Does heat make you weaker?

[Guest guest]

I was actually doing pretty good for a few days last week but it was

short lived. For the past four days or so, every move my body makes is

an effort. Whether it be brushing my hair, writing a letter, and so

on. The temperature is reaching almost record highs here for April and

it happened almost over night. While I have turned it down, I still

have my heat in the house on because we still need it at night. I also

haven't changed my wardrobe over. As a result, I am hot almost all the

time.

I remembered when they were talking MS with me, heat sensitivity was a

huge part of that. But now that they are considering mito, I am

wondering if that also occurs with mito. When I am too hot, I am nearly

useless. And it doesn't take much to get too hot. A 70 degree day in a

car with the windows up will do it.

Do any others have this experience?

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, temperature regulation is a huge part for most of us with mito.

I myself very seldom spend more than a few minutes at a time outside

once it gets warm and I would not be able to survive without air

conditioning. It takes a great deal of cellular energy to both keep

your body cooled or warmed up, so extremes on either end of the spectrum

can be hard for a lot of us.

semandyred wrote:

>I was actually doing pretty good for a few days last week but it was

>short lived. For the past four days or so, every move my body makes is

>an effort. Whether it be brushing my hair, writing a letter, and so

>on. The temperature is reaching almost record highs here for April and

>it happened almost over night. While I have turned it down, I still

>have my heat in the house on because we still need it at night. I also

>haven't changed my wardrobe over. As a result, I am hot almost all the

>time.

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>I remembered when they were talking MS with me, heat sensitivity was a

>huge part of that. But now that they are considering mito, I am

>wondering if that also occurs with mito. When I am too hot, I am nearly

>useless. And it doesn't take much to get too hot. A 70 degree day in a

>car with the windows up will do it.

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>Do any others have this experience?

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