bluegoatwoods
Active Member
I suppose I ought to be careful that I don't go soliciting medical advice. I know you guys aren't doctors. Though maybe a few? In any case I am searching for info, but won't try to hold anyone responsible for whatever they can offer.
As a kid I kinda disliked the Sun. But it wasn't too bad. I can remember, though, about the time of adulthood it was getting to be a drag. And the last couple of decades it's gotten worse.
Now I'm getting into my early-mid fifties and it's gotten unbearable. I sometimes wear double sunglasses. From late May to mid October it feels like a Martian death ray. I'm very sensitive to both glare in my eyes and the feeling of being beaten down by the Sun's rays. But it's also a temperature thing because I'm not comfortable even at night in the summer. I can be okay at about 70 deg as long as I'm holding still. As far as normal activity goes, upper 70s is getting to be a problem and I'm suffering above 80 deg.
A couple of days ago is an example of just how sensitive to warmth I am. It was a sunny day, but the high temp only reached the mid 50s. I was working in a room that faced the Sun. I wasn't working very hard either. Not strenuous. The thermostat in the room read 68. I thought it seemed warmer, but I reckon it was accurate enough. I didn't get far before I realized that I was warming up. I even stopped and rested. But before long I had the feeling of sweat building on my skin. And the light, almost nauseous stomach plus the trembling limbs. What I think of as 'heat sickness'. A bit later I moved to the shade side of the building and that was better. Though I still didn't feel really well the rest of the day.
This would seem to be an extreme reaction to conditions that others would think of as being not very warm at all.
It is getting so bad that I've been finding myself tempted to try to find a 3rd shift job so that I could just sleep when the Sun is up. I've found myself tempted to retire and sleep during the day and watch the stars at night. In a few more years I could think of retirement. But that would be ten years early and it would be a very thin retirement. I'm afraid that I won't be able to resist.
For what it's worth, it's not that I'm all that resistant to cold. Though nowadays I prefer winter to summer, I'm still a cold weather wimp. I've learned tricks to make it bearable. But amongst all the people I've run around with over the years I tended to be one of the weaker ones about withstanding cold.
It seems as though my internal thermostat just can't adjust very far in either direction.
No one else I know suffers this badly from spring until fall. So how about you guys? Anyone have the same trouble or has heard anything about a condition like this and what might be done about it?
If anything. I can only hope.
As a kid I kinda disliked the Sun. But it wasn't too bad. I can remember, though, about the time of adulthood it was getting to be a drag. And the last couple of decades it's gotten worse.
Now I'm getting into my early-mid fifties and it's gotten unbearable. I sometimes wear double sunglasses. From late May to mid October it feels like a Martian death ray. I'm very sensitive to both glare in my eyes and the feeling of being beaten down by the Sun's rays. But it's also a temperature thing because I'm not comfortable even at night in the summer. I can be okay at about 70 deg as long as I'm holding still. As far as normal activity goes, upper 70s is getting to be a problem and I'm suffering above 80 deg.
A couple of days ago is an example of just how sensitive to warmth I am. It was a sunny day, but the high temp only reached the mid 50s. I was working in a room that faced the Sun. I wasn't working very hard either. Not strenuous. The thermostat in the room read 68. I thought it seemed warmer, but I reckon it was accurate enough. I didn't get far before I realized that I was warming up. I even stopped and rested. But before long I had the feeling of sweat building on my skin. And the light, almost nauseous stomach plus the trembling limbs. What I think of as 'heat sickness'. A bit later I moved to the shade side of the building and that was better. Though I still didn't feel really well the rest of the day.
This would seem to be an extreme reaction to conditions that others would think of as being not very warm at all.
It is getting so bad that I've been finding myself tempted to try to find a 3rd shift job so that I could just sleep when the Sun is up. I've found myself tempted to retire and sleep during the day and watch the stars at night. In a few more years I could think of retirement. But that would be ten years early and it would be a very thin retirement. I'm afraid that I won't be able to resist.
For what it's worth, it's not that I'm all that resistant to cold. Though nowadays I prefer winter to summer, I'm still a cold weather wimp. I've learned tricks to make it bearable. But amongst all the people I've run around with over the years I tended to be one of the weaker ones about withstanding cold.
It seems as though my internal thermostat just can't adjust very far in either direction.
No one else I know suffers this badly from spring until fall. So how about you guys? Anyone have the same trouble or has heard anything about a condition like this and what might be done about it?
If anything. I can only hope.
