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Judy Tsafrir M.D.

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Mold Toxicity: A Common Cause of Psychiatric SymptomsCould your depression, anxiety, brain fog and insomnia be due to mold toxicity?

Posted Aug 03, 2017

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Toxic mold based illness is a very prevalent and under diagnosed condition that can manifest in many different ways, including with symptoms that are exclusively psychiatric, such as depression, anxiety, attentional problems, brain fog and insomnia. Vulnerability to mold toxicity is only present in 25% of the population, who in most cases, have a genetic predisposition which inhibits their clearance of biotoxins.  A family can all be living in the same house with mold growth, but only one family member will become ill. This is because that person is the only one with the genetic vulnerability.