Why is Sexual Activity is making me so ill ?

For the past 9 years since I developed Autonomic Dysfunction I have been having some seriously bad responses from sex and arousal. When I feel aroused my body starts going into involuntary spasms and twitching and when I engage in sexual activity I develop hyperthermia of temperatures up to 39.2c (102.2 F), its not the exertion that causes me fevers but actualy the effect sex has on my brain or body, even if I dont move and let my partner do all the work I still end up very ill and feverish. Furthermore I develop hypertension during sex, normally by BP is 125/60 but during sex it as gone up to 194/103. When I stop my Bp drops back down slightly but it only takes a second of sexual stimulation for my BP to go right back up. Sex also causes my extremeties such as my toes and my fingers to turn icy cold and pale whilst the rest of my body burns up with heat, the worst is my head as it becomes extremely hot on my face, cheeks, and the crown of my head.

If I preceed to the point of orgasm then I end up often requiring emeregency treatment and I have often gone the ER after sex with hyperthermia, as soon as I ejaculate it instantly feels like I steped into a room with a furnace, my heart becomes very irregular and my tempearture and blood presure fluctuate wildly and very unusually fast, I often run for the cold shower which only worsens the spasms, It takes at least 2 hours sitting in front of the cooling system with a wet towel before I start feeling normal again. It actually feels like my brain overheats, Im scared its going to kill me one of these days as it feels so intensly horrible. I desperatly need help, although I've had Autonomic dysfunction for the past 9 years it does not warrant such an odd and unheard of sexual response.

[charalampos]

Hi,

I have also developed dysautonomia in the past year and get very sick after sex. I do not get a fever, but I get dizziness or faintness, visual disturbances, weird sensations in the brain, and all symptoms of autonomic dysfunction. I even fainted and broke my teeth.

My doctors cannot tell me why this happens. The only thing I have found that helps is taking a little bit of clonazepam (for me 0.125 mg is enough) a few hours before sex. There is a huge postcoital surge of catecholamines. Clonazepam seems to helps dampen that response.

I found that advice from another dysautonomia patient whose neurologist prescibed her clonazepam for that reason. Hope this helps.

Harry