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.
@Susan60
Before I got fibro, I was always warm. Except for hands, feet and lips in winter as I have Raynauds.
But since the fibro I do feel the cold sooner and find it harder to warm up. Still, 18 degrees in winter (in the home) I wear a sweater, 18 degrees in summer, I wear a t-shirt.
Haven't been on adhd meds very long so don't know yet if they will make a difference in winter and summer. 😊 @actuallyautistic
@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.
@Susan60@actuallyautistic both me and my kid have AuDHD and are overheating especially easy when moving. I usually wear one layer less than people around. I always take off a layer or two in a mall. At +5C, I leave a house wearing a thick cardigan over silky office shirt. After walking for about a kilometer, I undo the buttons. In a km more, I take it off. But not the thin gloves. My hands and feet are almost always cold. My normal body temperature is below 36C.
@Susan60@actuallyautistic I know that for most people it’s about the hormones, but I don’t think it’s limiting to them: I’ve been taking the pill for most of my life, but I’ve been overheating since childhood, as well as my kid (oh those terrified glances and comments from grandparents and strangers!). We’re joking that we’re just Pratchett’s trolls
@olena@Susan60@actuallyautistic I'm probably AuDHD (never officially diagnosed), but I am quite heat reistant, and I hate the cold. I usually wear more and thicker clothes than the people around me, and I spend most of my time in the cold half of the year indoors in rooms heated to at least 20°C. When temperatures rise a tiny bit above 30°C during a heatwave and people around me start to complain, I just relax and enjoy.
@LordCaramac@Susan60@actuallyautistic btw, as for ‘natural’ heat: I used to live in a cold humid climate, and for me tolerate temperatures above +25 was already hard. Now I live in a dry hot sunny place, and for some reason I not just tolerate local 35+ three months a year, but actually enjoy it. Just not indoors. Indoors should be cool.
@olena@Susan60@actuallyautistic I live right in the middle of what used to be West Germany before reunification. Temperate weather, rarely very cold or very hot. Most of the time between October and April I find the weather outside too cold for my taste though.
@LordCaramac@Susan60@actuallyautistic I actually have a hypothesis that probably ADHD temperature regulation troubles may be the direct result of issues with hypothalamus: some studies have shown the link between that brain part and ADHD, and this is precisely the zone responsible for temperature regulation among other things
@olena@Susan60@actuallyautistic We definitely need more research on that. I have always had cold hands and feet, my body doesn't know how to keep itself warm, despite burning through a lot of food. I've gained a little weight after I hit 40, before that I was so skinny that people often thought I was anorexic, but in fact I have always been eating and snacking more than even most fat people I know.
@Susan60@actuallyautistic Interesting observation. Since those bloody flushes (long since finished) my body has never been the same. Cannot stand hot weather, overheated indoor spaces etc.
I don't have ADHD or meds and had same through menopause and still have over 2 decades later ... so I would guess OTD (Old Timer's Disease) is the problem ... sorry that's something have to live with :)
And even in summer sometimes I need heater on to take chill off room (like now), then A/C or fan on later :)
And I well never understand why I'm cold in 18c degrees in winter but enjoy 18c degrees in summer :)
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