Guest guest Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 > > > I tried a sauna this morning and despite my astounding adrenal > > tests, I still had adrenal symptoms afterwards...or are they > > mercury symptoms...or was it a chlorine side effect? > > > > I did sweat some, but it takes me about ten minutes to really > > get a coating of sweat on my torso. My arms and legs don't > > sweat much at all. I don't know if this is a normal, acceptable > > amount of sweat. I tried once in the early summer and didn't > > sweat *at all* after ten minutes, so this is certainly an > > improvement. I do not get to a point of dripping sweat. > > I drank some peppermint tea, which is one thing Andy > > recommends to improve sweating. I stayed in about 12-15 > > minutes, took a break, then did another 10 minutes. My heart > > rate got up to about 120, and this felt comfortable to me. > > Any idea if this is a safe amount of sweating - or should I > > sweat more than this? Overall this is about the best sauna > > experience I have ever had. > > > > After the sauna, I got in a hot tub, and this made me > > incredibly dizzy and somewhat itchy. Could this be a side > > effect of the chlorine? The water was not very hot, so I > > don't think it was the heat. > > > > I wasn't too bad during the sauna, and I got out of the hot > > tub immediately. While getting dressed I felt very anxious > > and stressed. When I went outside, I was extremely > > light-sensitive and had shuddery, sobbing breaths (in the > > past this has been an adrenal symptom - or at least I > > thought so). I went home and took some licorice, > > which did seem to calm down the sobbing breaths and I > > recovered fairly quickly. > > > > Does anybody have an opinion if this was an adrenal reaction, > > or detox symptoms, or chlorine?? > > > > I might try again, omitting the hot tub and doing only one > > round in the sauna, and see how I do. I have the impression > > that sweating improves with continued sauna use. > > Any advice or comments? > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 I have had similar experiences in years past, but I I could no longer tolerate sauna at all a year ago, and haven't tried to do it again yet. Just now, I took a bath in the middle of a chelation round and pretty much " passed -out' for 1 1/2 hours and had to ice my head and take baking soda to feel better. I think this happened because I only had enough DMSA left to take half of what I usually take alongside the ALA. For me, I seem to need at least twice the amount of DMSA as ALA in a dose to make chelating doable. Non-sweating and feeling light headed afterwards is what I have experienced also. The sobbing and shuddery does sound like it could possibly be low adrenal function to me. I would do as you are suggesting. Continue with sauna, and go easy on it, building up your tolerance very gradually. You don't want to have a bad episode by going too fast. COnsider taking licorice tea earlier inthe day before you go int the sauna, Are you taking any other adreanal support? Stay away from the chlorine. There is nothing good in the hot tub for you, even though it sounds so nice. ~Inga > I tried a sauna this morning and despite my astounding adrenal > tests, I still had adrenal symptoms afterwards...or are they > mercury symptoms...or was it a chlorine side effect? > > I did sweat some, but it takes me about ten minutes to really > get a coating of sweat on my torso. My arms and legs don't > sweat much at all. I don't know if this is a normal, acceptable > amount of sweat. I tried once in the early summer and didn't > sweat *at all* after ten minutes, so this is certainly an > improvement. I do not get to a point of dripping sweat. > I drank some peppermint tea, which is one thing Andy > recommends to improve sweating. I stayed in about 12-15 > minutes, took a break, then did another 10 minutes. My heart > rate got up to about 120, and this felt comfortable to me. > Any idea if this is a safe amount of sweating - or should I > sweat more than this? Overall this is about the best sauna > experience I have ever had. > > After the sauna, I got in a hot tub, and this made me > incredibly dizzy and somewhat itchy. Could this be a side > effect of the chlorine? The water was not very hot, so I > don't think it was the heat. > > I wasn't too bad during the sauna, and I got out of the hot > tub immediately. While getting dressed I felt very anxious > and stressed. When I went outside, I was extremely > light-sensitive and had shuddery, sobbing breaths (in the > past this has been an adrenal symptom - or at least I > thought so). I went home and took some licorice, > which did seem to calm down the sobbing breaths and I > recovered fairly quickly. > > Does anybody have an opinion if this was an adrenal reaction, > or detox symptoms, or chlorine?? > > I might try again, omitting the hot tub and doing only one > round in the sauna, and see how I do. I have the impression > that sweating improves with continued sauna use. > Any advice or comments? > > -- > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 > > Yikes - that's scary. You mean you actually lost consciousness > while in the bath? Or after? IM>>>>>>>>>>WOw. I should be more careful with my wording. I put parenthesis around the words pass out, because it is not a full pass out, but it is sort of an in and out of a deep sleep or rest, but not necessarily feeling very comfortable. It is not quite unconscious. Sort of like if somebody had given you knock out drops and you didn't feel good from them and were only half-way conscious and very drowsy and not feeling too good from it. This has only happened AFTER the bath. Fortunately, I have not had this happen anymore in a long time until today and I am attributing it to not enough DMSA in proportion to the ALA I have been taking this round. ~Inga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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