Feeling worse in warm weather?
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I know warm weather is supposed to provide relief from hypothyroid symptoms but I never feel worse or have less energy than during the warmer months. Does anyone else experience this? Can anyone speculate as to why this may be?
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@scamp said in Feeling worse in warm weather?:
I know warm weather is supposed to provide relief hypothyroid symptoms but I never feel worse or have less energy than during the warmer months. Does anyone else experience this? Can anyone speculate as to why this may be?
Hi, it depend wich temperature, but temperature 25 degree celcius+ and direct sunlight exposure can both make you feel worst and lower your energy, even animals can spend alot of times lying down/sleeping in shade when the temperature and sun intensity is high enough. Foods you do eat/do not eat influence how sensitive you are to sunlight, how much warmth you generate from exposure and also your cooling ability. Among the foods i have eaten, eating mostly/only very good dattes that have a high enough degree of moisture and softness during the day , from a specific supplier, is the best i have found for making sunlight much less draining, more exhalting, and still having energy despit 25 degree celcius+weather, most of everything else i have eaten make it neutral or worst
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"Many hypothyroid people compensate with high adrenalin production (sometimes 40 times higher than normal)"
https://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/03/25/ray-peat-phd-on-thyroid-temperature-pulse-and-tsh/
Is it plausible that I "feel better" during the colder months due to increased stress hormones? And that during the warmer months in the absence of the stress response I'm experiencing my true hypothyroid state?
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What are you eating and drinking scamp, in what amounts and at what times?
@scamp said in Feeling worse in warm weather?:
Can anyone speculate as to why this may be?
Just guessing.
Your circadian is also seasonal. It could be as simple as salting what you're drinking, except water. Which you could reduce.
You may also notice some peculiarities if you experiment with hydrostatic pressure.
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@scamp said in Feeling worse in warm weather?:
I know warm weather is supposed to provide relief from hypothyroid symptoms
Not necessarily. The extra daylight that accompanies warm weather can but with hypothyroidism, the body has a hard time regulating its temperature so both cold and heat, especially heat that accompanies high humidity, can exacerbate symptoms. Prior to supplementing thyroid, I was just as intolerant to heat as the cold and had often overheated to the point of passing out, and Ray talked about how his thyroid shut down when he was in Florida, due to the heat and humidity.
