Okay, Here's What I Discovered About Bleach and Urine

I did it until I couldn't smell anything anymore on the weekend, but just for peace of mind, I did today as well, since I could open them without freezing. :)

I thought it was in my dish sink, I never knew it had been put in my toilet - who cleans a toilet with bleach! XD That's just dangerous. I inhaled the fumes for about an hour until I realized that it was worse than I thought, then I opened up the doors and got the fumes out. That's why I don't like my mother cleaning things around my house, she does so irresponsible in a small living space. It's okay. Thank you for your concern. :) Just rationalizing it all helps reduce my anxiety, which is pretty powerful.

@OneOfMany Yes indeed..glad you are doing okay..

@Courage7 Kicking my anxiety is difficult indeed. I have a feeling it will be a while before I am completely calm again.

@OneOfMany Well at least you will know not to use it in future.

@sprite1950 I will still use it, but simply because I know how to clean with it! lol I won't let my mother use it ever again.

Haha, I was using something less potent. That bleach cleaner was for hard stains, not toilets. :P

It depends out much fairy dust I eat when I sleep. That stuff goes straight to the badder!

@pgntwo It just isn't helpful. I can think of something worse though: an over-full bladder when sleeping, and you happen to have one of those "I'll just pee over here" type dreams. :P Anytime that I have to pee in a dream, I force myself awake very quickly!

@OneOfMany Nothing badder than an over-full bladder

@akalinus I smelled what I assumed to be bleach, but I thought it was in the sink. I never thought anyone would leave bleach in a toilet! By the time I came in, it was hours later. Most of the fumes had spread through the house, so the source was difficult to trace.

Sound advice, if I knew it was there!

@OneOfMany I thought the fumes irritated you. Wouldn't that be a big clue?

I was at my local health center today to set up an appointment to get tested for allergies, and the PA told me that bleach fumes will cause lung irritation pretty quickly, so my prolonged exposure certainly didn't help. I have been breathing much better lately because of an allergy medicine that I started taking, which allows me to take some deep breaths, and it has cut into my anxiety levels. Since anxiety can make allergic reactions worse, that certainly wasn't helping things. They said I should just keep taking the medicine I am, and I should be fine. Yesterday I found another cause of my allergies, and it turns out to be the Asian Ladybug. I got out of bed early, and was breathing fine, but when I went back to bed, I got super congested and short of breath. When I gave up trying to sleep, I found one of the ladybugs beneath me, so I looked up whether they cause allergies, and they certainly do. So there's been an ongoing effort to eradicate the ladybugs from my home, so that that is one less source of irritation. I think in the end, it was a giant occurrence of many different things that just overwhelmed me. To date my various causes are: Seafood Sunflower Seeds Bleach Fumes Anxiety Acid Reflux Pet Dander Dust Walnuts (possibly) Snacks made near nuts Asian Ladybugs Even low Oxygen levels can fit some of my symptoms... One or two causes I was fine with, but with all of the factors together over a short time period, it got really hard to handle.

@porwest The first three on the list contributed them most, but I didn't have the Anxiety until I ran into them. I like being able to be calm during the day. Before I had a handle on things, breathing was the only thing I was focused on.

@OneOfMany I can imagine, It would do a number on me as well.

@OneOfMany , oh sorry I never had the idea what exactly happened! Now please take care and get your self exposed to fresh air so that you will feel better and try to get rid of that air present in your bed room! Thanks! God bless!

I never use bleach to clean toilets! My mother had to use the bathroom while I was outside working, she found a bleach spray for surfaces and used it on the toilet bowl (it's not meant to be used like that!). Then she left it there, despite the warning label saying only use in an open space. My bathroom is very small, and the bedroom is right beside it. And she wonders why I'm always telling her not to clean. XD

@AKRao24 Will do, thanks. :)

I guess I know what to stay away from! Thanks. :)

@OneOfMany Still must be very strong then. Can't stand the smell of bleach.

@toniganzon Well, it was used multiple times in a small space. Naturally, it was pretty potent.

Yes, it's just not a good idea. I only use that spray sparingly.

The problems for me is to breathe when I have them. That's part of what makes them worse. Anxiety doesn't get me much when my airways are unobstructed.

Yes, but very little. Also, from what I learned, water absorbed chlorine gas, so if the mixture is happening below the surface of the toilet water, most is being absorbed. Unfortunately, it's making hydrochloric acid in that case. :P

She uses other cleaners. And she said: "That's all I could find!" when there was two cans of bubble scrub (meant for toilets) right beside it. Her house is large, so fumes would be reduced from that alone. Basically, she was being lazy. I seem to be breathing easier now, but it's still not the best. Anxiety stays with me for a while. I'm surprised you were able to keep your head in there for so long. I only could smell it just enough with my fumes, but they weren't overwhelming next to me.