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Show Notes
When you try all the treatments you find out about, and keep receiving different diagnoses, it can be a harrowing experience.
Alexandra shares her difficult decisions in her quest to recover from mould illness and chronic fatigue syndrome and how despite a 'brain-training' program not helping her, she decided to try ANS REWIRE anyway and succeeded with her recovery.
Timestamps
| Introduction - I am different | 0:00:00 |
| Interview Preview | 0:01:57 |
| Podcast Disclaimer | 0:03:15 |
| Meeting Alexandra | 0:03:58 |
| Illness onset with visit to emergency room | 0:04:53 |
| Meeting Alexandra | 0:03:58 |
| Alexandra talks about the pressure to take medications for mental health diagnosis | 0:10:05 |
| Alexandra talks about depression and anxiety about her illness and the lack of validation | 0:11:46 |
| Alexandra talks about the domino effect of symptoms | 0:15:08 |
| The 'woodpecker' attacks her head | 0:15:48 |
| The terrible impact of one Doctor's words on Alexandra | 0:17:08 |
| Alexandra finds a new community, treatments and diagnosis of Mould Illness/Mould toxicity | 0:18:21 |
| The inconsistencies and frustrations around mould illness and mould illness treatments | 0:20:08 |
| The no win situation with getting mould treatments - the impossible task | 0:27:58 |
| Alexandra shares the shocking financial impact of trying to treat mould illness | 0:29:22 |
| Finally a new diagnosis of CFS for Alexandra and a new direction | 0:31:15 |
| Alexandra talks about her symptoms at their worst - bedbound | 0:35:04 |
| Alexandra talks about her first failure with trying brain-training | 0:37:15 |
| Alexandra talks about the impact of unresolving illness on her and her family | 0:39:24 |
| A new direction and merry-go-round with integrative medicine | 0:40:46 |
| Alexandra talks about her turning point in mould illness and CFS recovery | 0:46:10 |
| How ANS REWIRE was a different experience to other brain-training programs | 0:48:18 |
| Alexandra finds her tribe of fellow recoverers | 0:50:21 |
| Dan asks about overwhelm in dealing with a multi-lateral approach | 0:51:05 |
| Engagement with other health care professionals whilst doing ANS REWIRE | 0:55:32 |
| Dan asks about trepidations with trying 'brain-training' again for CFS & mould illness recovery | 0:56:57 |
| The importance of mindset and coaching for recovery | 0:58:08 |
| When did significant recovery shifts occur | 1:00:56 |
| The experience of the rest of the recovery tribe | 1:06:15 |
| Alexandra's recovery journey & people's responses | 1:08:02 |
| How Alexandra tapered off treatments during her recovery | 1:11:02 |
| Dan asks about how important the physical training lessons were for her recovery and ANS normalisation | 1:12:06 |
| What about the fears around physical activity and mould exposure | 1:14:06 |
| Alexandra focusses on incremental gains for recovery from CFS and mould exposure | 1:16:34 |
| What Alexandra learned about engaging in life from her illness experience | 1:19:28 |
| The most Amazing moment since Alexandra recovered from CFS & mould illness | 1:24:36 |
| What advice Alexandra would give to someone seeking recovery from mould illness and CFS | 1:26:13 |
Links
Here is a link to the ANS REWIRE program.
Transcript
For a full transcript, check out the listing in the recovery stories section here.
Other Resources
CFS Unravelled is the book that started it all, outlining the explanation for the pathogenesis of ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, POTS, MCS and related syndromes and explaining how recovery is possible.
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