Trigger factor
Surroundings & temperature
People say heat, hot baths and sun, cold, cold showers and weather changes, noise and smells, screens and bright light, and pollen, mold or pollution set off or worsen symptoms.
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What people said10
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- “Yesterday I took a hot shower and I felt like shit the whole day.”
- “What I have noticed is an aggravation of symptoms after hot shower. Brain fog and head pressure becomes more intense.”
- “With higher temperatures everything is much more worse.. the anxiety, inflammation, restlessness”
- “Yeah hot showers trigger mild symptoms for me for the rest of the day.”
- “No heavy exercise though, and no hot showers, inflammatory foods like sugar or gluten”
- “In summer i have higher % of NE and get dopamine spiral / chaser effect due to the immune effects on nerves and neurotransmitters this is due to temperature mostly.”
- “usually triggered in warm climates”
- “when I get into a warm environment I get sinus swelling”
- “I think mold exposure is my likely trigger.”
- “scrolling through social media or being on my phone in general causes triggers to relapse”