The Hot is on its way

It's going to be getting hot and I'm dreading it, I feel so listless and ill in hot weather and thats anything over about 23.C, maybe 25.C at a stretch if we got a good breeze, but today its muggy and overcast, even with a breeze.

I don't want to ruin the other thread about summer with my complaining, but it's my worst time of year, the neighbours are being noisy, I can hear them and thier music even though the doors and windows are shut, there are herds of tourists so there are few places I can safely walk Fearn.

I get terrible water retention in hot weather and feel bloated all the time, I sweat buckets and feel thirsty, but also bloated with the amount of fluid I have to drink, I think my blood pressure crashes as I don't seem to be able to get cool, or get rid of the sweat and I feel dizzy much of the time, sometimes it gets so bad that I can't eat, I once went for 5 days without eating, I just couldn't swallow anything solid, I sometimes have to force myself to drink. I've been to the doctors, they've run loads of tests and can't find anything wrong. I think it's summer SAD, but theres almost nothing about this anywhere except one psychiatrist who believes its depression! Well Duh, of course I get depressed, I'm ill and I don't know why, I get shouted and complained at because I can't do the things most others enjoy and I'm just being "miserable and attention seeking" and then people wonder why I avoid others?

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  • I have some hacks for hot weather ;

    1. 4mm polycarbonate panels on South-facing windows, fixed with heavy duty velcro. These keep the room warm in winter and cool in summer. I measured them so they fit behind the window handles and windows can still be opened. This works really well, although fexpensive to start with.

    2. line your curtains with blackout and thermal lining [ie the fabric has both properties].

    3. close the curtains and windows on the side the sun is shining, opening windows and curtains the other side for ventilation

    4. buy Egyptian cotton sheets - they wick sweat far better than polycotton. Ditto cotton PJ's, clothing and underwear

    5. use a cold water bottle [ie as opposed to a hot water bottle] in bed

    6. either get up earlier before the heat OR become a night owl for the summer

    7. add lime cordial, mint leaves and ice to carbonated water, for a cooling drink

    8. buy an inexpensive fan and an extension lead - to use outdoors and indoors. Or, a Japanese paper fan

    9. fix a simple home-made canopy to your exterior [mine is fixed to the veranda] - this cuts off the heat whilst allowing light through. Mine's fixed with vine eyes, butcher hooks, carabiners, bamboo rods fore and aft for strengthening and washing-line poles. The fabric is awning canvas.

    Oh, I forgot - also pacing myself with my 'to do' list, by having a cup of tea or coffee and a rest between tasks. Or reading a chapter of a book before returning to do the next task. This way it doesn't tire you out so much in the heat.

  • I always have cotton sheets, I can't stand polycotton, not only does it not help regulate temperature but they go bobbly after a while and I hate bobbly sheets!.

    I use a cold water bottle, I also find washing my feet before bed good too. As I said earlier, my cooling dog mat is really good.

    We've got blinds that reflect the heat back out and I was looking a fans earlier.

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  • I always have cotton sheets, I can't stand polycotton, not only does it not help regulate temperature but they go bobbly after a while and I hate bobbly sheets!.

    I use a cold water bottle, I also find washing my feet before bed good too. As I said earlier, my cooling dog mat is really good.

    We've got blinds that reflect the heat back out and I was looking a fans earlier.

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