Carbon monoxide symptoms: long term

Probably should of died on several different occasions, praise God tho I am still alive. I suffered from chronic and several episodes of acute CO poisoning during a 3 month period. My friends all had helped me reasoned out the symptoms, I had lost my beloved husband just 9 months earlier so I was suffering from a traumatic experience with that (not related). So my deppression, night terriors...etc were all explained away with the explanation of grief.

I was rescued by the grace of God one early morning, hospitalized for 3 days with hyperberic treatments. Once I returned home I slept for a year, only going to church...few other misc. things. I couldn\\\'t shop very well due to high anxiety to everything around me. So needless to say I lost over 40lbs. During this time I took a couple of little jobs that turned out to be a disaster. I suffered from all the symptoms of CO poisoning. My son insisted I find an attorney, so I did. I then also went out to Utah and was treated by a specialist, advised to see several other specialist in my home town i.e., cognitive therapist, trauma, shrink, and several months of eye therapy with special prism glasses prescribed.

It is now been 4 1/2 years later and currently on disability, not able to really stay focused, extreme short and long term memory loss. Panic attacks occasionally and mild anxiety still exists. I have trouble with sentences, lately I have noticed that I will say something and meant something else x3 very annoying to me and the listener. I really miss the memory stuff....I know that it is also a sympton of age however, this is really excelerated and causes some anxiety. I still find I would rather be home and not around people as much any more, and I was always a people person, light of the party.

I would love to communicate with someone who too has difficulties with coping with everyday stuff. The dr\\\'s don\\\'t understand this stuff, we all need to stick together with this one guys. thanks for listening

Many years ago, i was actually pronounced dead from co poisoning. My father freaked out and kept performing rescue breathing, and I came back \"to life.\" I spent 3 days in an oxygen tent in the hospital. I had fallen to sleep in the back seat of an old beater on a long trip. I have many of the above listed symptoms, and many of the same experiences as others complained of. At 51, I was disabled, unable to work as a nurse or even a census worker. I have many mysterious illnesses that no family member ever had. I also had epstein-barr, mono, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, extreme near-sighteness, copd, asthsma, difficulty concentrating. I forget how to cook, add, balance a checkbook. I sleep 12-14 hours a day, but wake up at least every 1/2 hr. I have heart palpitations, intolerance to heat and cold, chill and sweat in the same sentence. Even if I had the energy, I think im agoraphobic. I can hardly type now, due to muscular uncoordination. I also am afraid to drive any longer, though it was one of my favorite things in the past. I had htn, but now had to stop taking my meds, because my BP drops in half when I stand up. I\'ve had a lifelong struggle with depression, and etoh/drug abuse. I feel like I want to climb out of my skin. Now I have chronic pain syndrome after an accident, and must have injections, and narcs to control the pain.. I\'ll watch a movie and forget it by the next day. Well, just wanted to say, i\'ve always suspected that the incident 43 yrs. ago, was responsible for most of my ailments. Thank you everyone for sharing. It has given me an opportunity to believe I\'m not nuts (even tho the docs think when I mention this, I am!) Thanks again.

Every yr brings more allergic reactions-not simple reactions to things but aniphilaxic.

I take 1 Zyrtec a day-im able to tolerate tylenol & benodry for the severe allergic reactions.
CANNOT take meds-contrast dyes for xray or tests.

Colliodal silver is my antibiotic
Have developed gastro problems which i use licorice root for that.
Vision problems.
Have had problems with the following for yrs:
severe tremors-vision-ear pain-buldging veins all over-vertigo & worse (which i cant even explain)-wake up with eyes swollen like eggs- at times feel like i have a very bad flu & so many other things.
Gave up trying to find a DR-they dont seem to know how to help or understand. Insurance doesnt cover Holistic Drs or natural meds. Allergic to different foods -can only use baby shampoo-
As the yrs go by so increase the long term problems. U have to go day to day -be careful because u dont know whats coming next.

BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2010 I HAD TO MOVE FROM THE HOUSE I WASLIVING IN. THE BEDROOM FLOOR STARTED TO FALL IN BY THE DOOR THAT LED TO A DECK OFF THE BEDRROM. WHEN THEY TEARED BACH THE CARPET IT WAS FULL OF BLACK MOLD, RIGHT AWAY I COULD NOT BREATHE AND MY THROAT BURNED LIKE CRAZY. THE LANDLOR SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX IT FOR LIKE 2 WEEKS WELL I MOVED IN THE SAME TOWN TO AN APT THAT WAS IN THIS OLD BRICK BUILDING THAT ORIGNALLY WAS A HARD WARE STORE I THINK AT ONE TIME AND FOUND OUT POSSIBY A LAUNER MAT. MOVED IN IN APRIL THE CARPET WAS NEW NEW PAINT NEW COUNTER TOPS, TUB KITCHEN SINK ETC. I STARTED HAVING HEADACHES EVERYDAY,TIRED JUST NOT FEELING GOOD THOUGHT I HAD A BUG OF SOMESORT I HAD JUST HAD CATARACT SURGERY IN FEB AND MARCH IM ALSO VISUALLY IMPAIRD ON TOP OF EVERY THING ELSE. WELL STARTED SMELLING SEWER SOMETIMES I WAS TOLD TO POOR BLEACH DOWN ALL THE DRAINS THAT THIS HAPPENS ONCE IN A WHILE. BY ANOTHER TENTANT WHO KIND OF TOOK CARE OF THINGS FOR HIS RENT ON HIS PLACE. WELL I WENT TO BED ONE NIGHT IN JULY KEPT WAKINGUP FEELING REALLY SICK TO MY STOMACH BUT WOULD FALL BACK TO SLEEP I FINALLY GOT MY SELF UP WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND WAS VOMITING THINGS STARTED GETTING WORSE I NEEDED TO USE THE TOILET WHEN I TRIED TO GET UP FELT REALLY WEIRD THATS WHEN I GUESS I PASSED OUT AND FELL MY BOYFRIEND WOKE UP WHEN HE HEARD THE LOUD CRASH HE FOUND ME ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR COULDNT GET IN THE DOOR CAUSE I WAS IN FRONT OF IT. I GUESS HE FINALLY GOT IT OPEN AND I WAS A MESS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH CONVULSING THINGS WERE COMING OUT WE WILL SAY BODILY FUNCTIONS. HE COULD NOT GET ME TO RESPOND HE RAN TO GET THER PHONE AND CALLED 911 I WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL THEN TRANSPORTED TO OMAHA TO A TRAMA UNIT. ENDED UP WITH A BROKEN NECK IN 2 PLACES TORN ROTAR CUFF CONCUSION AND BRAIN BRUISING. I ENDED UP HAVING CARBON MONOIXIDE POISOING FROM SEWER GAS. COME TO FIND OUT THERE WAS NO RUBBER BOOT ON THE SWER LINE THAT WENT FROM THE WAHING MACHINE IN MY APT TO THE CITY MAIN IT ONLY HAD DUCT TAPE AROUND IT. NOW IM INVOLVED IN A LAW SUIT THE LANDLORD HAD NO INSURRANCE ON THE BUILDING AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE HE PASSED AWAY THIS LAST WINTER. CAN YOU SAY STRESSED OUT BEYOND BELIEVE.... ANYWAY I STILL HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLMES. MEMORY LOSS,CHANGE IN MY BEHAVIOR MY FRIENDS TELL ME. JUST DONT FEEL RIGHT AT TIMES. I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT I STILL WAS SUFFER ING FROM THIS POISOING . I WAS TOLD IF MY BOYFRIEND HAD NOT BEEN THERE I WOULD HAVE DIED. AND POEPLE THINK WE ARE CRAZY. WELL WERE NOT........ THANKYOU FOR LETTING ME RAMBLE ON ABOUT THIS. I HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE ELSE. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND GOD BLESS. KAREN

We have a story that we need to share about chronic exposure to carbon monoxide....we are in the midst of a law suit...however we need help finding a lawyer with knowledge of CO to help us......we have significant proof that we are and have been suffering from long term effects directly related to CO exposure

all symptoms could have been reversed with hyperbaric oxygen after exposure

my co problem came from driving a truck with a leaking exaust and a hole under the drivers seat for two years.the headaches, ringing in ears, depression,memory problems,nervousness and other problems are still driving me crazy after almost three years and when you try to talk to anyone about it they think you are lying.I try to spend my time alone because i just cant deal with anything anymore.

