How does the heat affect your symptoms?Is it all in my head?

 Hi everyone,

We have been getting some mean weather over here on Vancouver Island. We Islanders are not used to temperatures up in the 35 degrees celsius. We are used to rain , rain and more rain. Now we are not complainers....when spring comes rolling around at 17 and 18degrees celsius...we consider ourselves very lucky.Now my daughter loves this heat, bless her little heart!, but I am rendered absolutely useless. Parts of my body go on strike. I can't feel myself pee, can barely feel the one side of my leg...get vertigo and falls to go along with it.
Am I just imaginning it....I know a lot of people who have a terrible time handling the heat.

'How does the heat affect those of you who have a firm diagnosis. For me who is still in limboland, I'm not sure what to mention to doctor anymore. I've always been afraid to be labeled "Hypo,chondriac etc etc....so I don't usually speak up much when I see my doctor. I've been told that  I have to wait for another major episode before I can be firmly diagnosed(and more lesions on my brain)....What constitutes a major episode?

Anyway, I'm hot, and tired(so, so tired. the fatigue is so not normal, hits me like a half ton truck....had to rant. Sorry folks.

I'm blessed that you're here.

Love and prayers.

tired old Mary

i don't remember my grandmother having troubles with heat but she was always inside when it was really hot out, so she might have and just stayed inside instead of risking having a problem. dh's uncle definatly has problems with heat. it doesn't take long for him to start to have problems if he is outside when it is hot. last summer they had to get him in the shade and cooled off quickly when they were at a water park because he was starting to feel dizzy and out of it.
the other symptoms you mentioned need to be discussed with your doc if he doesn't know about them. if he does know about them, they need to be discussed again if nothing was done about them or if they were just dismissed. you aren't being a hypochondriac, you are being your own advocate. do you keep a log of your symptoms? some docs are more likely to take you serious when you have the symptoms and teh dates they happened written down on paper. it can also help see if there is a pattern to anything.