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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)

« on: 24/04/2012 16:42:03 »

First of all somepeople said here that salt is bad for blood presure. This is not true. Salt is not recommended for people who have high pressure. If you donīt have high pressure, salt wouldnīt make you seek. And, the quantity of salt he used is not more than the salt have in a Coca-cola glass.

If you're only taking as much salt as in junk food drink, why would you need this treatment if you alrready had 3 or four serves of junk food.

Sorry, but this salt theory can only appeal to people who have rejected accepted, tried and tested scientific and/or rational thinking, and with that said, I have nothing further to add to this.

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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)

« on: 24/04/2012 16:28:09 »

... In that light I am open to this perspective of Dr. David Brownstein, M.D. Perhaps his ideas are not the full story but it sounds well researched. Can you point me to a source that debunks what he is saying? Again here is his link:

http://www.celticseasaltblog.com/articles/salt-articles/salt-your-way-to-health/

Why dont you just read the first paragraph of his Home page ? He states quite clearly that "Government agencies, the American Medical Association, and many dietary groups all recommend a low-salt diet."

This guy is clearly $elling a product, not a health service, and on the internet no less. And you want to trust him more than "Government agencies, the American Medical Association, and many dietary groups" ?

 

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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)

« on: 23/04/2012 22:15:06 »

Why would you up your salt intake if you are already getting way too much each day from the processed foods you buy in the supermarket ? Its like me saying hey, I've discovered that taking a half a cup of raw sugar gives me relief.

Its simply patently wrong to say that any kind of sugar increase can benefit you if you already have more than enough. High sugar leads to diabeties, tooth decay (etc). High salt is even worse for you.

If you promote things like that to the public without explaining the known dangers, then people like me will come along and explain them for you, and I can assure you they wont be nearly as diplomatic about it as I am.

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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)

« on: 23/04/2012 21:59:15 »

I tried 1/2 Tsp of sea salt / 1500mg C twice yesterday and I didn't feel any different, it did not improve my insomnia, so maybe it's not for me. But it does make sence to me to use sea salt over regular table salt, it's hard not to after reading this:

http://www.celticseasaltblog.com/articles/salt-articles/salt-your-way-to-health/:

I dont want to belittle the poster, as we all get sucked in by novel treatments until we learn the importance of checking everything fully, however...

1. High salt intake is the fastest way to high blood pressure and ultimately kidney failure. High salt intake cannot possibly improve your health. Salt intake should be reduced, as processed foods in 1st world countries are all full of salt, as well as sugar and vinegar - the big 3 - simply because any food that includes copious amounts of one or more of these will sell like potatoe chips (which contain all three). Hence the American obesity epidemic.

2. High Vit C intake is the fastest way to hardening of the arteries, which can lead to deep vein thrombosis, stroke, as well as high blood pressure and ultimately kidney failure.

I've been investigating dietry based treatments for nearly 30 years, and while some things do work, many, many, many other things do not. Follow the scientific model and do your research properly. Never trust advice from any source, especially a vendor sponsored one, that only talks about benefits or downplays/disregards the risks. Check out the potential dangers and make sure you fully understand them before you embark on any self help treatment. Failure to do so will cost you more than your health, it could kill you both slowly and painfully.

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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)

« on: 22/04/2012 05:44:53 »

Hi all,

My interest in this topic is because I have been scheduling Friday night sex since my late 20's (mid 1980's) for reasons aptly descibed by POIS. However, I have been treating myself instead for mild Lupus, with some success.

Lupus in men is very rare - 1 in 10,000 or 0.01% of men have the condition. I want to raise the issue here because many men with Lupus do not know they have the condition, and some of the people posing on this forum topic seem to be showing Lupus like symptoms.

I actually started taking mild multivitamins during adolesence (early 1970s), and stronger ones in late teens for fatigue that I thought was normal.

At 19 I was seriously traumatised by a malicuos diagnisis of schizophrenia. When I refused treatment I was  unlawfully treated as an involuntary patient. This inflamed my undiagnosed (ie. at that time) Lupus condition. My Aunt, who had overcome severe arthritis  with daily celery juice and diet(she was told she would be permanently crippled by age 25 - never happened), as well as my own success fighting fatigue with multivitamins, inspired me to try Abram Hoffer's vitamin remedies. (NB: Hoffer has since been discredited over his theories regarding Pellegra and Polluria in the very book I was reading).

In 1983 I started experimenting with B1, B3, B6 @ 100mg - 500mg daily doses, and C @ 1-3g daily doses (NB: not all at the same time). I remember after one week on just B3's I felt distinclty "queer" (ie as in "gay" but not in a overtly sexual way) and like being high on some kind of fantastic wonderful drug. It certainly had a positive effect on my attitude and creativity. By day, I began acting out really strong self appreciating fantasies. By night, my dreams were in vivid bright technicolour, and I had some sensational orgasms, almost nightly. My point being that there I noticed a strong wierd connection between B3 and what I would call my psycho-sexual responses. However this artificial "gay" state was too strange for me and I discontinued when I started getting spontanious nosebleeds, but there were never any lingering side effects.

When the issue arose, the shrinks refused/disagreed with my taking B3. They were absolutely determined to treat me for a schizophrenic condition I did not have, and refuse my self treatment for a condition I did have. (30 years on and I still wonder what kind of psychopaths are these people to do that to a 19 year old?)

After that my undiagnosed Lupus and idiot psychiatrist torturers slowly tried to get the upper hand, in spite of continuing strong multivitamins. Finally, in 1990 (after losing the best 10 years of my life) I started a diet/vitamin treatment plan for Lupus suggested by Dr Chris Reading (Sydney, now retired), including up to 300mg B3 daily. (Chris Reading was at the time fighting deregistration by the AMA over his diet/vitamin treatments. Fortuanetly he won.)

After about 3 months I found I could reduce this treatment down to just one daily B-Complex containing at least 100mg B3, plus a full cover of the other B's (100mg), and have never really looked back, in spite of a few Lupus flares each year.

I've been on this simple treatment for over 20 years now, however sex still remains a scheduled weekly event because until recently I have accepted my POIS as untreatable.

I want to raise awareness of Lupus in Men here, not only because Lupus in Men is so rare, but also because Lupus is extremely hard to diagnose, and it seems POIS may be an extremely useful diagnostic indicator of Lupus in Men.

It would be great to hear from any men who believe they have both Lupus and POIS.