Heat waves and MS

Hi @flowergirl

Weather - the classic conversation, this heat certainly is worth discussing.

Does anyone else feel the heat aggravates their symptoms? Are they symptoms more intense/frequent? Do you notice any new ones? How are you keeping cool, both physically and mentally?

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Not as hot as some places where I am but yes the humidity and heat has definitely had an impact on my fatigue levels.in work I have noticed trying to say something at times has been slower or the words come out completely wrong which if talking to a service user in my eyes can come across as incompetent.

Firstly, I'm sorry to hear you are suffering so much.

I also struggle alot more with the heat, my symptoms flare up, my head feels like it's got a cloud/fog inside it therefore making cognitive issues worse 😞

You are definitely not alone in this! From one #mswarrior to another, stay strong, you've got this 💪 x

Whilst I was quite impressed with myself about how well I coped with the recent heatwave I have completely lost it this weekend. Yesterday I didnt even get dressed, grazed rather than ate a meal and barely moved because any effort caused pain, increase in heat -and mostly both.

Today at work I just didnt cope - and thats not me! I couldnt think about more than 1 job at a time (Im using juggling 3 things with phone calls in addition) and became totally overwhelmed to the point where I almost walked away from my job. Thankfully I have a great boss and we agreed that I would concentrate one 1 role and let others pick up the other stuff. However 10 minutes tidying on the kitchen after work has left me exhausted again. Its not as hot as it was a few weeks ago and cant fathom why its so much harder right now.....