxygen. I know I'm just being crazy... but this is so scary!
Anyways, I got medicine (my dr said it's allergy-induced asthma) As soon as I finished my internship and came home all my symptoms went away. I stopped taking the medicine, and I was fine.
For some reason, starting this past Monday I've had all the symtpoms again. Shortness of breathe (while I'm just sitting at my desk at work, doing nothing...), pressure in my chest, panic feelings... I just had to pull out my Albuterol a few minutes ago because I was hard core freakign out.
One question I have - how do I know that I'm having an attack? I don't know what's an attack and what isn't.. is it an attack as soon as I feel the symptoms? If so, is it bad that I feel out of breathe in and out all day? I haven't started taking my Advair yet, but I think I will take it tomorrow.
My other question - how long would it take, theoretically, for my symptoms to come back once I am in mold's presence? There are a few things I can think of that would trigger this; I moved back home in Deceraber and my mom fixed up a room in the basement for me. She swears it's dry down here, but I don't know... it could be my room. Or, it could be my poorly ventilated office I work in (it's an Israeli company.. they are super tight on security, so there is not a single window in the ENTIRE building). I started that job right around the same time I moved into the basement.
That was over a month ago though... does it make sense that if one of those was the cause, I would feel it now and not earlier? I hate feeling like this... I get so paranoid, like I'm going to have a heart attack and die at any moment or something. Or that I'll get brain damage from lack of oxygen. I know I'm just being crazy... but this is so scary!