My thoughts.....Heat creates much weakness for me...the hotter it gets...the weaker I am. Now cold is different, while it does not cause "weakness" so much...it does cause quite a bit of "discomfort", stiffness, trembling etc.
mid 70's is a perfect temp for me, now if I can just get control of that "climate" control knob...

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Heat dont bother me, but the humidity does if its hot also. I have very low blood pressure so my whole adult life ive always been cold, even if it is 70 degrees outside, thats cold.
Ive heard that heat really bothers people with MS. Me, just heat plus humidity bothers me, hard to walk then.

Itsd both the Heat AND Humidity. When this started for me I was trying to understand when I needed to put the a/c on. I know heat made it more difficult to function--but I wasn't sure about that humidity? It was a frustrating learning curve by observation on that one!!!

I did not appear to do that well in humidity also?

Then I read that humidity negatively affects the body from cooling itself...then I understood the relationship between MS, heat ,humidity and the a/c goes on with out any guilt for BOTH Heat OR Humidity.

So it is BOTH thats the answer. And that is why its both. It both when it is an or Heat OR humidityu and it is especially when it is an AND heat AND humidity.

But an OR condition starts the a/c.

Interesting.........I guess I dont give humidity much thought, not much humidity where I "survive". Learning new routines, such as doing things that require "energy", I am slowly learning to modify my schedule to do things early before it warms too much, or lateer when it cools, shade has become a "valuable" commodity it seems.

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Heat definately bothers me. I am newly diagnosed and I love the sun and the heat!! Love hot showers...but that has had to change. I used to play tennis in 100 degree weather and loved it. Hated playing in the cold. Now if I am out in the heat for a long time I get extremely fatigued. Sucks that I am not going to the Jazz festival this year with the family. Just making adjustments and keeping it moving as best I can.

It's all three, heat, humidity & cold. And stress & too much physical activity & depression. Good luck honey.

any extreme is rough. Cold stiffens me up so it's hard to move around, heat slows me down.

After the last 2 winters in NY I packed it in and moved down to Florida... from the ice box to the frying pan. Now I'll see if heat is better to me than the cold wasn't

I've experienced that heat and/or humidity just wear me right down. Sometimes I feel really good and when I think about what's different, it is usually that we're having a mild temperature in Florida with low humidity.

Ever stand in the shower before regulating the water temp well and either the too cold or the too hot makes your legs want to just buckle? That explains a lot to me. The extremes are tough on me. Of course, I'm careful to regulate the darn water, but sometimes I get impatient. Can't do that much though, or I'll slip in the tub.

When I went to Buffalo in October,I was able to climb stairs (everyone seems to have stairs in my family (except the senior apartments where my gram lives). I felt like a changed woman when I got home. And as soon as I woke up here in Florida, I felt like the life had been sucked right out of me. I wondered if it was all psychological but I think feeling hit that hard really has to be a physical thing.

Stress seems to play major havoc on our bodies and it comes in so many forms, trying ot walk, trying to avoid drop foot, trying to concentrate with all of the physical challenges that are upon us at all times.

Getting our brains and muscles moving is supposed to help so much but it is such hard work.... I'm really hoping to improve my condition and wish I could focus better on my health... I seem to get distracted a lot. Oh well, nobody said MS was easy, let alone regular life, lol.
Hugs,
~Lorrie