Im suffering from server migraines, short term memory loss and tingling in my hands and arm. Ive seen a few specialist including a Neurologist they dont really have a answer of why , they just keep trying different Meds which are not working !. I didnt think of the Carbon monoxide maybe a cause because I was told at the ER it was out of my system but a lot of my symptoms are listed under your article .
My migraines are 3 to 4 times a week which include vomiting, confusion , light and sound sensitivity, and short memory loss just started. I was renting a home which had a large crack in the furnace, I was in the home unaware with the furnace operating for 2 months gradually getting sicker and sicker until I almost died. In the home was myself, 2 daughter , 2 small dogs ,a baby rabbit and a hamster- the rabbit and hamster died. My youngest daughter is now doing home schooling because she is unable to considerate in groups and she has problems sleeping in 4 months she went from an A-B student to a F in all subjects.
what do I do , who should I talk to ?

Worried,
Ms.Jones

I went to the hospital after getting carbon monoxide poisoning after working on a military vehicle. I received 100% oxygen which helped with the fogginess, nausea, and extreme headache but the pain behind my eyes took weeks to go away. I went back to work but continued having headaches and had a hard time concentrating. My co-workers said I did not seem like the same person. I noticed that food did not taste the same and I had extreme sensitivity to light. I suffered from extreme fatigue and would get nauseated around fumes sometimes breaking out in hives. I noticed that I developed a twitch in my right eye. I was having balance problems and was running into doorways etc. I was having some joint pain in my elbows and shoulders. I eventually had to quit the job that I loved.
I continued to deteriorate in my health. My small twitch became tremors and twitches all over, my muscles are now very weak, my vision worsened and I lost my peripheral vision and things look dim and grayish. My balance is to the point that I have to use a cane. I started having pain in all my joints, I also started to stutter.
I went to many Doctors but they could not find anything wrong with me because all the test came back negative. I told every Dr about the exposure to toxic fumes when I got carbon monoxide poisoning and all I got was the deer in the headlight looks from them and told it was psychogenic. Seriously!! I finally got a Dr. who understood the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning and was able to help. He gave me medications to help with the symptoms - Amantadine and Neurontin. I was sent to a neurologist who also told me that carbon monoxide poison was the cause and that I have degenerative brain disease because of the damage it caused. The medication has helped control the tremors and helped calm down the overactive neurotransmitters that caused me to shut down when over stimulated. My gait in walking is more normal now, vision is a little better and the abrasiveness of sounds - like chewing - no longer are an issue.
If you can not find a Dr. who understands your medical condition…Don’t give up, keep looking and do not let them get away with telling you its nothing.

Anger
Short term memory
Insomia
Speech (stamering)
Irritable
Concentration
Depression
Vision (sensitive to light)
Always Sick
Implusive
Argumentitive

Last year while at work, i suddenly couldnt breathe, for over 6 weeks i just could not breathe. The doctors thought i might have a clot somewhere, so i had a huge amount of scans and nothing has showed up. Recently, i had the gas heater in my lounge checked, the gas guy said that a reading of 10 was bad, within 30 secs the reading went up to 60. He was surprised that my kids and i are still alive, seeing it was improperly fitted for the last 6 years. My symptoms are worse because i sat 3 feet away from that heater for 5 years doing home work, i would also leave it on over night.After reading some of these comments i realise that i cant remember how old my son was when he started walking, which really upsets me, there are alot of other things i cant remember but that is the most hurtful. At the moment, my respiratory doc says that CO doesnt cause long term problems, i would say that we all disagree...

