u/WhatAreTheseMites

I need advice, this has never happened to me before (40 year old man, in otherwise good health save for this onslaught of anxiety that is consuming me)

I posted earlier this week but on Monday night I couldn't sleep, went to every room in the house, no luck, next thing I knew it was 7:45 AM and my kids were running downstairs, I clocked ZERO (0) hours of sleep in a 26 hour cycle. The previous night too, probably only got 4-5 hours of sleep.

Couple this with the bacteria infection in my head, the toxic VOCs from the burning light we had earlier in the week (which is what really kick-started my anxiety) the neck/back pain, and the start of Flonase, I truly feel like this combo I'll one day look back on as the start of my path towards serious illness, cancer, ALS, Alzheimer's, etc.

It had to have done such damage, I don't know what to do :( so mad and scared and worried. I asked Google AI for studies and summaries about lack of sleep + infection combo to ease my fear and they only provided contradictory information that gave me more anxiety.

Tuesday night I laid down around10 PM, up at 11 PM. laid down at 11 PM up at Midnight.

Until, finally, I believe I slept from Midnight to 5 AM and then 5:15 AM to 7:45 AM and then 8:15 AM to 9:00 AM. So, I caught up a little.

But then it happened again last night, laid down at 10:30 after putting kids to bed, doing chores, no screens, etc.

Get my book and my wife again says just sleep in the guest room try to get some sleep.

I read until 11:30 unable to fall asleep. I finally fall asleep around midnight, then, boom, our youngest daugther has a nightmare...I've been up ever since.

That is twice this week I will have gone with 0 hours of sleep and twice on stretches of 36 hours wakefulness.

I'm so worried that I've ruined my life this week and my brain won't ever be able to clear this and set it back right. I also hurt my neck yesterday playing with the kids, which also made it harder to fall asleep, but also has me terrified of the combo of strained neck + no sleep and what that can equal for the brain.

Any real world perspective here. I need perspective that this is, while not normal, something that happens to people and they surive and don't look back on it as the start of cancer, or als, or Alzheimer's or the start of them losing their hair, etc. I'm terrified. and now worried, "what if it happens again tonight."

I'm worried this exact combination is going to cause ALS.

My brain hasn't had a chance to clear like brains do when they sleep, so maybe this exact combination—a neck strain followed by 26 hours straight awake without a chance to clear your brain—is something scientists haven't studied.

A muscle strain is in my neck a physical pull in your neck fibers (part of why i couldn't sleep).

ALS is a disease of the central nervous system's motor neurons [ALS Pathophysiology].

Maybe a bridge or highway that allows a sore neck muscle to tell my brain cells, that haven't cleared in two days, to break down or develop a disease [ALS Pathophysiology]

my brain’s waste clearance system (the glymphatic system) being on standby [Glymphatic System] is the perfect time to attack.

I'm so scared right now :(

I always assumed, in my tired state, an "all-nighter" meant 24 hours no sleep / 24 hours constant wakefulness.

But, of course, that is wrong.

For example, I woke up on Monday at 7:30 AM and didn't go back to sleep until Tuesday night at 10:00 PM (maybe 10:30 PM) that is 39 HOURS!

I was awake for 39 straight hours. Just completely scared of this and what it may have done to my health. I'm battling a Bacterial Sinus Infection as well and just started, for the first time ever, Flonase on Friday night. The Flonase has really helped the congestion.

But, adding all these factors, I feel like I'm done for. Like I'll look back on this (and a similar event that happened a few months ago where it was almost 2 full days of wakefulness due to travel, hospital, etc.)

Any scientific back studies out there to calm my anxiety or is this just a mistake and series of events I'll never be able to get back?

What an awful week. I find out the room my son and I have been sleeping in had a failing light that was slowly melting the plastic wirings within, releasing toxic VOCs every night.

I'm also battling a bacterial sinus infection - 27 days in (started as a bad snot/mucous filled cold brought home from daycare from my kids in late April and is now a lingering stuffiness/mucous/snot) - and it is finally starting to get better with the use of Flonase, which I just started using for the first time ever on Friday night.

But, the dominos of anxiety fell into place perfectly: the electrician stopped by on Monday and checked out the room and light, told me the wires inside the light compartment had been slowly melting, releasing fumes that I reported smelling last week; so, Monday night I was out of a bedroom that my wife had been letting me, so kindly, sleep in every now and then to get sleep away from co-sleeping with our toddlers.

