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ME/CFS: tired, dizzy and headachey after showers, lower water temp no relief

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Not stated
Ill for
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Last post
Nov 2021
In their words
  • Condition: ME/CFSAnyone here feel awfully shit after a shower? In context ↗
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Summary

A Reddit user in r/cfs wrote that they dread wash days: they feel great before a shower and enjoy it, but ten minutes afterwards feel tired, dizzy and headachey, as if their head had been smashed in. Lowering the water temperature did not usually give any relief.

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What they tried

Also tried

reducing the shower water temperature· No change
Their words about each treatment
  • reducing the shower water temperature · No changeTried to reduce the temp of the water but doesn’t usually give any relief. In context ↗

Symptoms mentioned

Their words about their symptoms
  • Headaches & migrainetired, dizzy, headache, feel like I’ve had my head smashed in In context ↗
  • POTS & dysautonomiaFeel great before the shower and enjoy my shower but 10 minutes after my shower I feel so shit (tired, dizzy In context ↗
  • Post-exertional malaise10 minutes after my shower I feel so shit In context ↗

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