Great forum! As my title says, the most frusterating part is having the knowlage and knowing the dangerous symptoms but not being able to do much about it. I am mid twenties and work in a automotive guage. Living in the north the weather is cold most of the year and the doors are mainly closed. The other guys in the shop runs several vehicles including diseals in the shop without venting the co outside. For some reason they believe there's no health effect. Anyways in the last year I've notice crazy symptoms like extream fatauge , confuse slight word studder, headaches, complete loss of social life, irriatbility and easly frusterated. Never used to be or act like this in any way before. I did som reasearch online and found a lot of these symtpoms were related to co poisining. hmm, interesting. I just really wish wbc were more strict on auto shops and air safty. Not to mention 4 of the 7 people there smoke in the shop.
Thanks for listening

i was exposed to co for 7 months or a lil longer, i had never linked my problems i have now to then, but i have these weird migraines, the cause numbness, in fingers and nose. along with sharp pains on the rite temple area they only come about every 7-9 months, i also have memoery loss, dont remember nothin from my past , sum things i do but not everything, along with horrible panic attacks. do you think this is also from the co poisioning?

Chronic 3-year exposure. . . could hardly get out of bed, difficult to stay conscious, chest pain, heart arrythmia, extreme fatigue. This was 4 years ago and I have had so many health problems since, I just now began to wonder about a connection. So glad to hear of other sufferers. I now make a connection: Memory problems, confusion, brain cramps, small tremors, muscle weakness and pain, joint pain, and on and on. . . life can be overwhelming. The worst part is that people thought I was "crazy". Ya know what I mean!! And the misunderstandings still continue; yes, it can be a lonely trek. God is my strength.

almost everyone here has suffered from long-term CO poisoning, so my story may be a little different. My poisoning was a one time exposure almost 38 years ago when I was a senior in high school. To this day it is still VERY difficult for me to learn new things. Of course I can, but no one except fellow CO survivors can understand the depth of the problem. Introduce me to someone new, and there is no chance I will remember that person's name. Take me on a drive somewhere I don't know, and there is no chance I could make that trip on my own again. Long ago I accepted that I am to be this way for the rest of my life, but being reminded of this every day by my own experiences is a fate I wish on no one. To my knowledge there is no cure for effects of CO poisoning, and the sooner people accept this the easier it will be to move on with your life.

I have had CO poising twice from a defective gas fireplace insert. It was a low emmissioin leak over a long period of time, where I was working from my home. I ended up in ER and I was given a hystorectomy relating to my low red blood counts! Never a CO test i . The second ER visit I ended up care- vaced to a major medical facility,had 6 trasfusions and never a CO test.My blood count went down to 4! I was started on 100 mg. of Predisone for months and very ill from that and the still ubdetected exposure. I was tested from the shoot to the poop. They thought I had Cancer! Nevcer a CO test. I just recently started feeling symtomatic again. Is this cumulative? Because I get sick with headaches and nausa just standing next to someone smoking. I thougth I was alone.My family sad I was crazy. My Dr. wanted to take anti-depresants. Memory loss, confusion.... I have it all . Yes, this is the season of flu which mimics CO poisioning. I tell everyone have your gas applinces serviced. Even with a CO detector, it never sounded off because the emmissions weren\'t high enought , but cumulative over time to make me very ill. There were so many mis-diagnoses and people involved I couldn\'t get an attonry to help in our little town:( I was begining to think I was insane.

I was exposed to carbon monoxide while in a car travelling to Glasgow from Edinburgh and back again because of a faulty exhaust. My friend was not affected but I soon developed sickness, nausea and dizziness.

That was over 4 years ago. Only a few days ago I woke up and found I had Bell\'s Palsy confirmed by a neurologist and I am wondering if there is any connection to the carbon monoxide I was exposed to, albeit it seemed to be a low dose although I felt awful.

Any light on this would be greatly appreciated

Debbie

I'M STILL HAVING SYMPTOMS, NOT AS INTENSE BUT STILL HAVE THEM.