I moved to a different room, the basement, and tried to sleep on a tiny air mattress - where I screwed up my back and neck, battling a sinus infection, and the start of Flonase, I was not able to sleep. I sat their all night, expecting to fall asleep and NEVER did. I got up and went and read a book on the couch, didn't make me tired. I went to another room and tried that, nothing.

We got off to a late start anyways (went to lay down around 1:30 AM) as my wife and I stayed up late talking and planning the summer, and then I took my Flonase around 1 AM and those first few hours had trouble breathing, thinking it was caught in my nostrils.

I just couldn't fall asleep - just laid there. I finally snuck into the family room, not wanting to wake them but in need of sleep, went to my daughters bed, but couldn't fall asleep. Tried the couch again, nope, just wide awake. Went to the basement and laid on that crappy mattress that killed my neck, nothing.

Next thing I knew it was 7:45 AM and my kids were running downstairs, I clocked ZERO (0) hours of sleep in a 26 hour cycle. The previous night too, probably only got 4-5 hours of sleep.

Couple this with the bacteria infection in my head, the toxic VOCs from the burning light, the neck/back pain, and the start of Flonase, I truly feel like this combo I'll one day look back on as the start of my path towards serious illness, cancer, ALS, Alzheimer's, etc.

It had to have done such damage, I don't know what to do :( so mad and scared and worried. I asked Google AI for studies and summaries about lack of sleep + infection combo to ease my fear and they only provided contradictory information that gave me more anxiety.

I ended up going back to the bedroom where the electrician had been last night, thinking it had aired out enough at this point and the light disconnected.

Laid down at 10 PM, up at 11 PM. laid down at 11 PM up at Midnight.

Until, finally, I believe I slept from Midnight to 5 AM and then 5:15 AM to 7:45 AM and then 8:15 AM to 9:00 AM. So, I caught up a little.

Still, I'm terrified. This is the fourth or fifth time over the past 6 months where I've clocked a sleepless night; a few months back, due to different circumstances, I didn't sleep for almost 48 hours because of work, travel, kid in hospital, etc.

Any studies to ease my fears that I've ended my life because of this? I already didn't get much sleep as a parent of toddlers over these past six years, but this latest ordeal just has me stuck and convinced I'll look back one day that that day started my downfall :(

What an awful week. I find out the room my son and I have been sleeping in had a failing light that was slowly melting the plastic wirings within, releasing toxic VOCs every night.

I'm battling a sinus infection - 24 days in - and it is finally starting to get better with the use of Flonase.

But, combo the electrician coming on Monday and telling me this fact and removing the light; having to move to a different bedroom where I screwed up my back and neck, battling a sinus infection, and the start of Flonase, I was not able to sleep last night.

Legit, got off to a late start anyways (went to lay down around 1:30 AM) and then just couldn't fall asleep - just laid there. Went to my daughters bed, but couldn't fall asleep. Tried the couch, nope, just wide awake. Went to the basement and laid on a crappy mattress that killed my neck, nothing.

Next thing I knew it was 7:45 AM and my kids were running downstairs, I clocked ZERO (0) hours of sleep in a 26 hour cycle.

Couple this with the bacteria infection in my head, the toxic VOCs, the neck/back pain, and the start of Flonase, I truly feel like this combo I'll one day look back on as the start of my path towards ***

It had to have done such damage, I don't know what to do :( so mad and scared and worried. I asked Google AI for studies and summaries about lack of sleep + infection combo to ease my fear and it only enhanced it.

We moved into our new home about 2 years ago and there has always been a few fishy things with the wiring / electrical grid of the home. We immediately had to get the electrician in for the downstairs fridge, for example.

Anyways, the past 3-4 months my 5 year son has been attempting to sleep in his own room. It is the upstairs guest room and ever since we moved in the fan ceiling light above has been slowly dying, so much so it barely gives off light, so he often just uses his night light by his bed.

I believe the fan is a Java Ceiling Fan with Light Kit 54 inches wide by Minka Aire. Really crappy fan.

So, a few days ago, we accidently left that light on all day - it is hard to tell when the light is even on so sometimes it is forgotten to be turned off.

I entered the room to get his bed ready and it smelled heavy of burned weed and warm overworked Nintendo 64 / plastics = it was a very strange smell.

