I have lived with mold-induced brain fog for a long time. I am happy to share what I have learned but want to make sure that I understand your post.

When you say 'moldy place' are you referring to a geographic area (like Florida or Seattle) or your abode?

Do you have other mold-related symptoms (asthma, runny nose, fatigue, heart palpitations, upper and lower GI symptoms, etc.)?

Do your brain fog symptoms vary with mold exposure level?

@jeff0117 -

Hi. I am not the original poster, but can you explain how you were able to confirm indefinitely that your brain fog was caused by mold exposure?

You may want to look into Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). There are doctors who are well versed in CIRS, it’s really important to go to a group who understands how to treat CIRS. I have been going through treatment for CIRS for months at this point, but can say I have started to turn a corner. It may be worth checking out.

Who and where are these CIRS doctors?

My doctors just say it’s all in my head. I must be crazy !!!!

my doctor says it’s triggered asthma
and treats me accordingly

Thanks for responding to my post. I appreciate your willingness to talk about the treatments that you are using but believe that we have different definitions for the Shoemaker Protocol.

The Shoemaker Protocol that I was talking about has 12 well-defined steps that are executed in a specific order. It is published on Ritchie Shoemaker’s website at https://www.survivingmold.com/legal-resources/12-step-protocol-overview.

Step 2 of the published protocol (CSM) is the only one that you talked about in your post and I am trying to figure out what you mean when you say that “the Shoemaker protocol has worked for me.” Are you saying that you took CSM before you started the other parts of your treatment and that it significantly improved your symptoms or are using the term “Shoemaker protocol” to describe all the treatments that you described in your post?

@jenniferhunter
Innate immunity is programmed into our DNA from birth. It is our first line of defense against pathogens and operates by recognizing Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) and Damage Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMP's) . Because fungi are able to infect and kill humans, the cell wall components that are found in almost all yeasts (beta glucans, mannans and chitins) are recognized as PAMPs by our innate innate immune system.

Acquired immune processes are typically mediated by antibodies (IgE and IgG, for example) and develop in response to exposure to specific compounds. Allergy is an IgE-mediated acquired immune response. Fungi also can cause allergy.

The best paper that I know on innate and acquired fungal immunity is (https://www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(15)00659-5/abstract). Unfortunately it is locked behind a paywall and you'll have to ask the corresponding author for a copy. There is a video that talks about the way to do this at (https://telescience.seedinglabs.org/how-to-request-a-copy-of-a-scientific-paper/.)

There is also an open source paper on innate and adaptive responses to fungi in the airway (https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(18)30924-2/fulltext) It is is more limited in it's coverage than the Williams paper but is probably a good place to start.