Stuff that can make you feel worse!

For me, it's the cold. Warm showers/baths make me feel good. But, the winters are the worst for me.

Except in the summer...when it's really hot...then a dip in the lake feels good.

Showers exhaust me. Hate them. One of my first symptoms when I look back was needing to sit during a shower. My heart would race and I would near pass out. Yuck. At one point for about a year I was terrified to shower. Not knowing why suddenly it was happening.

Worse than showers is going out into crowded, busy, overwhelming stores. Or new situations...like a dr appt where I would be asked a ton of questions and need to think and answer appropriately and fill out forms. Messes my brain up everytime to the point of complete brain shutdown until I can get to a dark room for an hour to get my brain to function again. the worst!

Also cold weather. Pain is worse in winter. I dream of moving to a tropical island.

Oh yeah...smells. I can go in a store and like a dog smell every darn person in there...individually. whether they smell bad or not I can smell their own personal scent like super human, super powers. Hundreds of people I can smell at one time...individually. It makes me sick and my brain feels thick immediately. I go through stores covering my mouth and nose with my hand. Im a freek!

Nice to know PeteZa that im not alone in my weird things that bug me. Living in a house of healthy people who don't always get my problems with simple things no one even notices but me. They try to be understanding but honestly, you can't possibly in a million years understand it.... until you live it.

Showering, eating, loud noises, strong smells, bright light, flickering light, stress, over activity, over stimulation, talking on the phone, driving in heavy traffic, violence on tv, talkative people.

I drink water before and after showering, it seems to help.

Oh, my gosh, the horrid showers. I am so glad I am not alone with this symptom. I dread taking showers. I find myself hanging onto the wall for fear of falling. Loud noises, bright lights, minor stress, noisy talking, violent television programs and more. I also have hypersensitivity to smells. Listening to more than one conversation puts me over the edge. Driving, for some reason, relaxes me.

The hot shower was always my favorite after a hard sweaty day at work. I got so used to looking like a lobster after my shower.

With lyme I had to turn off the hot and go with cool water. I literally almost passed out and that is how I figured it out.

I began swimming last summer in a very cold alpine lake and boy did that take away a lot of my symptoms. My head pain went away, my knees quit hurting and no racing heart. It was strange to find something that worked like that.

I did try an epsom salt foot bath and I tell you what, I stuck my foot in that tub and I got sick to my stomach. I still have a huge container of epsom salt...... I can use it around my garden next summer to keep the slugs out. LOL!

Just remember that we are all different and what affects one, may not affect another. We all have to search and find what works for us. Just don't quit searching!! You will find it.