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does weather affect you ataxia ?

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My Ataxia symptoms - dizziness, speech, balance - get worse with cold or damp weather - much bettter when warm and dry. Does that happen to anyone else?

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wobblybee

🙂 Yes..weather conditions can effect my symptoms. Low pressure seems to stimulate brain fog.Too cold, and I seem to stiffen. Too hot..and it’s exhausting

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Hickox in reply to wobblybee

thanks for your reply - it helps to know there are others

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edfosho

Yes, I did notice things got worse when it's very cold over winter (mostly stiffness!)

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derekt

Yes, walking for example is much easier in good weather

Cold weather makes legs stiffer and it may sound silly but the weight of clothing makes a difference. Eg the effort in winter to lift legs wearing jeans, jumper and a heavy coat result in far more fatigue than wearing just shorts and t-shirt

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Marigold12

Yes, I noticed in 2018/19;when I was in Australia for Christmas and I had 3 weeks of no pain and better overall health in their summer. Then when I got back home to Scottish winter my pain and nerve ppa8n got worse.

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Hickox

thanks for this

Yeah. I have secondary 'Raynauds' phenomenon with my ataxia. So my hands, feet, nose and ears can get very cold. Dizziness and balance/coordination are also problematic for me. I do not have slurred speech though.

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