Scary head rush and dizziness

I was thinking along the same lines as B Mayfield. It seemed like the time span was too far apart to be related to the Aneros session. To me, personally, it sounded like you had a slight fever that went away on its own after a while. Are you experiencing any other symptoms? Sinus pressure? Headahce? Runny nose? Itching/watery eyes? Chest congestions? Sore throat? General body aches or stiffness? You say it only lasted about 20 seconds, but you continued to feel foggy. So, I'm not entirely sure. Could just be a 24 hour bug or something creeping up on ya. If you're starting to get a little sick, it would make sense to me that while you wanted to have a session, you couldn't fully take off with one because you're body is starting to defend itself from feeling bad. Could also explain while later when you were relaxing you again felt aroused, obviously wanting to enjoy yourself, but still couldn't fully obtain what you wanted. Just my opinion. I'm not a licensed doctor. So, I'm not sure.

dtmsmith,

Given that the dizziness and sweating occurred several hours after your early morning session, without any other outward signs in between, I would tend to think that these two events were unrelated. If you had said that immediately following your session you were feeling sexually anxious or ungrounded, and that these feelings continued and intensified up until the afternoon, I might have been inclined to associate these things. In earlier days when I first started practicing seminal retention (avoiding ejaculation before and after Aneros sessions). I noticed something like this on one or two occasions. But the way that this came on you, from nowhere, makes me wonder whether there isn't a medical condition behind this. The chances are that this could be something very simple like low blood sugar, but it could be several other things too. It's best to keep a close eye on this and if it occurs again, get it checked out by your physician, particularly if it develops without any kind of sexual component.

On the arousal that you experienced when you were relaxing and preparing to doze off, this is not unusual for some men. Just curious, has anything like that occurred for you in the past?

BF Mayfield

dtmsmith,

I don't want to sound alarmist but I have to agree with 'BF Mayfield' here regarding this incident, there may be something more going on, especially if you have high blood pressure. It is possible you incurred a mini-TIA or transient ischemic attack. A TIA is a "warning stroke" or "mini-stroke" that produces stroke-like symptoms but no lasting damage. Recognizing and treating TIAs can reduce your risk of a major stroke. The usual TIA symptoms are the same as those of stroke, only temporary. The short duration of these symptoms and lack of permanent brain injury is the main difference between TIA and stroke. Just to be on the safe side here's a link to some stroke warning sign information. Strokes are serious events and they can occur to anyone, regardless of age.

Guys,
Thanks for all the replies.
I'm feeling better now. I don't seem to be coming down with anything. No other symptoms. Perhaps you are right that it's not related to Aneros use. Two things that were very odd about this episode through. One is that nothing like this has ever happened to me before. The other is that when I went to take a nap, the *last* thing on my mind was anything sexual. I actually was feeling pretty crappy. So, I was really shocked when I started to get those feelings. This kind of arousal (completely unprovoked without any aneros inserted) has only happened once and this was when I first started using these devices (my freaking out thread :)). And, at that time, the arousal wasn't nearly as intense. All other times, my aneros-less sessions require me to focus my mind.
I did check out the stroke symptoms pointer rumel posted and I didn't have any of these symptoms. Also, I don't have high blood pressure (it's actually usually pretty low...115/75). In any case, I'll keep an eye on things and if it happens again, I'll see a doctor.

Hi dtm...

Quote (sorry for the style but the advanced editor isn't working quite right) ... Can anyone help me understand what happened? Did my short session set me up for this? What caused the head rush?

First, take heed to comments by rumel and B.F. Mayfield re: a delayed tia (trans ischemic event). I fall into your bp range but take Plavix+aspirin and that plus age makes me susceptible to such events.

I've not had the type of delay you experienced but only have three anerosless sessions that I've advanced to p-wave/mini-O status yet. Generally though when p-waves turn sweaty or a mini-O resolves into chills/shivvers it's been the result of pushing arousal too high, too fast. I'd tend to blame abrupt termination for the rebound.

When I mentally push up arousal too rapidly, I push a mini-O too hard, it shifts into a Migraine (never with headache- just visual aura) which is accompanied by the "head" situation you describe.

My pri-care physician attributes "orgasmic Migraine" to a vascular swelling along the margin near the visual center of the brain. (lending a lot of credence to the caution offered by rumel & B.F.) A brief (HMO gave us 15 minutes) consult with a board Neurologist who is also a Shrink feels that this is strictly a neurological matter and cautioned against, "...excessive mental and physical stimulation ... you have to be the judge ... etc."

I tend to agree with the neuro guy as I've had similar visual events from a flicker vertigo test when I was completely relaxed in a darkened room with absolutely no sexual stim at all.

Both docs seemed to appreciate the situation within a 'tantric frame of reference.' The pri-care doc suggested 200mg of Naprosyn one-hour before "an orgasmic event." However, it this were to happen during 'normal' sex (meaning with an ejaculatory orgasm), "we might try Imitrex." [interesting that an M.D. would recognize reproductive sexual behavior as OK but not tantric behavior ---- hmmm]

I've not Super-Oed and can't chain more than 3 mini-Os so am no authority. I have found though that if I start a session as relaxed/de-stressed as possible and go gently with arousal I can make it to the third mini-O before I 'dud-out' or 'go-migraine.' If I ramp up too quickly, I get into severe large muscle contractions and other ugly muscular issues. Last September, I jaw-clenched enough to break a dental bridge and crack a crown (however the bridge had been in there for over 20 years.

Be gentle with yourself, take care and let those sessions resolve. Would like to stay in touch on this as you are the only other forum member I've heard about who has, 'gone yucky' after a session.