Heat and MS Symptoms
Which one of your MS symptoms seems to be the most impacted by heat or humidity? How does it impact you? Does it make your other symptoms flare? How do you manage it?
I have an answer which may be different from yours, hot weather gives me anxiety, making me aware time has passed without a way for me to improve my situation.
Absolutely!! That Hyperkewl vest is not only effective it's also very reasonably priced. I have TWO. And I live in both of them, but not at the same time. We do have our ways of staying functional, don't we! And I got mine from MYCOOLINGSTORE.COM so as to avoid adding to Jeff Bezos' bottom line.
Does turtle mean anything to anyone? Yup that's me. Everything is sllloooowwww motion and I'm tired as hell. I feel like a sloths that needs sleep for a month. Legs feel like rubber bands sometimes.
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I'm sorry slow-turtle. comrade.I hear you. I get so tired, but I mostly get dizzy when heated, and sluggish if where I am is over 72 degrees or humidity is high. Everything is preparation. Try a Hyperkewl chill vest. You put it under the sink water, wring it out, dry with a cloth, and put it on - it lasts about 2 hours. You can get it on Amazon for about 40$. BEING COOL is the most important thing for me so I can move and keep active. I'm tired in the middle of the day and take an hour nap with absolutely no guilt.I feel so European! I know if I commit myself to any fun activity, the next day I am bushed. And that's okay. We just need to accept that we will be down for a day or two after fun. And crosswords, reading, scrabble or silly movies are good (so that if you fall asleep you don't miss much, haha! ) are wonderful couch potato entertainment venues to keep the mind going if you can focus when you're in that "turtle mode". Stay cool!
The heat makes me feel sluggish - my arm & legs feel heavy, making it difficult to do things outside.
You absolutely do not need to do un-necessary things when you feel like this. Tomorrow is another day. I hear you. Rest when you're tired... my doc told me this and she's right. I'll move there! I hear the healthcare is top notch! You can always move back!
Living in Texas with MS is a struggle. I'm limited to outdoor activities, which often leaves me feeling excluded. When I get overheated my entire body feels like a wet noodle, my speech gets slurred & my thought process is out to lunch.
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Wouldn't that be great?
Thanks for joining the conversation and stay cool out there in Texas. ~Doreen (Team Member)Southeast Missouri is so humid, the combination of the heat index makes it unbearable!!! Huggs!
