I have a swamp cooler. Air conditioners make me feel ill - flu-like systems from coolant fumes - can't be good.

my friend, mother have this problem. also cold weather causes pain for them.even a fan bothers my mom. mary

I have this problem too. I have no A/C in my house, my dad hated them because they gave him problems. So I inherited a house with no A/C that would cost a fortune to refit with a new unit, since all the ducts would have to be replaced to fit the new code.

I live with the heat, it doesn't seem to bother me that much though I can't say I like it. Anyway, I built a small workshop years ago with an air-conditioned office. Every time I try to get relief from the heat by going out there to do household book-keeping, I get a stiff neck and aches and pains...sometimes a headache too.

On the positive side, people who complain about their high utility bills get really upset when I tell them what mine is...lol.

Oh yes, definately air conditioning makes me feel worse. Being in a room with air conditioning makes it difficult to move because my muscles and joints are in terrible pain. I get chilled to the bone and can't get warm unless I get into a hot tub of water or go sit in the hot sun. A fan (ceiling fan or others) does the same thing to me.

I understand what your talking about. I also experience worsen muscle pain with air conditioning. I beleive its the drying effect on my bodies hydration system. Air conditioning sucks moisture ou of my body. I therefore drink a minimum of 4 litres of water per summer day but because of a damaged Magnesium and Potassium chennelopathies H20 depleetes my magnesium levels and I get stacks of cramps. I therefore seek to preemptivally combat this from happeningby replacing Magnesium in suppliments (tablets) , magnesium skin oil (dermal absorbtion, very effective) and Magnesium salts suspended in solutions.

I think my muscle pain is directly proportional to my bodies relative hydration (incorperating as close to hartman solution isotonic mineral balance) relative to the relative ambiant humidity because an increase in musclle pain is very noicable on DRY COLD winters days where he humidity is below 50% and the air literally sucks moisture out of my body. On these cold days I forget to drink until about lunch time and by the time I have twigged its too late. Muscles in extream pain and playing catch up (hydrating with isotonically balanced fluids around a pH of 2.0 (acid -Citrus juice 2 x Lemons, 2 x Limes + 2 x Oranges with equal parts clorine free water with the addition of magnesium salts (Magnesium carbonate, MgCO3 and or Magnesium sulphate MgSO4) all day and half the night.
Its to do with body hydration and humidity which is relative to ambient temperature.
On ultra hot days I find it better to be Air Con free (Off) and just sweat it out while replacing fluids. The load on my body on days like this (ie above 100 Deg Fahrenheit) it gets me into a normal sleep wake cycle very easilly because I am so fatigued so quickly.

Hope it makes sense CheeseCat and all.

Cheers
Ali5tair

Take 2, this time without spelling mistakes.
I understand what you're talking about. I also experience worsen muscle pain with air conditioning. I believe its the drying effect on my bodies hydration system. Air conditioning sucks moisture ou of my body. I therefore drink a minimum of 4 litres of water per summer day but because of a damaged Magnesium and Potassium channelopathies H20 depletes my magnesium levels and I get stacks of cramps. I therefore seek to pre-emptively combat this from happening by replacing Magnesium in supplements (tablets) , magnesium skin oil (dermal absorption, very effective) and Magnesium salts suspended in solutions.

I think my muscle pain is directly proportional to my bodies relative hydration (incorporating as close to Hartman solution isotonic mineral balance) relative to the relative ambient humidity because an increase in muscle pain is very noticeable on DRY COLD winters days where he humidity is below 50% and the air literally sucks moisture out of my body. On these cold days I forget to drink until about lunch time and by the time I have twigged its too late. Muscles in extreme pain and playing catch up (hydrating with isotonically balanced fluids around a pH of 2.0 (acid -Citrus juice 2 x Lemons, 2 x Limes + 2 x Oranges with equal parts chlorine free water with the addition of magnesium salts (Magnesium carbonate, MgCO3 and or Magnesium sulphate MgSO4) all day and half the night.
Its to do with body hydration and humidity which is relative to ambient temperature.
On ultra hot days I find it better to be Air Con free (Off) and just sweat it out while replacing fluids. The load on my body on days like this (ie above 100 Deg Fahrenheit) it gets me into a normal sleep wake cycle very easily because I am so fatigued so quickly.

Hope it makes sense CheeseCat and all.

Cheers
Ali5tair

I use one as helps my ms , heat makes my symptoms worse but ,do drink more also aware dry eye worse with it on , other that helped me , mine portable one vented outside clean filters often,

Hello All,
I haven't noticed this connection but I very easily get cold and often wear many layers when others insist on having a/c going in the house. When I was first very sick, I read somewhere that those with CFS often have difficulty regulating their body temperature and I certainly feel like this. I seem to overheat when it's too hot and freeze when a/c is on. I feel like a cold-blooded animal sometimes.
I'm going to pay more attention to the aches in terms of the a/c now.
Thanks for making this connection.

sounds like the AC unit might be spitting out mold spores, thats what mine was doing.

I'm with Missable---I have a hard time regulating my body temperature.

I simply wilt in the heat and freeze in the cold. I can often tell when the thermostat is going to tell the air conditioner to turn on in a couple of minutes because I get hot and sweaty, and in the winter I get so cold right before it turns the heater on. I've got a really sensitive system that I just try to keep at about the same temperature (not too many extremes) so my body has to do less work and feels better.

i get similar sort of pain in my muscles. I drink some hot milk and it really helps a liitle. The pain surely reduces and sometimes it vanishes too.

Super old post - but for what it's worth - I can't manage temperature changes either; or a/c blowing on me, it's torturous.

I live alone so i can keep the temp exactly what i need in the moment. I have about a 2 degree window of comfort then im either too hot or too cold. Havent noticed problem w ac itself..just being too cold if i cant control it. I need it to take humidity out of air or i swell. Often..i have some body parts too cold and others too hot all at time time. I need it cold at night as my legs and feet burn..so go to sleep w sweatshirt over pjs and socks on on off..then i change what it on or off atleast once per nite. I can go from hot to cold in minutes for no obvious reason....drives me nuts!

Yeah feeling the same.. If you have got any remedies.. DO SHARE!!

yes... chronic cold feet and hands are part of cfs.
I am researching the Wil Hof method. It is using cryotherapy to reverse the process. I just started using it a few days ago. It is FREE and it is in my own bathroom... so, it's not going to hurt me. i also have rheumatoid arthritis.
I have heard that cryotherapy (cold water therapy) helps the immune system and rejuvenates the body. You can look into it on youtube if you feel led to.
gingergirl

best of luck. hugs and peace xo