HEADACHES,NAUSEA, DIZZINESS,BALANCE ISSUES,FATIGUE,JOINT PAIN,SLEEP ISSUES,CHEST DISCOMFORT, SMELLS,AND THE WORST ONE OF ALL IS ASTHMA . IT LIKE THE DOCTORS. THINK YOU ARE CRAZY. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY LOOK IN THE BOX INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE THE BOX. AND I AGREE DRS. NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THIS.

I'M BLESSED THAT I'M A LIVE BUT I HAVE TO POSSIBLY LIVE WITH THIS THE REST OF MY LIFE. PEOPLE LOOK AT ME AND THINK YOU LOOK HEALTH SO NOTHING IS WRONG BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE OUR ILLNESS.

I JUST FELL LIKE SCREAMING SOME TIMES. I CAN BE IN PLACE WIT HEAVY PERFUMES AND SMELLS BECAUSE I WILL HAVE AN ASTHMA ATTACK. I'M SO FRUSTRATED.

I was CO poisoned almost 2 years ago.

The Employee from the gas company said his meter was at an 8 where the furnace was, and flagged it. I asked how high the attic was; I had laid new insulation in the attic the day before and was up there almost 10 hours... the attic was a 27.

My last solid memory was from the day my CO poisoning.

I tell People (so they can understand) That my life is just like 50 FIRST DATES, because it is. I have noticed over time i am improving but i have to work very hard at it.

Endocrine issues are related with my CO poisoning; I'm still working to discover how i have been affected- since i have to start over each day.

I have serious problems maintaining my blood sugar.

My lungs are weak, with shortness of breath always.

I'm glad to say the hallucinations have stopped. Also, The palpitations have ceased.

I struggle with Depression, and MUST take a LOT of vitamins- or I become emotionally unmanageable.

I need a LOT of sleep. I have difficulty sleeping.

Randomly I become very confused by simple things, like counting out pocket change at the grocery store. I just can't do it no matter how hard I try.

I have what I'd describe as a brain fog, where i struggle to process info, which takes on average 10 seconds. Processing new info becomes difficult and confusing.

speech delay, and i type words completely jumbled (frined/friend... smoeoen/someone), or completely the wrong word altogether which doesn't even correlate. (it's irritating- i USED to be a secretary)

difficulty with doing daily chores completely, i often forget what i was in the middle of and start a new task.

Speech problems in the form of stuttering

Brain seems to freeze mid conversation

I cannot tolerate to any degree perfumes or chemicals, they nauseate me often... my kids tease me about my "super sniffer". :)

severe short term memory loss

i have virtually no recall (people must remind me or i remember virtually nothing)

Someone must tell me when it is time to eat, i often forget to brush my teeth.

Decreased Appetite

Most days blend into the next day and a week feels like a blur

Now that ive stated the symptoms that i can remember, I'm going to do something a little different on this page. I'm going to try to encourage all of you to recover as best as you can:
I REFUSE TO LET THIS BEAT ME.

I've noticed i can read books and recall the info if i highlight with a marker the most imperative parts.

I CAN have a positive attitude, I dont have to feel defective because this is a CHALLENGE and i'm not going to beat myself up for my new weaknesses.

i use an old cell phone (alarm/calendar) to remind me of everything i need to do- dr apts, voting, holidays, when to go to bed :)

i have an "easy button" (from STAPLES), and really IT HELPS. I hit that thing every time i get frustrated or complete a task.

FACEBOOK IS MY HERO. the profile pics and the names right next to them are helping me to remember who everyone is, through serious repetition.

My good friend calls me every morning and I find that the more i associate with a person (and it must be daily) the more i am able to remember.

I ask for help a lot, and i remind myself it's ok to ask for help. Ive been through a horrible thing.

