Heat Intolerance

Women's health
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Hi Ladies,

Do any of you have an intolerance to heat since you started having peri/Menopause Symptoms? I cannot tolerate extreme heat indices. I live in New York and in the summer it can get really cooking here with the heat. When I go out I start experiencing anxiety because I'm afraid I'm going to pass out although this has never happened. I feel weird and start feeling funny sensations in my head. I don't feel any relief until I'm indoors with a cool fan or AC. Anyone else have this reaction to the heat?

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Yes!!! Exactly the same it's scary I pray daily for relief from all these horrible symptoms

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Yes I get this way when Im PMSing. I live in AR so it gets horribly hot and I get really sick and dizzy. I usually have to stay indoors on days like that. These days my PMS last so much longer because my montlys are really messed up. Even sleeping at night if I get hot I get a very uncomfortable feeling like I just want to come out of my skin.

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Hear you are cooking there in NY today! Best place to be is in the a/c! I never used to have a problem with the heat, in fact we moved to Florida for sunny hot weather. But since being in full blown peri, I have to say, the heat gets to me too. Since getting back here from being up north for the summer, I just stay in or go in the pool. And sometimes when I'm in the pool I'll still get the burning feelings in my body! 

Today I went to the dentist and even with the nitrous oxide and a movie playing in my little goggles I still was feeling panicky. I hate that feeling.

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Hi there,

it s symptom of estrogen deficiency indeed...I live in Greece and when the weather is scorching hot and humid I cannot bear it..my joints are becoming stiff and I cannot bend my knees

how old are you?

are you still menstruating? 

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Hello!  Same here...we have been boiling here.  I cannot take it.  Then, the snow comes and I’ll complain about that!  But seriously, yes I am very heat intolerant...headaches, effort breathing, overall fainting feeling .  Definitely AC and fan on me right now😎

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I just moved to FL three weeks ago from WV and the heat is so much worse for me

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Hi Sharserv - Yep! You described me to a T - I used to think it was because I have high blood pressure (on RX) but then when I realized it was a “thing” for some in menopause than I knew it was because of meno - do you also suffer from flushing?  It is to the point that I am just incapacitated during heat waves & I really don’t go out during the day in summer months - I was recently at an afternoon wedding where the sun was on my face (not even in the heat of the day) & I was sweating and I started to have an anxiety attack & this is from someone who used to love to bake at the beach - Ugh! 

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When I'm in the heat I get dizzy and I start getting hot faced and like a few has said I start getting anxiety over it out of nowhere. I have high BP and on meds as well never had that til I started going through the change I think the anxiety hits me cause I can't escape the heat inside of my body. My worst times is during cycle and ovulation week which I never really have a break at all

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Yes,  I only started experiencing this recently and I am 59.  Can't stand this heat ans humidity!!!!

 

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I live in central Texas and gets gets very hot here in the summer. I've never really enjoyed the extreme heat of July and August but it never stopped me from doing things before. Last summer I was feeling too sick to do much of anything, so I didn't go out except to Dr appointments or early morning walks to burn off anxiety. This summer, I feel much better but the heat is really bothering me! I can no longer go for my long walks and even sitting outside in the shade feels miserable and I can't tolerate it for long. I get so hot so fast and start sweating all over! Then, I'll get extremely tired- like I've just done a whole afternoon of yard work in the heat! Sometimes I feel like I'm having difficulty getting a full breath of air. I've decided to stop chastising myself for not being able to tolerate the heat and therefore I'm doing no real exercise. I've always been fit and exercised regularly, so this part of it is really hard for me. ** I also have a frozen shoulder which makes it impossible for me to do any type strength training with my upper body and I found out the hard way even running bleachers or box jumps require a mobile shoulder. So I'm stuck doing calf presses and lunges inside with air conditioning. I can't wait for cooler weather! In Austin, that could be the end of September- mid October! 

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Hi Audra,

Thanks for responding. Here in NY, we have to wait until almost November until the warm weather really breaks. It can be in the 70's still through October.

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Hi Pamela,

Yes, I didn't need BP meds until peri started and ever since I've been on these meds I have a reaction to the heat. One day I nearly passed out. I felt so weak and lightheaded that I had to get inside out of the heat and into some cool air fast. It was so scary.

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Yes I did notice it before I started BP meds that I got anxious in the heat. It's terrible and scary. Yes I do get the flushes. Those send my anxiety over the top. I can't even take hot showers like I used to because of this intolerance to heat.

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Yes the heat triggers my migraines and makes my BP go up. There's always something.

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I live in Atlantic Canada, this summer we had a heat wave for over a month, it was around 40 degrees Celsius with humidity. I could only go outside if I was swimming, had to get my son to tend to the garden. Had a cooler week last week, but this week the tempature has gone back up.

I agree the heat makes me feel dizzy and sick and even cranky. It's like Im stuck in a hot flash that never ends.

I'm sure I'm the only one that can't wait until October air hits, heck Im looking forward to snow.

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Yes I'm still menstruating. I'm 44 but my periods are very Irregular and I have been going through all of this since I was 35. I only have one ovary since I had to have one removed years ago before I had my kids.

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Wow, that is hot! It was 97°F with a heat index of 103°F today in New York city.

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We live in the Deep South so heat is all o have ever known and I hate the cold!! My daughter has dysautonomia that is an electrolyte imbalance issues causing  heat intolerance. There are several different blends of powder to mix and drink along with natural recipes with fruit. Yes, hormones may be the initial cause but other methods may help lessen the symptoms. 

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Thanks sideways. No doubt menopause is culprit behind any electrolyte imbalances.