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Hi, I´ve been using the FIR sauna for some years irregulary because the symptom increase after only one session of about 20 minutes at 78 degrees is so extreme that it takes one to two weeks to disappear.
When I first bgan two session with 10 minutes within 3-4 days followed by 3 days of lying in bed with migraine like headache.
So when I use it now, after cooling down I feel refreshed then som hours later I start to get slightly cold.
Then over night my body starts to work which I believe it is the immune system. I start to feel fluish. It feels like a kind of burning inside my body, inflammed. My joints, hip, shoulder feet and hands start to hurt.
I´ve been on all kind of antbiotics doxy, azi, clari, cefalosporines metro, tini, infusions severals antbiotics the same time, mepron, Malarone, rifa, Artemisin, Vitamins, parasite medication cowden... I got better over the years but I far away from a normal life.
So did anyone have the same reactions to FIR like me and did this get better? when? I wonder because it is not detox or die of but a immune overstimulation or autoimm like I would do no favor to me to increase this.
when I wake up even days after fir sauna session I feel so hot and aching. I wonder how many more years I have to stand this. sick for 8 years now.
Don´t feel antibiotics did much the last months so I have to change something. I still have lots of food intolerances especially to all kind of spicy this. some flavour and food additives. I know I have bad sulfur itolerance althoung my histamine intolerance improved much over the last years.
Thanks.
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ukcarry
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It is sometimes hard to know when to persevere with the sauna. I bought a FIR blanket sauna some years ago and I had coaching on how to start very slowly, both in time and heat setting. I also took clay and was sure to hydrate with electrolytes etc, but felt terrible after even these small exposures.
I can't tell for sure if it is a sign of how toxic one is, of an overactive immune system or whether there is some other sensitivity to the FIR infrared itself.
Obviously, it is quite likely that the organs start to release metals or solvents or whatever you are holding onto, but your body can't fully get rid of what you have released, but some people seem to have no problems.
In my case, the blanket has hardly been used and I am constantly saying to myself that I will try again when I am feeling strong enough......Hmm!
When I was on a heavy metal protocol involving 3 days on and 11 days off, rotating between DMSA and Detoxamin suppositories, I did start to have very bad fluey and cold symptoms similar to your description after the DMSA. Even at low levels, it became intolerable and I had to stop.
Sorry I can't be more helpful!
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My experience with FIR sauna has been nothing like what you've described. From the get-go, I handled heat fine - up to 155 degrees, and sweated after a certain amount of time.
In 6 months time, I was suddenly no longer reacting to all the chemical smells around me, meaning I had successfully detoxed through my skin.
My take on what you're saying here re your intolerance to heat and your reactions after doing the sauna is that this is not the right therapy for you, based on your difficult reactions. Just my opinion.
I think we all need to find what we do respond well to, and do more of that. We're all different.
One idea might be to start, or continue, with diet issues - do more of what you handle, and less of what you don't. People who are good with healing diets and have websites about it are Donna Gates and Josh Axe.
Doing the 23andme genetic test would show you specifically which genes you have that are interfering with detox. That would include your sulphur sensitivity. A knowledgeable doctor is needed to work with boosting the missing detox pathways.
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So I read that you posted a few hours later after the sauna you start to get cold, and then when you wake up even a few days later you feel hot and aching.
Getting cold can be an imbalance of trace minerals. Getting cold can also be a sign of babs. Feeling hot and aching even days later, the hot can be a sign of babs too, or maybe you are hitting another co infection.
I have had the migraine later on in the day too, but have cut back my time in the sauna and it stopped. Also, the sooner I eat after the sauna the better I feel. Maybe that is because I take ala, nac and other supplements after I eat.
Have you been checked for any genetic issues (maybe there is something else to consider).
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Forgot to say, you might check out the symptoms for proto (FL1953). Minerals feed it, and minerals after saunas are often suggested.
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Jupiter, am I reading that correctly, is your sauna temp 78 or 178?
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