feel the cold

[church mouse]

Just when I was thinking I had got my head around this HMS thing I am finding there are more symptoms that are connected. Such a reassurance to know that others struggle with feeling cold when everyone else is comfy, with muscles spasming after going swimming so losing ALL the benefit of the exercise, and also the references to autism. So maybe I'm not an attention-seeking hyperchondriac after all!

[Fluffym]

Hi church Mouse,

If it gives you any comfort, you are not alone and certainly not the only one to have been called an attention seeking hyperchondriac! I think many of us have doubted our own sanity at times with the bizarre symptoms this syndrome can give.

Take care.

Fluffym

[barkingmad]

Churchmouse you are most definitely not a hyperchondriac....

[cracker]

i feel the cold too sometimes my right foot feels like a block of ice.
i wear one of my snuggies & the gas fire is on & i still feel the cold. i get cold hands too i sitting hear felling cold now brrrrrr

[trekster]

if I could work out what was causing me to be so cold, I would be a much happier bunny. Milk thistle has helped in a way,
eating properly another way, unsure if it's a side effects of gabapentin and co codamol.

I know overload and stress doesn't help matters and with my CPTSD being triggered off that is a major problem for me
at the moment. It's as though ive got permanent 'shivers down my spine'.

[balot]

I get cold really easily. My doctor said this is common with HMS.

[gila]

grrrrrrhhh...sorry pet rant coming up ... although temp wise it isnt actually cold atm... the ridiculously high levels of humidity atm make me feel v v v v v cold and certain bits of me are v v v v v cold to the touch...hate this weather!!!!
xxg

[cracker]

i really feel the cold one of my fiends keeps saying my hands are like ice cubes

[Jess]

trekster side affects of the meds is not coldness.

I find wrapping in layers helps keep me warm knee high socks with coolmax hiking socks over top to keep my feet from over heating. Vest top then tshirt or shirt over top then a zip up top over it. With fleese coat for going out. I have silk gloves for going under my every day gloves.

[trekster]

Thanks for the reassurances Jess I am starting to thing this is likely to be POTSy or related issues.
been told coming off the co codamol (which I am) can cause chills, but this feels very different.
As Hannah would say 'your temperature control is off' in her 'you know you have POTS' book.

[Jess]

Trekster try eating more ginger, it has helped me recently with the drop of temp this week. Holland and baretts do really nice sweets that are free from most of the bendy trigger food including dairy.
I chew a sweet when im walking the dogs when I walk the dogs in the afternoon/ evening

[trekster]

Thanks for the reminder Jess, bought some Rochester Ginger drink the other day which really helps on my really cold days.
Also ive got a vacuum flash to take drinks out in

[raewire]

I'm another who feels the cold. My family are always commenting on what a Nesh person I am. However, my nan is exactly the same & mum has an under active thyroid, so can't regulate her body temperature either. We keep each other company in the jumper wearing stakes and at least it means that regardless of which house you visit you're guaranteed to find the heating on!

[Inertia Creeps]

It's odd. I don't so much feel the cold as actually am cold! Hands and feet particularly, but quite often my legs and arms too. I have shockingly bad circulation, so it's probably down to that.