Looking for explanations…Dec 19, 2023

Thought. I have always run warm. I do feel the cold, but not as much as most people. I hate (detest?) overheated department stores. This got worse with the onset of perimenopause, & I was unable to wear jumpers for years, because I couldn’t get them off quickly enough during hot flushes, which threatened spontaneous combustion. This settled somewhat after finally going on HRT.

I’ve noticed a change since going on ADHD meds. I now wear winter pjs on a “cool” summers night, & a nightie on warmer ones & am more likely to don a jacket of an evening.

I’m wondering whether this is a consequence of the meds, & overheating is related to ADHD. #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #Menopause #HotFlushes #WomensHealth

Show threadKit MuseDec 19, 2023
@Susan60 @actuallyautistic Interesting. I always blamed my bad temperature regulation on my fibromyalgia, but my hands and feet are cold and within the past few years, if my hands get cold doing farm chores, then they HURT SO BADLY like stabby hurt. I keep the heat down and especially in my office cabin, on days like today (45ish) if I get cool and stay cool then I get stomach aches. I can't do heat at all anymore, but too cold is not good either. I'm like an M class planet, I guess.
Show threadLooking for explanations…Dec 20, 2023
@KitMuse @actuallyautistic
How long have you had fibro? And I’m starting to wonder what the rate of comorbidities of fibro & ND is. A faulty thermostat is a pain. Literally.
Show threadKit MuseDec 20, 2023
@Susan60 @actuallyautistic I was diagnosed with fibro around 2003 when a work incident left me with 2 weeks of stress-induced hives and horrible pain. What I know now twenty years later, is I suspect my fibro is caused by the sensory hell of living as an un-dx'd/un-supported AuDHDer all my life. None of the "big 3" fibro drugs ever worked for me, and the more I talk with ND ppl w/ fibro the more I think it comes from sensory overwhelm/overload in some cases.
Show threadthe Amygdalai Lama
@KitMuse @Susan60 @actuallyautistic
there is a person on Twitter, Tania . . . darn, I'll get it next time I check in there - from South Africa, who talks a lot about how sensory overload is a medical condition and treatable, to a degree, that there's a lot about mineral depletion and supplementation - I mean, they're Autistic AF, this isn't anti-Autism stuff, it's very pro, the point being that many of these issues, once the doctors decide they are Autism, they stop worrying about treatments and quality of life. Tania M, ends in "chuk," or "chiuk," maybe?
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Dec 20, 2023 at 9:47pmWeb