I can perform a task whether i have knowledge of it or not (example: i dont believe i can play guitar but i can actually play it if you hand me a guitar- this means i had to have learned how- i just dont remember learning but i retain the skill)

learning new things helps me remember (I have an easier time remembering dance class steps, because i never knew how to dance before)... maybe im working new areas of my brain.

i wish i could help more, all of these posts have been helpful to me- i don't feel so alone

December 28, 2009, My 28 year old son died in his sleep after three years of "classic" CO poision symptoms. My Fireplace was the source and Doctors were not able to diagnose his varied illnesses. Exactly 4 weeks after his death I began blacking out in my home. I went to the ER, admitted for Cardio observation for two days. CO test was NOT done (?).
Within 24 hours of my discharge, I began blacking out again. Back to the ER where a CO blood test was finally done. I finally figured out what was wrong with my son all these years. Now 8 months after my poisioning, I have a constant Headache, insomnia, social isolation. I Just feel like I don't think as fast as the rest of the world lives. I have trouble spelling and speaking what I want to say. Extreem anxiety and spontanious "panic attacks". While I "appear" like the same person, I feel like a stranger in my own skin.

I was exposed to low levels of CO poisoning for 4 months in a rental house. Doctors were at a complete loss as to how to diagnose me. i think they thought I was crazy. A friend\'s mom was a nurse and suggested I buy a CO detector. I did and it went up to 35 immediately. In the aftermath, I experienced extreme fatigue and recall memory loss. One doctor said I had a vitamin B12 deficiency, probably depleted while fighting off the poison. I took the drops that you put under your tongue, and the results were amazing! My energy returned completely! However, I fear that my memory will never be the same. The real tragedy for all of us is that if doctors were more informed, we could be diagnosed and treated faster, without long term effects.

I am posting this message on several different parts of CO Surviver since this site has so many parts and so much information. I hope this is OK - I'm not trying to spam here - just reaching out to other survivers!

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This is a wonderful site. The information here has certainly helped me better understand the impact CO poisoning has had on my life.

It would be great if a message board was available so we could communicate with each other.

Lacking that, I am going to post my e-mail for anyone who would like to share experience, strength and hope with another survivor.

I suffer from chronic exposure over a 5 year period (result of a faulty home furnace). By the end, the level in my home were so high that when the man from public utilities came out and measured it, he told me that I could have died in my sleep at any time.

My concentration, memory, and executive function (and more) have all been severely impacted.

I would love to know other people's experience: Are you getting better? Do you have permanent damage? Have you found an MD who will work with you? What treatments have you tried and which seemed to help you the most?

Here's my e-mail:

flicker-puddytat at live dot com

Hope to hear from you soon!

I was exposed to CO through driving a car with a bashed in trunk. My job at the time was to run errands throughout the greater Los Angeles area EVERY weekday. Oh, and forget the pollution in LA, I was using leaded gas in the early 1980's! I did this for about 7 months before my depression became bad enough to seek help.

My psychotherapist figured it out in one session. My earlier symptoms included a plethora of food allergies, emotional instability, suicidal feelings, panic attacks, tachycardia (i was in my 20's at the time).

Later I was diagnosed with Epstein Barr Virus though I have no recollection of having had mono. I continue to be very sensitive to cold, several food allergies, difficulty with sleep and consequent fatigue.

I'm very relieved to find this site. I fell like I got off easy! But now that I read these other accounts, I realize that I have had some dyslexia which I did not have as a child, learning new things is very painful, and I suffer from occasional vertigo.

Those who have info or who have already posted, were you enduring long term exposure or very quick exposure leading to f.x unconsciousness ?

I had CO poisoning 16 years ago. The most problematic symptom by far has been the change in my short term memory. I cannot remember appointments and rely heavily on others for helping me get where I need to go. I set alarms. My recall memory is very poor, although recognition is better. I very often cannot recall words, or use the wrong ones.

Dyslexia is a problem, not just in letter placement within a word, but I can put whole words in the wrong order within a sentence. I cannot do the simplest math problem in my head, I must rely on a calculator.

I have balance issues and run into door frames when I walk through them. I often have bruises on my outer thighs from running into things (I am not a large person).