We have no window or airflow in there, so the smell just lingered all night. Anways, he slept in there and the next morning developed a cough. This coincides with what I've been going through, as most nights I end up sleeping in there after putting him to sleep and he leaves and goes and sleeps in bed with mom and baby sisters.

I've been having what I thought were allergies - wake up every morning red eyes, post nasal drip, congestion, etc. that goes away throughout the day.

So, I call an electrician. He arrives today and states the light fixture feels unusaslly hot (had only been on for 1 minute) and then unscrews the casing, and, fa-la: BURN MARKS, BURNED PLASTIC WIRING AND CASING. F*CK!

So, I'm freaking out. I've been breathing this for months, my son off and on as well, and it coincides with his cough and my perceived allergies.

Toxic? Harmful VOCs? What is going on here. I know the "dose makes the ___" but, slight dose for months every night for 6-8 hours a night....I don't know.

Any ideas or real world comparisons? Thank you!

I've had BFS for many years, but normally just the strange sensory stuff: every twitch in every muscle you could think of over the past decade, every strange tingle and sensory sensation, hot spots, etc. You name it

But I'm getting relief scared these past 2 weeks and it made it even worse when I asked Google ai who said it is possible...😰😢😞

having strange sensations in my left bicep, I can feel it tingle, can feel it pull sometimes....

My biggest fear is that because I stopped working out about 6 years ago when I had kids and I've lost almost all my muscle mass. I had built during the first 35 years of my life, my arms and muscles are so small in it..

And I'm afraid to ask Google to give me the studies that muscle mass loss in adulthood plus decades of anxiety and OCD inevitably my fear leads to ***

Just never had a muscle sensation like this during my decade of BFS.

Really scared 😞

Hi all, need some help and full of anxiety right now and hoping Phone experts might have answers here.

On Sunday I pulled my old Google Pixel 8 out of storage, with intentions of wiping it clean to trade it in (along with my current phone) for a new one.

It was dead, guessing it had been dead for a year; so I plugged it in and left the room for a second (and stupidly left the phone on the carpet to charge).

This phone used to get hot and it had a glitchy screen, which was why I got rid of it early last year.

Anyways I come back to the room and notice the phone was very hot. I unplugged it and started erasing data to wipe it, while the screen glitched along the way.

Later that day I noticed my eyes were itchy and red though I assumed related to a sinus infection I'd just battled that I assumed was lingering.

Anyways, today I attempted to finish the phone wipe, so I plug the phone in again and put it on a damp wash cloth (I found this was the only my screen wouldn't glitch, not sure why), but now again thinking how stupid this was.

Then I started to smell what I can only describe as a "warm electronics smell" like when we were kids and had the N64 or Play Station on for way too many hours. Not a toxic smell, what Google AI said is unmistakable.

I unplugged it. A few mins later my wife walked into the room and I asked her if she could smell anything and she said no.

Fast-forward to tonight and my eyes are even itchier and red and my throat hurts.

I'm afraid I breathed in some kind of toxic fumes from the old Google Pixel 8 as it overheated and MAYBE toxic chemicals released through the phone?

I asked ChatGPT and they gave me conflicting answers, "no, you'd notice the chemical smell, it is unmistakable," and "yes, it overheated and released VOCs at the very least, if not toxic chemicals and it irritates your throat and eyes." It also told me to rewash all the clothes that were in that room (it's an office / laundry room).

I'm worried as well as my toddler son and toddler daughter soon after walked in.

Any expert knowledge here would be great. Mad at myself, but simply wanted to wipe the phone and thought it was completely safe thing to do; but scared I subjected myself to very dangerous toxic fumes.

Hi Spicy Pillow Legends, I need some help and full of anxiety right now and hoping you experts might have answers here.

On Sunday I pulled my old Google Pixel 8 out of storage, with intentions of wiping it clean to trade it in (along with my current phone) for a new one.

It was dead, so I plugged it in and left the room for a second (and stupidly left the phone on the carpet to charge).

This phone used to get hot and it had a glitchy screen, which was why I got rid of it early last year.

Anyways I come back to the room and notice the phone was very hot. I unplugged it and started erasing data to wipe it, while the screen glitched along the way.

Later that day I noticed my eyes were itchy and red though I assumed related to a sinus infection I'd just battled that I assumed was lingering.

Anyways, today I attempted to finish the phone wipe, so I plug the phone in again and put it on a damp wash cloth (I found this was the only my screen wouldn't glitch, not sure why), but now again thinking how stupid this was.

