I can deal with warm, but once the temp hits 85 and you sprinkle in some humidity, well...you lose me!

I cant think. I cant form a coherent sentence. I cant rationalize. I cant make decisions, or choices. I turn retarded or something. I stand in the street lost, completely unable to figure out if I am supposed to turn left of right. my brain turns to mush!

Then there is the physical sx. The weakness, the fatigue and the inability to lift my arms, and stop dragging my feet. Lets not even talk about the fuzzy vision and blindness.

Am I alone in this? I was out yesterday to water the garden and I swear, it was like aliens landed and sucked the life force right out of me. I couldnt figure out how to turn on the hose. I couldnt figure out which way back to the faucet to see if it was on, I couldnt figure out which side to water from....I just lost it. Standing in the yard dumbfounded DH came and took the hose and laid it on the ground. led me back to the house, led me to my chair. got me a cold drink. Gave me the TV flipper and watered the garden for me.

anyone else lose it in the heat?

Well, you're not really used to such extreme heat. This heat wave is affecting many states that just never gets these hot temps....even during summer. Don't let yourself get the the "point of no return". If you have to be outside in these temps just make sure you return to the A/C before you get so weak that you can't function. I'm glad you don't have this extreme heat very often. We won't see another cool day here in GA until November!

I start getting "lost" at 80 degrees. Cognitive issues seem to be the 1st to go. I get mushy brained and my body follows suit. Lately, my new thing is I can't say more complex words. I just can't say them. So, I have to spell them. I can spell just fine. The hotter it gets, the worse this gets.

When it gets real hot, I drink lots of ice water and use my big ice pack A LOT! It helps cool me down quickly. I also use fans and we have one in every room of the house.

Do what you can to stay cool, Dej!

I have some of the same problems. Since I'm in Florida, if I want to spend more than five minutes outside, I have to wear my cooling/ice vest and air in front of a fan.

I get really agitated when I get overheated. It's almost like a panic attack. Very scary.

I also have problems. When it is to hot in the classroom, I feel weak, dizzy, nauseated, and cannot concentrate.

Yup, similar reactions. I feel as though my brain, muscles, and guts have been microwaved.

I think anything over 75 should be optional, and over 85 illegal.

I used to love the 80's and now anything over mid 70's knocks me on my buttocks! Brain goes to mush, coordination goes, vision gets blurry, and I get panicky. It's just not a good scene. I got overheated outside pulling weeds one time. It wasn't that hot out (only mid-60's) so I thought I would be fine, but I exerted a little too much.

My vision started going and I started feeling rubbery. I figured it would be a good thing to go inside, but I found that I lacked the coordination to open the door. I just couldn't get that handle to work. I had to ring the bell to get one of the kids to let me in. They thought I was nuts.

For me I'm okay in the 80s thank god. But once it gets in the 90s and I'm overheated my brain gets mushy too. The wrong word (strange ones too) will come out of my mouth. Like I called the elevator an umbrella after walking outside in the New Orleans heat. Of course this thoroughly amused my niece and nephew! I sometimes feel temporarily lost too--not totally sure of direction. I have trouble remembering phone numbers because of the heat and other little things.

I'ze get lost and mushy ...

VOTING with B2Y: 75 75 75 75 .. SAY IT AGAIN --->>> 75 75 75

I sympathise with all of you. I totally get confuzzled when the thermometer goes up too high. I find that I feel sick. disoriented and my judgement goes out the window.

I also feel really self-protective - like I know that things are totally askew and I don't even notice when people in the street say hi or wave - my entire focus is on getting from one place to another in one piece. The act of getting from point A to point B is exhausting and I focus so hard. I am sure people think I am drunk because my coordination is so affected.

Parking is a nightmare when I drive.

I do find this a bit easier now I am on Ty. It seems to reduce the brain fog and make heat tolerance easier.

Lyn