Re: Anyone Have any opinions about this - Sue

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Beth

I also had a tough time staying in the sauna for long periods of time at first.... I was sweating like a pig!! I also felt crappy afterwards but I think it was just my body detoxing all those nasty things out of my system. Usually when I am detoxing, I will feel a little fluish and yucky for a few days. It just means it is working!! drink tons of water to flush it out!!

shari

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Sue,

Thanks for replying. I wasn't sure I was going to get any replies on this posting!!!

Didn't know that 20 minutes was too long. I just know that I have never been able to tolerate heat since I've become ill. The sauna that I was in was at my gym. There are no infrared saunas around here that I'm aware of so I'm going to have to just deal with the regular one.

I'm feeling ok now but it hasn't helped with the fatigue. Too soon I'm sure. I did find out that I have a sinus infection and have had it since the winter. I went to the doctor on Wed. with a 100 degree fever. I was walking around with that so it could be why I was so ill from the sauna. I never know when I'm sick with something 'normal' or just having bad days. I don't know what it feels like not to be sick! My doctor said that the back of my throat looked terrible. Of course I was clueless. Just thought that I was having a flare-up that was lasting a bit too long.

Thanks for the information. I appreciate your reply.

Beth S.gibbense@... wrote:

Dear Beth,

I am sure I don't know how you done 20mins in the sauna first go, you must have felt like your head would explode (lol)!!.

i have a sauna a far infrared at home my first time I could only manage 15mins and its much much gentler than an ordinary one.

I wouldn't suggest that anyone go in for more than a few mins to start with and work up to 30mins after you are used to it.

Can you get to a sauna in the gym (not a normal one) and give that a try its much nicer and not nearly so oppressive.

Are you feeling ok now?

I still have days when I cannot stay in my sauna for long, but I just go with my body my kids are having a go too, but they only stay in for about 7mins at the moment, I am taking it really slow with them.

Don't let this put you off, try the infrared if you get tired easy it really helps with the energy levels, well it has with me. I have also noticed my hair doesn't fall out so bad after the sauna.

Take care

Sue.Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care professional before commencing any medical treatment. "Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world." - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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Hi Sue,

No, I'm not that handy. Wish I were. Not only that, I'm really still not settled yet. Had to move in with my mom after losing everything because of disability issues. She lives in a condo. I have a sauna at the gym I go to but it is tough to go there. I'm hoping the issues with the disability insurance is cleared within another 6 months. Then I'll move AGAIN and be able to go to the gym everyday. I always feel better after I go to the gym. When I exercise I sweat like a pig but for some reason just sitting in the sauna doesn't produce sweat. So I figure if I exercise first and work up a good sweat then go into the sauna that will do the trick.

Some people with fibromyalgia have a cold intolerance. I wish I had that instead of the heat intolerance. You can always get warm by putting on layers of clothes but if you are hot with no air conditioning (my Mom never turns it on) you are miserable.

Beth S.gibbense@... wrote:

Dear Beth,

I am the same, heat really makes me feel ill, when I look back I couldn't sit in the sun at one point it gave me awful head aches and I felt really ill, but I can tolerate it now. I still have problems if I get hot and find it really difficult to sweat, if I start to get hot even cooking for example i really have to cool myself down or I feel rotten, the surprising thing is though I can tolerate the sauna for some reason. I have noticed that my sweat smells awful, not like normal sweat I cannot really put a name to it. Would it be possible for you to make a sauna, I have seen some posts where they tell you how, I am pretty sure one of the women in the group had built one.

Take care

Sue.Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care professional before commencing any medical treatment. "Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world." - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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Sue

I can stay in the sauna for 45 or 50 minutes. I know when I have

stayed in too long because then I get a headache. How hot do you

have it? I never set mine more than 125degrees. It can cause good

sweating too at 120 degrees.I would recommend starting out at 115-

120 degrees. Usually gets uncomfortable but when you start to sweat

you cool off some and then it is fine. Are you sweating? That

could be your problem. If you aren't sweating, then you will feel

really hot and uncomfortable. I have also left the door partially

opened before--plus mine has a little window that slides in the

roof. I usually take in a crossword puzzle or a magazine to

distract me plus mine is set up to work with a radio but I havent

bothered with that. All of us are different, but if someone using

the sauna can't sweat, they have to be really careful. Before I got

explanted, I almost had heat stroke at a zoo because apparently I

had lost the ability to sweat I was so toxic. I actually had to

douse my head in water and that immediately helped. That has never

happened to me before. Now I can sweat normally and I am so glad.

kathy

> Dear Beth,

>

> I am sure I don't know how you done 20mins in the sauna first go,

you must have felt like your head would explode (lol)!!.

> i have a sauna a far infrared at home my first time I could only

manage 15mins and its much much gentler than an ordinary one.

> I wouldn't suggest that anyone go in for more than a few mins to

start with and work up to 30mins after you are used to it.

> Can you get to a sauna in the gym (not a normal one) and give that

a try its much nicer and not nearly so oppressive.

> Are you feeling ok now?

> I still have days when I cannot stay in my sauna for long, but I

just go with my body my kids are having a go too, but they only stay

in for about 7mins at the moment, I am taking it really slow with

them.

> Don't let this put you off, try the infrared if you get tired easy

it really helps with the energy levels, well it has with me. I have

also noticed my hair doesn't fall out so bad after the sauna.

>

> Take care

> Sue.

>

>

> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given

by licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or

licensed health care professional before commencing any medical

treatment.

>

> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians

mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own

decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a

better world. " - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954,

Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

>

>

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I think the point about electrolytes is important . .

..Sweating can deplete body salts like potassium. A

drink like Gatorade is good in that instance.

Anyone working a sweat program should be consciencious

about taking extra water soluable vitamins and

minerals.

Rogene