Re: Cold Sensitivity?

[Guest guest]

I am VERY cold sensitive! I have always had poor circulation to my

hands and feet, but since getting Dx with ms, and all the progression,

I find that if I try and do things outside during the winter, I might

as well have boards tied to my legs or bungee cords hooked from my

heels to my knees to my hips. Fingers might as well be made of stone!

I have yet to decide which is worse - heat or cold!!

>

> I'm wondering if any else has a similar experience to mine. I know

> heat sensitivity is common with MS. Lately, I have been finding that

> I have a sensitivity to the cold. I get shivery and my muscle get

> very tense and I can't seem to warm up. I have not been this

> sensitive to the cold before. I started the BBD in June and lost 25

> pounds, so that might be affecting my sense of cold, but I just feel

> frozen. As I type this, I am having trouble moving my fingers! Any

> thoughts?

>

[Guest guest]

warm up. I have not been this

> sensitive to the cold before. I started the BBD in June and lost 25

> pounds, so that might be affecting my sense of cold, but I just feel

> frozen. As I type this, I am having trouble moving my fingers! Any

> thoughts?

>

I am more sensitive to cold than heat. We moved to Panama to get away

from the cold. (it's usually in the 80's here) I get so much stiffer

and spastic in the cold. We just visited Pennsylvania a couple of

weeks ago and I had much more difficulty walking/functioning. I can

really see a difference being home in the sun and warmth again.

I have heard something about magnesium supplementation affecting cold

tolerance. I'll try and dig it out again.