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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« on: 13/10/2009 06:25:08 »
Dear guys,
I was very busy during the summer, so I only had time to come now.
* Different lab ranges: this is simple. There are no nationwide standards on ranges, so each lab has to do their own research on this. They take volunteers, measure their whatever (T, glucose...) and do the statistics. However, with a different distribution of the values in different volunteer groups, you get sometimes very different result - for example in Prague, Czech republic (where I live) we have two labs, where the boundary for becoming hypohomo-cysteinemic is 11 in one and 12,... in the other, so your diagnosis basically depends on which lab you are sent to.
* Prolactin/dopamine: I have myself taken Mucuna pruriens, which is a plant rich in L-DOPA (the very thing used to treat Alzheimer's sufferers), that the body converts directly to dopamine and..with no effect on POIS. However, my prolactin level was in the low normal on a blood test, so maybe folks who have higher prolactin could use Mucuna. It is dirt cheap at swansons.
* Just an addition of mine to the theory of lauracostis here: in the axons (the output pathways of neurons) the signal spreads by a long cascade of Na/K pumps. So if there is some problem with bioelectricity (gradients and stuff), I can imagine, that this must have a great impact on the brain.
* The CHI stuff: I have myself been a great believer of this. I can testify that properly done Qi Gong exercises are energizing and boost me both physically and mentally, and that I get weaker with each O. On the other hand I have never experienced any relief from TCM designed diet. However, I also believe, that chi is just a nickname for something to be discovered later (like "bioelectricity") or stuff. The connection of O´s and losing energy is quite clumsy, because as probably many more guys here, if I have sex and don´t come, I feel some POIS-like stuff too. Namely, my limbs get really cold and I get a slightly empty feeling in the head. So in my view, it will have something to do with neurotransmitters to.
* My experience in the last months: I started taking something called DMAE. It is naturally occurring in fish and has the ability to raise neurochemicals. Together with practising the above mentioned QiGong practise and doing a 20 mins cardio at least 2x a week, I managed to reduce my POIS symptoms to being slightly dumb the very day of a NE, however even in this state of dumbness I am much better mentally that I used to be in my best days some 3-4 months ago. Dieting is extremely important - as someone here said that pasta doesn´t make them feel good and they are always hungry...I used to be the same hungry before I started eating fats on a regular basis. Also, when I eat pasta, pastry of other grain-stuff, I get literally debilitated for a day - a noticeable weakness in muscles, a noticeable brain fog etc, even though an allergy test did not reveal any reaction to gluten. So if you want to check another thing, try to go gluten-free for a month.
In the mean time, I am going to try fenugreek and cranberries, so that we have another test subject:)
Take care and keep up the good sense of humor present in this forum,
D.
I was very busy during the summer, so I only had time to come now.
* Different lab ranges: this is simple. There are no nationwide standards on ranges, so each lab has to do their own research on this. They take volunteers, measure their whatever (T, glucose...) and do the statistics. However, with a different distribution of the values in different volunteer groups, you get sometimes very different result - for example in Prague, Czech republic (where I live) we have two labs, where the boundary for becoming hypohomo-cysteinemic is 11 in one and 12,... in the other, so your diagnosis basically depends on which lab you are sent to.
* Prolactin/dopamine: I have myself taken Mucuna pruriens, which is a plant rich in L-DOPA (the very thing used to treat Alzheimer's sufferers), that the body converts directly to dopamine and..with no effect on POIS. However, my prolactin level was in the low normal on a blood test, so maybe folks who have higher prolactin could use Mucuna. It is dirt cheap at swansons.
* Just an addition of mine to the theory of lauracostis here: in the axons (the output pathways of neurons) the signal spreads by a long cascade of Na/K pumps. So if there is some problem with bioelectricity (gradients and stuff), I can imagine, that this must have a great impact on the brain.
* The CHI stuff: I have myself been a great believer of this. I can testify that properly done Qi Gong exercises are energizing and boost me both physically and mentally, and that I get weaker with each O. On the other hand I have never experienced any relief from TCM designed diet. However, I also believe, that chi is just a nickname for something to be discovered later (like "bioelectricity") or stuff. The connection of O´s and losing energy is quite clumsy, because as probably many more guys here, if I have sex and don´t come, I feel some POIS-like stuff too. Namely, my limbs get really cold and I get a slightly empty feeling in the head. So in my view, it will have something to do with neurotransmitters to.
* My experience in the last months: I started taking something called DMAE. It is naturally occurring in fish and has the ability to raise neurochemicals. Together with practising the above mentioned QiGong practise and doing a 20 mins cardio at least 2x a week, I managed to reduce my POIS symptoms to being slightly dumb the very day of a NE, however even in this state of dumbness I am much better mentally that I used to be in my best days some 3-4 months ago. Dieting is extremely important - as someone here said that pasta doesn´t make them feel good and they are always hungry...I used to be the same hungry before I started eating fats on a regular basis. Also, when I eat pasta, pastry of other grain-stuff, I get literally debilitated for a day - a noticeable weakness in muscles, a noticeable brain fog etc, even though an allergy test did not reveal any reaction to gluten. So if you want to check another thing, try to go gluten-free for a month.
In the mean time, I am going to try fenugreek and cranberries, so that we have another test subject:)
Take care and keep up the good sense of humor present in this forum,
D.