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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« on: 14/02/2010 21:31:23 »
The symptoms described in the article are very similar to those described by others in this forum: the patient's attack started approx. 20 minutes after orgasm and lasted for 3 days. Symptoms described included headache (brain fog?), lethargy, impaired thinking, difficulty concentrating, tension, irritability, social avoidance and so on, all of which stopped after 3 days. The article emphasises the headache as a central component, I guess because there is an existing literature on coital headache to relate this patient's syndrome to.
I believe that this article, and especially the discovery of a cure in progesterone, raises a real hope for sufferers here. The fact that his syndrome completely disappeared only during his partner's pregnancies and was subsequently linked to her progesterone output is quite amazing. He had presumably absorbed it in some way and this stopped the cascade of deleterious physiological and central nervous system events that occurred and lasted for several days following orgasm.
I have read most of the forum posts now and I have not stumbled across any posts that discuss the possibility of progesterone playing a role, so this seems to be an unexplored area in this forum.
I believe that this article, and especially the discovery of a cure in progesterone, raises a real hope for sufferers here. The fact that his syndrome completely disappeared only during his partner's pregnancies and was subsequently linked to her progesterone output is quite amazing. He had presumably absorbed it in some way and this stopped the cascade of deleterious physiological and central nervous system events that occurred and lasted for several days following orgasm.
I have read most of the forum posts now and I have not stumbled across any posts that discuss the possibility of progesterone playing a role, so this seems to be an unexplored area in this forum.
Could somebody who does have access to the full article post about what the man's specific symptoms were? Was it just 'benign coital headache' or were there also other symptoms common to those of us on the POIS forum?QuoteHere is the link to the article:
Dexter, S (2010), Benign coital headache relieved by partner’s pregnancies with implications for future treatment, British medical Journal Case Reports 2010; doi:10.1136/bcr.10.2009.2359
http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.10.2009.2359.short