Feeling really low today.
Will start with - I have an under active thyroid so I think maybe that's a cause of it. I'm on Levothyroxine and tomorrow I'll be contacting my GP to see if maybe I need a higher dose or also for other tests.
But.
I've always struggled with the heat. Not a fan and stuck to the shade. But sometimes for the last few years (I can't remember it being an issue much before perhaps 10 years ago) I can have horrible spells. It often seems to be with the sun/heat if it's on my head (which makes sense I know) and I'll get dizzy and overly hot very quickly and have to sit down in the shade ASAP or else I feel I'd faint.
For example last summer a couple of times I took my DC to a theme park alone (we go a lot as it's local and have passes) and I had these "turns" in the queue and had to make them leave and sit with me somewhere. It's very scary when alone.
Due to that and due to the anxiety it caused me, was stopping me going out) my psychiatrist wrote a letter that I showed so I can wait elsewhere when there are longer queues.
Great - I thought.
Until today. We went again. This time with friends. So we took it in turns on bigger rides or with the kids etc.
A friend and I were waiting in the (very short) disabled queue for a ride. But within minutes of standing in the sun I felt so dizzy and unwell. I just had to leave. Couldn't even stay in the very short line.
I make sure to wear a hat. Cool clothing. Drink plenty (and I mean plenty. I had to wee more than anyone else there and my wee is basically clear) it was only 21 degrees. Not like an actual hot summers day.
I'm so worried again now that I can't do things alone with the kids this summer for the fear of something bad happening.
Sorry - that was long!
But have any of you experienced the same? Any advice? I don't know what else I can try to make the sun more bearable for myself.