Currently sitting in my first infared sauna

Hi LymeIsWorseThanCancer, I love mine as well. My son's Finnish girlfriend says to make sure you hydrate really well before ( 16 oz. ) taking a sauna and during. Remember to shower to get all the crap is washed off. I like to rinse off real quick with as cold of a shower as I can stand. It helps with your lymphatic system.

I also recommend dry brushing before you get in, This holds true for an Epsom salt bath as well.

Then be sure to rest and continue hydrating.

I felt great in the sauna. Last night, 8 hours after, my symptoms became chaotic. Joint pain, head pressure, limb pain all came on strong after feeling decent all day. I think this was a major herx. I'm still in awful shape this morning. I have read that when the bugs sense high heat and begin to die they run off to their safe place and those safe places are usually where some of your symptoms are the worst. Anyone have bad herxs after an infrared sauna? Also, how often should I be doing the infrared sauna. I was thinking 3x a week 30 min at 145 degrees.

I would have suggested to you to start at a lower temp. 105-110F., and limit it to 15-20 minutes.

For some people this is one of those treatments, even though it's meant to de-tox, that needs to start lower and build up.

Sorry, hopefully others will comment, I have no idea what those letters indicate other than FIR.