Symptoms worse in winter??

I'm sorry...I know this has been mentioned before, but why do symptoms seem to get worse when the weather gets cold?? I feel like crap!! Now that I think of it, I feel quite a bit like I did this time last year   Does anyone have any suggestions or tips to beat these cold weather blues?! I'm using a heating blanket but I can't wear it when I'm outside and when I'm inside I have to share it with husband, kids, and the cat lol!

Yes a thousand times! My condition goes from bad to unbearable in the winter and cold. I do great in low humidity heat. Hawaii is my favorite place on earth. I'm trying to find a way to move there.

When the weather gets cold, our blood circulation slows down as well - making the toxins sit in our system longer, the blood is a bit thicker and of course we have more tendency to sit still longer too!

Try adding an extra layer of socks and other clothes. Drink hot herbal teas - except when you should be drinking water , and snuggling closer to hubby!!! LOL!

A few things come to mind: now that the sun is not shining as strong, the body cannot absorb vitamin D from the sunlight and this will make you feel depressed and will augment your symptoms.

One of my symptoms is that I am sensitive to cold so naturally, this time of year I am even more sensitive because of the colder ambient weather. I do what Garden Peace does as well, Once the temperature gets lower than 30-40 degrees, I put on my thermal long underwear (Long Johns) and wear a t-shirt and a sweatshirt indoors and outdoors. I also bought wool socks which are very good at warming up your feet.

I am lucky that my wife also suffers from "coldness' so she doesn't mind when I throw a few extra blankets and comforters on the bed at night. Sometimes it gets so bad that I even put pillows on top of me at night to stay a little warmer. My indoor temperature is kept at 76 degrees and at work I have a portable heater that I keep under my desk to keep me warm.

And as for the outer layers, I searched for coats, gloves, scarves and earmuffs that have a lot of Thinsulate in them. I find that stores that cater to hunters and construction workers (Cabelas', Gander Mountain, Bass Pro-shops, and Farm & Fleet) carry the heavy duty stuff. Even my shoes have Thinsulate in them. For those of you unfamiliar with Thinsulate, it is a very thin insulating material that is placed in between the inner and outer fabric. The more grams of it in the article, the warmer it is. If it doesn't say how much of it is in it (in grams), then it probably doesn't have enough.

I almost forgot that places that cater to skiers also carry some good stuff to keep you warm in the winter.

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Thanks for the offer, but we already have 3 cats too many. ;) Would you like another one or two? :)

Mercola.com has tanning beds you can buy. One hangs on a door, just one sided. You have the option of no tanning, just getting your vitamin D. They're designed so they don't have the harmful parts that many commercial tanning beds have. Not cheap though. I have my D drops that do me fine.

Other good places for warm clothes are REI, Lands End, and LLBean. Wool and Alpaca is warm, the latter is supposed to be the warmest without the itch. We have a nice wool blanket and wool comforter, but they're too warm for my husband. He sleeps very warm, so we're not very compatible that way. I sleep much warmer when I'm healthy.

I try to lay on the Biomat once a day to keep the critters uncomfortable. I tend to stay warmer for a few hours after being on it an hour. That may not be the case when it gets colder out.

For me Summer is horrible! I just can't handle the heat anymore and humidity kills me.

Thanks for the "tea tips" traveller! Do u think heat can make you herx? Slept with heating blanket last night and my muscles jerked so bad this morning it woke me up!!

I like all the suggestions for staying warm during the colder months, but my issue is the yo-yoing going on inside of me. First, I'm so cold it seems I can't do anything to get warm, so I'm bundled up and snug. Next, a hot flash hits me and I'm tearing everything off of me in a flash! It's not pretty. I wait it out, and sweat, sweat, sweat. Then, the flame goes out and the damp, coldness settles all over and I'm back to freezing again!!! If you have these lovely co-infect. you know what's going on and how horrible it is to have all day/all night!!!!


Then, the tingling and pain in the back of my neck, lower head and upper shoulders also is affected by the cold. It's so hard to get any relief. I haven't figured out yet how to help with all the symptoms that are running around inside of me and wrecking havoc on both my body and mind!

In a cocoon - have you tried using a heating pad on your neck yet? I know sometimes that would really help - other times, not so much.

I remember one day, hubby and I were taking our travel trailer to the next job site for hubby. On the drive, I had the weirdest sensation!!! The top half of me was hot (in the sun) and the bottom half of me had goose bumps because I was so cold!! I drove with the window down and a blanket across my legs! I was sure glad that no one else had to endure that with me!

That does sound miserable. At least you're detoxing when you sweat! :) The nice thing about wool is that it doesn't hold in the moisture like synthetics can. I hope you find some help to slow down those episodes.

One of the reasons is that your not getting enough sunlight to stimulate the bodies production of Vit.D

Another problem in colder climates is SAD (depression) which is caused by not getting enough sunlight.

Probably all related to the Vitamin D levels in the body.

Vitamin D also has anti-biotic properties.

In a cocoon. You can email WWJD20 with any questions, she is very helpful

Well as you know, we are a product of the food we eat and our daily environment. This effects our body chemistry, thus our brains. Our body probably perceives winter as a somewhat stressful time to (for those who actually have winter). In the past, winter was not always survivable.

Then throw in pathogens which also changes our body/brain chemistry and this wont make the outcome any better.

You dont hear or see wild animals much on dark or wet days either. The hibernating bears in the cold states got it all figured out!

For the record, since I'm feeling better all around, winter is now a little easier for me than it was during the days of my lyme "Abyss".

I've made a few posts on this and the subject of daylight. I've never tried "fake day lights" as they seem to time consuming to use. I lack motivation in dreary winter weather but don't really get depressed from it. I'm very much an outdoor person in the summer and get very energized from it.

I live in the coldest area of the lower 48, however, our February usually has less overcast than November thru Jan, so I'm over the worst of the dreariness - and my motivation has finally picked up. Just waiting for the thermostat to "pick up", which will happen soon. I really dress in layers now, the cold doesn't help my muscles at all going to work in the AM - thats the worst part. On real cold sunny weekends- I've layed/vegged in the sunlight on the living room floor, it felt pretty good!

The older I get, the less winter outdoor stuff I feel like doing. The last three winters were easy for me, this year had way to many below zero mornings. The coldest cold days I'll never get used to, that said, summer always arrives eventually. Heat kills me, so the deep south is not an option. South west costs too much full time. Guess I'm stuck here. The desert south west life is looking better every year for a winter get away, not for summer though.

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