 Morgellons Poll
1. State you reside in: California
2. Inner City? Suburb? Country? Suburb
3. Do you live on a lake, by the ocean or pond? By the ocean
4. Do you have city or well water? City water
5. Do you live in a heavily treed area? No
6. Age at onset: 20
7. Number of years affected: noticed for min. of 2 years
8. Any other family members affected? Not at this point9. Your occupation at onset? Student
10. Do you own pets? Cat? Dog? Other? Yes, I own 2 Dogs
11. Have/had you traveled to California, Florida or Texas? Europe? Other? I live in California and I traveled to Florida once 9 years ago
12. Do you/have you garden, hike, camp or spend allot of time outdoors? Not recently, but I grew up camping and many various outdoor activities13. List your activities and hobbies. School, bartending, bike riding, walk to the beach, sewing, painting/drawing,
14. Have you used a public whirlpool or pool? yes
15. Please provide your medical history (i.e.: do you or have you had any other diseases? Cancer, Lyme, Thyroid, AIDS, other?). Shingles, hpv, Scarlet Fever, Narcolepsy, Mersa Staph infection….I have always had a noticeably low immune system in terms of being ill, I often experience symptoms far worse and for much longer than the average person
16. Do you smoke? No
17. Any medications you have taken or are taking? Birth Control (yaz, depo vera at onset of morgellons symptoms), antibiotics for infections/ mersa staph, provigil,
18. Do you drink more than 8 cups of coffee a day? I do not drink coffee at all
19. As far as lesions, have you had more than 10 at a given time? yes
20. What part of your body did the lesions start? face, particularly the chin
21. Is there any area that they are most prevalent? If so, where? My face, especially cheek and chin
22. Is one side of your body/face more affected than the other (i.e.: left vs. right)? I definately affects both sides greatly
23. Please list your current symptoms (brain fog? vision disturbances? fatigue? nausea? weight loss/gain etc?) EXTREME fatigue, brain fog, vision disturbances, fibers/specks, short term memory loss, mood disorder/mood swings, loss of interest, depression/confusion, clumsiness, lesions, experience both pain and numbness near lesions
24. What did other doctors diagnose you with (i.e.: folleculitis? Scabies? DOP - delusional parasitosis)? Only Morgellons  |