Am I going downhill fast, or does everyone feel 100% worse in hot, humid weather?
 

We have been getting these 3 - 5 day record-breaking hot spells, weather so uncommon in the Pacific Northwest the comment has been made by local meteorologists that we are experiencing mid-western-like weather now. (Gr-r-r-r-r . . . global warming sucks!) And I can't walk, breathe, or function until the heat leaves and we get back to wondering if we will have to turn on the furnace again cuz' we are chilly!!!

My head is fuzzy . . . my feet twice as bad as normal . . . my attention span down to less than 1/2 a second . . . no patience . . . no relief. Is it the weather? How does it affect the rest of you? If this is common I will relax and wait . . if not, I think need to see my doctor yesterday . . .

my feet swell in the summer, they are significantly less swollen in the winter. Heat and humidity can definitely cause lack of patience. The heat may affect you more because you arent used to it.

I am totally sensitive to humidity and changes in temperature. It seem the longer I have gone on with my pain...the more narrow my non sensitive range gets!

lefthanded have you had more swelling with the heat? Swelling makes my numbnesss feel worse and I also have twice the pain then also. Then I am even more clumsy trying to move about.

We had all that rain,but cool nights which is wonderful for Mo. The hot humid nights make my legs and feet swell,like it better this way...It's like the US did a turn around in weather this year. :eek: Sue

I am different then most here in my pn since my pain is actually from the rsd. Anywho! I have been to many states because of my sensitivity. I have extreme cold sensitivity but also with severe humidity I do. When I was in Florida I was so swollen in my bad area which increases the pain. For me not wearing socks helps with that. It makes for smelly shoes but oh well. Rather stink then be in hell pain. I hope the weather cools down but also you get some relief from the docs or help. I wish I could just live in a bubble that would make life much easier. Joking but half way serious.By the way my cousin lives in Seattle. Isn't starbucks from there?

humidity is awful
 

It causes swelling and that increases pain.

I use menthol (in biofreeze) to help with it. With a fan blowing on your feet it is very effective.

I wonder at your weather...here it is cool...everyday..and rains almost every day too. I wonder where global warming went...I guess you have it there! ;)

My "idiopathic" neuropathy effects my front side only from the chest to just above the knees.
Clothes clinging to my skin from sweat kills.
If I could get away with running around naked it would be no problem...

I also feel worse in the heat/humidity. I feel exhausted, my head spins and my muscles twitch more.

I sleep w/o underwear, on top of the covers with a fan blowing all nite.
Heat & humidity are awful. I don't swell, but feel like I do.
I use a menthol creme on my feet at nite (in the a.m. before putting
on my shoes to go to work, too), and try to keep cool in A/C as much as possible (but the barometer is the culprit, too).

Yeah, like Nide, I don't swell, not much, only a tiny bit near my ankle. I get clammy, it's a horrible feeling, like I am drenched, then I get chilled--a constant battle. It's not hot flashes, if anyone thinks that, I lived those and this is very different.

I guess you never know from day to day what's next huh???

Hot
 

The hotter - and humid or not - the worse the PN - both peripheral and autonomic symtoms for me - I get very lightheaded - dizzy - legs and arms ache and buzz more - and just get to a point where have to not move for fear of keeling over literally from it... heat and PN at least in this arena are not compatible!

my hands and feet burn and hurt much more in hot weather! thank god i live in l.a. and fall is almost here! i always lseep with a fan blosing on my feet at night. it make it barable

I don't know if its the meds, or what- but my attention span is short too.
Haven't been able to read a book in a long while.
Articles in the paper or on the web are about as long as I can handle,
if they aren't too technical.
I used to be a speed reader, now I skim and skip, but haven't the desire or energy to concentrate on a book length reading.

i havent read a book in almost 2 years now and i loved to read. I cant concentrate either.

I find this to be true for me too. The weather is cooling here now and I am cold, my feet often times freezing. At work, working with 3 women with hot flashes, can be torture. I find myself, I guess the only thing to call it is clenching my shoulders, which in turn causes pain in them and my neck. I amnot looking forward to winter!

I find this difficult too. I find myself reading the same thing over and over, my concentration is not there anymore. My neuro tells me this should clear up, now that I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea, and have a CPAP machine. I don't know if I will ever get used to it though. I do wake up now, without a headache, in an hour, it's back, maybe I'm gaining on it, we will see.

Meds and concentration
 

It is very difficult for me to concentrate as well. And the increases in dosages of meds only make it worse. I have a very hard time reading. I have taken to listening to books on CDs. In fact, when I hurt at night and can't sleep these help divert my attention from the pain. Our library has quite a large selection...you guys might want to try this.

Just to clear this for me..I do not take any prescription meds. I was on Topamax for 1 year, have been off it since early July. I know meds can cause many symptoms, yet I also think we can have this type of symptom without meds.

i agree, it can be problematic with or without medication. I also feel that is the case with swelling of the ankles and feet.