I am much like a person with the early symptom of dementia. I am cognizant of the changes within me and it affects my self-esteem. I still have a decent enough IQ but I am more like the badly organized "absent-minded" professor. This is hard for someone who used to have a picture-perfect memory, was a master -level organizer, and was graceful.

I am now a mess and cannot manage my own life. I am very withdrawn from people and am tired most of the time - even after 8-10 hours sleep. It is just not restful.

Insomnia panic attacks depression but this is reactive to lifechanges created by co poisoning and still fear it was a target attack on me and my family.

At times i feel paranoia but at other times makes sense as I'm a serious crime victim yrs ago and perpetraitor was never caught.

Anxiety especially if stranger activity near home or in supermarkets or related to car. Feel it may have been more ongoing than just first incident as 3 years ago at car. Being gassed in my car was something i had never known could happen.

I had been having to open car door window and rest before driving home. Now feel still being targeted as last Friday. Man lives in flat above daughter ran his car engine for ages under her window and i immediately got the same symptoms. Acute symptoms, then metal taste in mouth, then left eye pain, then left lung struggling for air, next sharp pain back of neck and feeling lightheaded.

Away from it later and next day renewed feeling of mixture of panic confusion fear plus worsening pain and twitching left eye. Neck pain still 2 days later. Fatigue always worse and i have severe joint pain, spine deformity, arthritis, both hips difficulty walking.

I have alot of symptoms that i have seen listed. But the worst one is im dizzy all the time.I cant drive or walk without a walker.

Your site lists every symptom I had but more importantly it helped me recognize symptoms I was unable to put into words. Great site.

I would like to know the source of this web site--such as location and writer(s)? What and where are you deriving your information from?

What are the long term effects and what is the best way of reducing/eliminating them?

im a twenty -nine year old female that was exposed to carbon monoxide and natural gas for nine months at my job, in the beg. i was sick all of last year ,i was throwing up, i was very tired,i had a headach four days out the week i started to forget things,i was losing memory on how to do my job,i was seeming slow at getting my words out, my eyes were always sensitive to light my sense of smell was highly sensitive to chemicals it would burn my eyes and nose,ect.. now i been away from the gas since december 5 and i got worse i have a permanent migrain every day that i wake up,my eyes are sensitive to light,my head feels like a water bottle i have a burning sensation on the back of my head,i have numbness in my shoulders and sometimes in my arms, my memory or speech has not improved i ask my ten year old son how to spell or do math ,my doctor thinks im crazy although i seen him five times before i had to close my job down and he cant connect the dots,workmans comp kicked in but then after they herd the testing that my specialist wanted they took me off im so tired i cant fight my condition tires me so much can some one help me

Peripheral vision problems

Night vision problems

Speech problems and loss of vocabulary - I try to read books to help with this.

Dyslexia

Memory loss

Asthma

I have a lot of problems remembering new things or memories, I don't feel comfortable outside of my house or meeting new people.

I have frequent panic attacks. I am depressed, I feel like no one understands me, I feel like everyone will reject me all the time.

Have problems doing normal everyday tasks/routines like remembering to brush my teeth.

Most days blend into the next day and a week feels like a blur. I have troubles maintaining healthy relationships with people (in particular with my girlfriend).

Loss of bladder control, and problems with co-ordination.

Episodes of random body pains (chest pains) and headaches.

mental problems mostly

A big change in my personality - I am significantly quieter and more withdrawn from life than I used to be. I used to be very outgoing and full of life.

Now I feel like I never have much to say about anything, I'm lonely, and don't really feel like doing anything most of the time.

I also experience what feels like PTSD when doing things around the house that makes me recall the aftermath of the poisoning

Adrenal fatigue, kidney problems, memory problems, fatigue.

Continuation of the short term memory loss. I can't remember to even go to the bathroom and have to wear diapers.

Someone must tell me when it is time to eat, take a shower etc. I cannot work or enjoy life doing the simplest of things (my sister is writing this for me as she is my care giver)

Cognitive problems. Sleep disturbance and need to sleep more hours than normal.

