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Topic: Worse in the Spring and Summer

Jellybelly
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Member # 7142

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Happens EVERY single year since I have gained my symtpom free status. The Spring comes and I start feeling crummy. Not horrible just more tired and achey. Then by Summer the pain is to a point that I have to end my day a little earlier then I like, more often then I like. Drops my 95% remission down into the 85% bracket.

I generally hear that many are worse in the Winter, but I am exactly the opposite. I feel GREAT in the Winter. This Winter was so good, that I thought or I guess I should say, I hoped I would breeze right through my favorite time of the year. Not to be. Find myself popping more Advil, which in that old familiar way does little for the pain.

Any ideas why? Could it have to do with seasonal allergies? The sun, dare I say.

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bg2711
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 1865

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I am always worse in the spring/summer as well. I love fall and winter, my symptoms are so much better then. I do think allergies play a part and I know the sun is bad for me. Barb

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lla2
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Member # 2364

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Im just the opposite. I"m so much better in the spring and summer..feel great at hte beach etc! start to feel worse in the fall and bad all winter usually, althogh this year was much better ...

Lisa

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pq
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Member # 6886

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FWIW,the following may play some kind of role in seasons, and seasonal adjustments of the body in the transitional adaptation to seasonal changes.

there is a hormonal change with the seasonal change.

with warm whether, there is a general shift toward an increased sterol level, and winter an increase in fatty acid level.

winter to summer transition ---->fatty acid predominance changes to a sterol predominance. the opposite change back from summer to winter.

this might imply that altering this ratio to some extent may help with symptoms. who in hades knows. i don't but its just a thought.

"In the main",though, to begin with,in men there is a predominance of fatty acids in the body, and with women and children there is a predominance of sterols, as is the case across animal species.

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