Short YouTube video (shorts) by Robert Whitfield MD discussing a clinical anecdote linking home mold exposure to anxiety and depression. The transcript describes a patient and her husband with severe anxiety and depression; attic inspection revealed extensive mold and black mold due to a roof leak and lack of ventilation after an addition; mold was found throughout walls and basement, and the homeowners ultimately demolished and rebuilt the house.
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I had that with a patient of mine here years ago that she was having tons of anxiety, and she could barely make it through work without mental breakdowns. And I was talking to her. I'm like, man, this sounds a lot like mold. Like, so I asked, how's your husband doing? And she's like, oh, man, he is super depressed and major anxiety. Like, you guys have mold in your house. There's no way this is not happening. So they want to go. Go up in your attic, see what's happening. Just start there. Well, they went up in their attic, and what happened is somebody. It's an old house, somebody, you know, years ago added onto it, and they didn't put any ventilation, and then there was a roof leak, and then the whole thing was covered in mold and then black mold. And then they started tearing walls out in the house just to see there's black mold going in every wall and everywhere. So they ended up just tearing the whole house down. And they had a basement, too, because it's an old home. And they tore out the basement and then buried the basement and just built a new home on top of the space.
I've heard that story once, many times, and I will tell you, people get so upset when you mention their home. I don't know what your experience has been, but if you say it's their home, people just come unglued.