Still easily fatigued - both mentally and physically. I only have a few good hours in a day for mental and physical activity - these hours are not predictable and frequently do not overlap with similar energy levels for mental/physical activity.

I always have a headache; each day it is different. Sometimes the headaches are weak but constant or strong and I am unable to do anything.

Decreased appetite.

There are fewer days in a month when I do not feel safe enough to drive.

Depression. Problems with memory. Sensitivity to bright light and sounds.

Significantly reduced emotional capacity and ability to recognize emotions I am feeling and how to properly handle the emotions.

Attention deficit disorder. I now recognize that I have significant loss of interest in sex. I did not recognize that in the first 3 months - but it was there and noticed by my fiancée. Coordination and balance issues are reduced since being treated for midline shift.

Many more... but I am having problems collecting my thoughts and writing them.

The brain fog is still with me, although I have bad days and good days. I can now drink alcohol which I never could immediately following my exposure - it made me violently ill after just one glass.

I suffer from fatigue in my eye muscles. I find concentration much more difficult and if I have more than one stimulus to cope with I feel very dizzy and my brain feels overwhelmed.

I am always tired like I am running on three cylinders and recently, which has made me feel very depressed, I am aching all over- I feel like I have been trampled on !

After 3 years of low level CO exposure, experienced chest pains and heart related symptoms, light-headed, shortness of breath, chills.

Later experienced severe headaches, neck pain, chronic fatigue and tiredness, shooting muscle pains, joint pain, numbness in my left side, and a strange acrid urinary odor.

memory loss depression irritability pounding heart

Still have migraines especially when triggered by chemicals, vision, hearing, tired, short term memory loss, become anxious with stress ... there were some slight improvements and farther apart.

I still have impairments but now I have doctors that refuse treatments when I can show them I am allergic to medication.

Vision trouble and now diabetes, high blood pressure and thyroid all of my blood and labs are still the same as the day of the poisoning.... some meds work in reverse... like Insulin injections raise my blood sugar... they would increase the dosage and it would go higher...

Doctors would not listen to me... they refuse to treat me unless I would increase and take their medication. It is insane.

Depression
Mild Headache
Numbness
Harder and heavier heartbeat

The co poisoning is coupled with exposure to black mold in the house I was living in. Exposure it turns out was multiple low level, with heightened levels at times.

Some symptoms have resolved, some were better, then worse, now some alleviated since moving out, others remain, especially cognitive challenges and problems with focus and learning and retaining new information.

Severe fatigue, asthma. Additionally: cold extremities (especially feet), joint and muscle pain, extreme fatigue, dizzy and balance issues, brain fog, periods of racing heart, hearing loss, vision continues to deteriorate, headaches, depression, anxiety.

Confusion
Depression
Speech problems in the form of stuttering
Brain seems to freeze mid conversation
Anger issues
Short term and long term memory problems (random) Problems sleeping
Itchiness
Paranoia

Memory, depression, fatigue has improved but still a problem, balance, headaches, sleep, short tempered, frustrated most of the time.

I can't handle perfumes or chemicals, never feel refreshed or well rested. Breathing problems, tiredness, palpitations, headaches.

Mental slowness, fatigue, lack of concentration and lack of focus, anxiety, wanting to sleep a lot more, cannot think straight, difficulty in doing daily chores and simple tasks and keeping things straight and doing them in the right order. I feel lost much of the time.

exhaustion, fatigue, depression, confusion, memory problems, speech delay, problems dealing with or processing information.

Same as my short term symptoms incl fatigue, brain fog, muscle weakness, some sleeping difficulties, hormonal difficulties, etc.

Sometimes I still feel tingling in my arms and legs. I think my mind has difficulty with memory still.

Since endocrine issues are related with CO poisoning, I think it may be responsible for the two miscarriages I had (related to low progesterone).

Depression, bad PMS, memory problems, dementia type symptoms, need for lots of sleep, feels like brain is shrinking, unable to face up to much