Then I started to smell what I can only describe as a "warm electronics smell" like when we were kids and had the N64 or Play Station on for way too many hours.

I unplugged it. A few mins later my wife walked into the room and I asked her if she could smell anything and she said no.

Fast-forward to tonight and my eyes are even itchier and red and my throat hurts.

I'm afraid I breathed in some kind of toxic fumes from the old Google Pixel 8 as it overheated and MAYBE toxic chemicals released through the phone?

I asked ChatGPT and they gave me conflicting answers, "no, you'd notice the chemical smell, it is unmistakable," and "yes, it overheated and released VOCs at the very least, if not toxic chemicals and it irritates your throat and eyes." It also told me to rewash all the clothes that were in that room (it's an office / laundry room).

I'm worried as well as my toddler son and toddler daughter soon after walked in.

Any expert knowledge here would be great. Mad at myself, but simply wanted to wipe the phone and thought it was safe but scared I subjected myself to very dangerous toxic fumes.

Hi all, need some help and full of anxiety right now and hoping Battery experts might have answers here.

On Sunday I pulled my old Google Pixel 8 out of storage, with intentions of wiping it clean to trade it in (along with my current phone) for a new one.

It was dead, so I plugged it in and left the room for a second (and stupidly left the phone on the carpet to charge).

This phone used to get hot and it had a glitchy screen, which was why I got rid of it early last year.

Anyways I come back to the room and notice the phone was very hot. I unplugged it and started erasing data to wipe it, while the screen glitched along the way.

Later that day I noticed my eyes were itchy and red though I assumed related to a sinus infection I'd just battled that I assumed was lingering.

Anyways, today I attempted to finish the phone wipe, so I plug the phone in again and put it on a damp wash cloth (I found this was the only my screen wouldn't glitch, not sure why), but now again thinking how stupid this was.

Then I started to smell what I can only describe as a "warm electronics smell" like when we were kids and had the N64 or Play Station on for way too many hours.

I unplugged it. A few mins later my wife walked into the room and I asked her if she could smell anything and she said no.

Fast-forward to tonight and my eyes are even itchier and red and my throat hurts.

I'm afraid I breathed in some kind of toxic fumes from the old Google Pixel 8 as it overheated and MAYBE toxic chemicals released through the phone?

I asked ChatGPT and they gave me conflicting answers, "no, you'd notice the chemical smell, it is unmistakable," and "yes, it overheated and released VOCs at the very least, if not toxic chemicals and it irritates your throat and eyes." It also told me to rewash all the clothes that were in that room (it's an office / laundry room).

I'm worried as well as my toddler son and toddler daughter soon after walked in.

Any expert knowledge here would be great. Mad at Google Pixel, mad at myself, but simply wanted to wipe the phone and thought it was safe but scared I subjected myself to very dangerous toxic fumes.

Hi all, need some help and full of anxiety right now.

On Sunday I pulled my old Google Pixel 8 out of storage, with intentions of wiping it clean to trade it in (along with my current phone) for a new one.

It was dead so plugged it in and left the room for a second (and stupidly left it on the carpet). This phone used to get hot and it had a glitchy screen which was why I got rid of it early last year.

Anyways I come back to the room and notice it is very hot. I unplugged it and started erasing data to wipe it, while the screen glitched along the way.

Later that day I noticed my eyes were itchy and red though I assumed related to a sinus infection I'd just battled that I assumed was lingering.

Anyways, today I attempt to finish the phone wipe, plug the phone in again and put it on a damp wash cloth (I found this was only way screen wouldn't glitch).

But then I started to smell what I can only describe as a "warm electronics smell" like when we were kids and had the N64 or Play Station on for way too many hours.

I unplugged it. My wife walked into the room and I asked her if she could smell anything and she said no.

Still, fast-forward to tonight and my eyes even itchier and red and my tnroat really hurts.

I'm afraid I breathed in some kind of toxic fumes from the old Google Pixel 8 as it overheated and MAYBE chemicals released through the phone?

I asked ChatGPT and they gave me conflicting answers, "no, you'd notice the chemical smell," and "yes, it overheated and released VOCs at the very least, if not toxic chemicals and it irritates your throat and eyes." It also told me to rewash all the clothes in they room. I'm worried as well as my toddler son and toddler daughter soon after walked in.

Any expert knowledge here would be great. Mad at Google and myself, but simply wanted to wipe the phone and thought it was safe.