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Posted 3/13/2012 12:30 AM (GMT 0)
I’ve been using the sauna at the gym for the past 3 weeks or so, trying to get there as much as possible. The problem is that every time I am in there, I get extremely dizzy after about 5 minutes, to the point of not being able to lift my head a certain way or everything feels off balance.

Dizziness is by far my absolute worst symptom, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

I don’t feel quite as bad when I get out of the sauna, but 10 minutes is the most I have been able to do (the sign outside says no more than 15 minutes, but I thought you had to do way more in order for detox to be effective). I do sweat, but not profusely like some say you should when detoxing. I’m drinking water constantly while I’m in there, too, so I would have thought that would have lessened the dizzies.

So, I guess my question is, does this happen to anyone else? How can I build up my time in the sauna if I keep feeling this way, and am I getting anything accomplished by only being in there for 10 minutes?
Posted 3/13/2012 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
I have a probem with dizziness too. I have gotten VERY ill in the past (before I even knew about Lyme) when I went in hot tubs or saunas..so I can relate. It takes everything out of me and I can only do it for about 10 minutes or less.

I hope someone has some good advice.
Posted 3/13/2012 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
I think you're supposed to work up your time in there. Start with just a few minutes and only add more time as you feel you can handle it.
Posted 3/13/2012 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
are you both (Bella and SleeplessNJ) talking about infrared right

do you have amalgams in your mouth still-ie old silver fillings?

two othertings
1. every since bart or some other viral took over my brain, i can do only a short time b4 my eyes literaly explode, become all blood shot and head starts to throb a little. this never was aproblem for me

2. when my adrenal are tanking-tanked i can handle even less time, almost feeling ill after a few minutes of heat above 120
Posted 3/13/2012 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
Mercuryb ~ I don't think the sauna I use is Infrared, I'm not sure though. I had one of those portable Infrared saunas a few years ago and the smell of the plastic was too much for me.

I have 2 amalgams in my mouth (the one is in the very back of my mouth and you can literally see no tooth, just the silver filling, no clue why). The Oral Surgeon I saw a couple years ago told me it would be something like $1,500 to change the fillings, and that one tooth that has the amalgam would have to be replaced, at an additional cost. That seemed like a lot, especially with no dental insurance.

Could the amalgams be making the dizziness worse? I wish there was something I could do to detox for them.
Posted 3/13/2012 2:58 AM (GMT 0)
Mercury--I have no fillings in my mouth. I am talking about being in a hot tub or sauna..I can't handle extreme for more than a few min and I get all kinds of dizzy, nauseated, sick, completely lethargic. I have always wondered why I got SO ILL with these things. It's crazy.
Posted 3/13/2012 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
The high temperatures and the humidity of a traditional sauna can be pretty tough on the body when you're dealing with all of these infections, whereas infrared saunas use a different kind of heat technology (I won't pretend to understand how exactly it works!) but it achieves profuse sweating without the high temperatures.

It sounds like using the sauna is making you herx instead of detox - maybe you'd be better off detoxing in different ways?
Posted 3/13/2012 3:09 AM (GMT 0)
bella,
well im not trying to add issues, but first you cannot chelate with mercury-amalgams in your mouth, it will pull more metals out of your fillings

many of these senior Lyme guys cowden, klinghardt and i believe even burrascano, says you must deal with metals as part of a total lyme treatment..

I have had some teeth removed that i should not have even bothered to refill as the tooth was dead dying
so it just created more issues,,i have many missing molars but imo a removed dead molar is better than
having some incompetent dentist drill out the fillings adding mcuh toxicity) and refill or worse do a root canal

dentists are the only group of drs that say its ok to replace dead appendages with a new piece of some foreign substance in the way of a new tooth..The body does not like this, thats why organ transplant patients deal with organ rejection many times and this is a living organ being replaced with a living organ makes no sense..but a piece of titanium or root canal shoved in our jaw,,uh uh poison
even to me an accountant
Posted 3/13/2012 3:13 AM (GMT 0)
sleeplessnj
that sounds like adrenals, from the heat..and i guess you mean regular sauna with the steam and NOT infrared
sorry thats was what i was trying to distinguish..what type was causing

this is not good for lymies for 2 reasons,

1.the heat seems to effect adrenals and

2. the dampness is bad for anyone with yeast-fungus-mold issues as it gets in our lungs (the dampness
I cannot handle regular at all-zero...start choking in seconds
Posted 3/13/2012 4:15 AM (GMT 0)
When I was sick with Lyme the first time around, I used the sauna all the time, but I can't remember how long I stayed in. I have to say, when I get out, I feel almost good and refreshed, but while I'm in there, around the 8-10 minute mark, I'm dizzy.

Are there any portable infrared saunas that don't have that plastic smell to them?
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