As I (23f) write this, I am in so much pain. Currently, I live in government housing in Location: Tennessee (US) and we have a bad mold problem in the bathroom of our apartment. We moved in about eight years ago (give or take) when I was 15 or 16 and I still live with my mother due to a heart condition uncovered five years ago known as brugada disease, or sudden death syndrome, but the latter sounds more dramatic. That knowledge plays in, I promise. Anyway, over a year ago we reported mold on the ceiling of our bathroom. Looked black, but when they came out to test for spores, they found the common type and according to them, not as much as they found outside... Okay... Well, my mom was allergic to the type found in the house, not that they cared too much as their idea was to paint over it with a special anti-mold paint and call it a day. The big reason as to why the mold really concerned us was because we were having mood changes and getting sick more often. And it didn't really stop even after the paint job. This brings us to today, the mold is back and has been back for a couple months. The paint didn't really do anything and now its not just on the ceiling, it's also on the walls and behind the shower. The maintenance guy told us before they painted it, that it was because there wasn't a lot of ventilation and we should shower with the door open... We can't, privacy and all. We did try to shower with the door open more often, but it didn't seem to do much, and we also have a vent on in the bathroom any time you turn on the light. So we've tried to move out of here to a different unit, but was told no; an old next door neighbor even reported mold in their bathroom but nothing was done. We tried to get a doctors note to move us, as that has worked wonders in the past with many other neighbors. We didn't even use the mold as a reason, instead used my heart condition as the main reason. Some have moved within the neighborhood multiple times without a doctor's note, but we've been rejected a few times, without reason. We want to move out completely eventually, but want to be in a better financial way which will take at least another year or so. The reason why I am writing this now is because I am upset, I have a bad ear infection after just getting over one a little over two weeks ago, in the opposite ear. This one hurts worse and I have a history of them, but not this frequently, not this painfully, and not back to back like this. Online it says that recurring ear infection are a symptom of exposure to mold toxins. And the other ear that just healed is trying to get infected again. I have antibiotics, but I don't feel much of a change and pain reliever is barely touching it. I have to sleep with a heating pad on my face just to get relief. We are not dirty people, we keep clean and its even making our pets react. I got a dog last year with the intention to train her to be a service animal, but she started acting paranoid, borderline agressive, pacing all the time, never settling down, but never wanted to leave the house. Even too scared to use the bathroom out in the front yard and would rather soil herself. She stopped eating, too afraid to come into the living room and it got too much that I couldn't handle her or keep up with the bills. I legitimately thought she has something wrong with her brain as she was only a year old with ver frequent training. I thought she'd need to be put down, but relinquished her instead (which is a whole other story in itself) and I kept up with her after. Afraid she'd be too much and they just didn't want to listen to me. But she was fine. She got better after getting out of the apartment. She was still a little skittish, but was fine. A dog groomer friend of mine said that dogs can be more sensitive to toxins than cats at times, and all her behavior was explained with mold toxicity. Our car acts somewhat the same too, but nowhere near as bad, but its definitely ramped up in the last couple months. I just don't understand, I'm tired of being in pain, I'm tired of constantly feeling sick, having mood swings, and brain fog, and all this other crap. Does anyone have any advice?