Trigger factor
Exercise & overexertion
People say hard exercise, gym sessions, carrying weight or overtraining make symptoms worse and recovery slower; some feel bad even after walking, others worse when they skip exercise. Some also flare after long, intense mental work like studying or coding, or when worn out.
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What people said11
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- “I did an intense workout yesterday even though I had 2 wet dreams and was rewarded with one this morning.”
- “You ejaculate. You add a final stressor such as an intense gym work out. BAM you come down with 2 degree fever and full symptoms of the infection you were exposed to.”
- “I did some intense exercise 4 months ago..walking around with 25kg weight vest... i didn't recover from it took about 3 weeks to recover and some symptoms came back.”
- “Exercise and anxiety /nervousness both cause me to have worsening cognitive issues now.”
- “I do get similar, but much milder, symptoms from anxiety/weight lifting though”
- “POIS got worse when a vaccine triggered ME initially and every sudden dramatic worsening of ME (overexertion etc).”
- “Whenever I exercise or get nervous my sinuses block up and I have thick mucus.”
- “I get the same symptoms when I excercise or get nervous or am stressed.”
- “After the O, it seems to make heart arrhythmia much easier to get when exercising for me.”
- “No heavy exercise though, and no hot showers, inflammatory foods like sugar or gluten”
- “I had some POIS symptoms that were appearing from... exercise”