Low body temperature

I to have low body temp. I goes up and down all the time. It is suppose to go down at night and be up in the day but I am backwards. I did read somewhere about it but my memory is crap. Life is great.

Dont know about body temp,I just feel really low, I think its the worst for a few years.


paul

Ive got a sick note for the next 2 weeks, dont think I will be too popular at work.


Paul

I found this and if you read it does say it affects your temperature

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
When the weather is sunny and bright people tend to feel more upbeat and positive. When the weather is gloomy, cold and dismal, moods tend to slump and often people feel a little down.

However, for certain individuals these mood shifts develop into a type of depression that accompanies seasonal changes and affects their ability to function normally. Recurrent episodes of clinical depression that surface during seasonal changes, particularly winter, are referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

This condition is caused by a biochemical imbalance in the hypothalamus – the part of the brain that governs the primary functions of the body such as appetite, -temperature sleep, sex drive, mood and activity.

The hypothalamus is stimulated by natural light entering the eye and striking the retina. When the days are short and sunlight is reduced, the hypothalamus has to adjust its response to the various body mechanisms, slowing down these functions.

Just managed to pick up this thread again....sorry...... been a bit busy (well the SAD type of busy!)

Thats really interesing SGL. I was feeling really low, tired and soooooo cold for a number of weeks, and certainly unable to keep warm - had to wear several jumpers all day.

Recently, I got the flu and was stuck in bed for 4 days. Oh dear - thats a red rag to a bull - or rather fuel for the SAD sufferer. No exercise or light for quite a while. After I had recovered I felt so low and shattered too. Later I got dizzy and breathless - turned out to be low blood pressure. So started to eat lots of protein and water and tried to get outside a bit. Within days I was feeling hugely better again

My temperature is back to normal too.

My SAD stuff is undercontrol again too. Doing really well this year considering (well up and down is better than all down!) - well as long as I get 10 hours sleep a night!

Reckon i personally will keep an eye open for low body temperature, and the associated feeling of through and through coldness, as possibly part of my SAD onset symptoms. One to add to the others lol

Take care all, we can nearly smell the crocuses. Hang on in there.

Me x

lodger

Thanks for the info. When I got soooo cold I kept jumping into hot baths (i love them) and having hot drinks to keep warm- it was instinct I reckon. But it was only short lived :-(

I didnt know about Iodine, so maybe I will look into that. Never had Miso soup before, maybe I should try it too if its tasty?!?!

This cold topic is quite interesting. It would be interesting to go to a cold place where there is lots of light - or maybe a hot place where its quite dark to find out which would work.

(reading the above paragraph again i have put 'lots of light' and 'quite dark' (as opposed to dark!) Reckon I have answered my own question instinctively - its the light my body is calling for!! But it would be interesting to do the experiment! Where is my passport lol...

Thanks Lodger

Me x

Hi Me

Ha! Well miso soup was one of those things that Gillian McKeith (You Are What You Eat) recommended. Some of the folk on her programme hated it - it was quite funny seeing their faces! - and some liked it. I quite like it, to be honest. You can buy it from Health Food shops. The brand name is Clearspring. Be careful that you choose the non-organic one because the organic one is 4 sachets for £2, whereas the non-organic one is 6 for £2. It's just powder that you add water to, so I can't see the point in having it be organic. (In my opinion!)