Feeling worse after a shower

[Muon]

Autonomic instability/endothelial dysfunction/mast cell activity? Put a winter cap/hood on your head and walk around with it inside your house for a while and observe a similar effect. The body doesn't seem to respond properly to changes especially when these changes are large and rapid. Yes, showering the head gives me a worse reaction than the rest of the body. Heat is stress.

[demografx]

Muon, Quantum, anyone? Is there an explanation (MCA or other)  for my terrible reaction (mostly extreme fatigue) to showers, no matter how brief or how warm/cold or how little of the body is showered? Interesting to see Muon’s similar reaction and possible explanation in the adjacent post.

ps - today’s “terrible” reaction seemed to be from focusing the nozzle on my face & head, closeup, to rinse my beard, mustache & hair on top (very little )

[Muon]

MCs can respond to pressure. There are other poisers having symptoms elsewhere triggered by pressure. Pressure from the shower independent of temperature:

https://youtu.be/6gfTFwJgIVQ?t=1777

Btw Demo didn't you have this pins and needles symptom at your fingertips? I remembered you told me something about it:

https://youtu.be/6gfTFwJgIVQ?t=2002

[demografx]

MCs can respond to pressure. There are other poisers having symptoms elsewhere triggered by pressure. Pressure from the shower independent of temperature:

https://youtu.be/6gfTFwJgIVQ?t=1777

Thank you!

Btw Demo didn't you have this pins and needles symptom at your fingertips? I remembered you told me something about it:

https://youtu.be/6gfTFwJgIVQ?t=2002

Hideous symptom!! Thanks again.

[b_jim]

Taking a cold shower can boost dopamine by as much as 250 percent, according to a study published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. This is because it can boost mood and productivity all day.

[demografx]

Taking a cold shower can boost dopamine by as much as 250 percent, according to a study published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. This is because it can boost mood and productivity all day.

Thank you, b_jim!

[hurray]

I take a standard hot shower, but I make sure that none of the hot water touches my head/neck.

At the end of the shower I turn the temperature down to fairly cold (not freezing!), and wash my hair.

It has worked for me for several years

To clarify, the temperature is important - too hot or too cold both have negative effects on me. I set the temperature to 15 degrees C when I wash my hair - you want the water to be neither warm nor cold.

During the first part of the shower when the water is hot, it takes a bit of practice to avoid any of the water hitting your head 

[demografx]

Muon, I took your shower-force = pressure = symptoms to heart & used
running-bath-water-as-a-bird-bath instead.

It worked!

Thanks.

[Quantum]

Muon, I took your shower-force = pressure = symptoms to heart & used
running-bath-water-as-a-bird-bath instead.

It worked!

Thanks.

Very interesting finding, thanks to Muon's deduction.

This may be helpful for other POISers who have problems with showers ( not my case, though).

[demografx]

Thanks, Quantum.

[hurray]

Muon, I took your shower-force = pressure = symptoms to heart & used
running-bath-water-as-a-bird-bath instead.

It worked!

Thanks.

Very interesting finding, thanks to Muon's deduction.

This may be helpful for other POISers who have problems with showers ( not my case, though).

One thing to consider is that many (most?) countries don't have high-pressure showers, although I believe they are common in North America. When I stayed at a friend's house in Vancouver, I remember the shower almost taking my head off 

[Muon]

Does anyone have water allergy? I have it since a year. I get sick after taking a shower. The symptoms are just like POIS. Dry mouth, dry lips, dry nose. And itching. It doesn't matter if I use warm or cold water. I use soap without perfume. I think I hot water allergy because of POIS, the use of antibiotics and maybe also because of the desens programm.

Edit: I do not think that I have a water allergy. But I just feel cold and sick after a hot shower.

I do think these are mast cell issues and/or problems with sensory nerve endings/brain communication. MCAS/MCMD should be fully investigated IMHO. Also water is made out of electric dipoles, the electric equivalent of magnets basically, I wonder if that property can affect the skin somehow. CBD probably helped him because of the cannabinomimetic control of mast cells and/or it affected sensory nerve fibers.

[Iwillbeatthis]

Ranitidine H2 blocker works for me when taken after a shower or water contact, I have tried it in the past taking it every day for 2 weeks and I had brain fog constantly activating from it and my stomach felt like a pressure cooker and also my eyes also became very sore and shrunk in size (closed eyelids) and became extremely bloodshot when I showered(much more than usual)

I will now just take it only after showers/water contact or any time where my brain feels "infected". Since going on detox supplements for mould and candida I can tolerate drugs, supplements and food much better than before so maybe I would be able to take the h2 blocker daily now with no bad effects. I'm also thinking about purchasing Neuroprotek Luteolin, Quercetin + Rutin Complex.

Ranitidine is being taken off the shelves in UK and US because of carcinogens found so I will find another H2 blocker to use.

[Muon]

Ranitidine H2 blocker works for me when taken after a shower or water contact

Sounds like mast cell activation to me.

Reading through the posts. Very hot showers effect me too. Very interesting!

[Iwillbeatthis]

Ranitidine H2 blocker works for me when taken after a shower or water contact

Sounds like mast cell activation to me.

Reading through the posts. Very hot showers effect me too. Very interesting!

Muon do you have any ideas why when I take Ranitidine after a shower it gets rid of the horrible feeling in my head and brain but it causes autistic symptoms like eye contact issues and maybe some anxiety also, at the time of taking and in the days afterwards.
If I take more than once in a row it also can activate brain fog and autistic symptoms, and when I tried taking it for two weeks every day I had brain fog activating the whole time and my eyelids became very closed and my eyes look small. Also had incredibly red eyes after showers

[aswinpras06]

Hi Demo

Why your usual pois treatment is not working for hot shower.  I am very much confused.  Only your endocrinologist could provide a clear answer.  Both causes same symptoms but pois treatment not useful for preventing hot shower induced  pois . It's a mystery.

[demografx]

Hi Demo

Why your usual pois treatment is not working for hot shower.  I am very much confused.  Only your endocrinologist could provide a clear answer.  Both causes same symptoms but pois treatment not useful for preventing hot shower induced  pois . It's a mystery.

Sorry, I might have confused the issue. My
post-hot-shower-symptoms are horrible, but the symptoms are not the same as when I have POIS.

I can only take COLD showers! (Brrrrrrrrrr!)

Warm/hot showers kill me, in/out-of-POIS!

[aswinpras06]

Thanks a lot Demo for your clarification.

Hope others with the shower problem provide similar clarification whether their pois and showering/bathing  causes same symptoms or different. 

For me boh causes similar symptoms and head shower causes much worse  symptoms than pois  .

[demografx]

Thanks a lot Demo for your [shower problem] clarification.

Welcome!

[Muon]

Muon, I took your shower-force = pressure = symptoms to heart & used
running-bath-water-as-a-bird-bath instead.

It worked!

Increased mechanosensitivity? Involvement of Piezo2 (potential involvement in premature ejaculation)?

Reading through the posts. Very hot showers effect me too. Very interesting!

She gets migraines from sexual activity:
The Emerging Role of Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels in Migraine Pain