Alien Navel Cord Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) I know Lithium makes you thirsty, and you're supposed to drink a lot of water on it, especially after physical exertion or when it's hot. So do you think Lithium also lowers your tolerance for the heat? A year ago I ran a 10 minute mile in 104ºF degree weather. This year, I am running 13 minute miles in 88º degree weather and I can't stand the 88ºF heat. I started Lithium in February. This is so weird. Any thoughts? Edited July 31, 2017 by Alien Navel Cord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedsky Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I don't want to be frightening, but that doesn't sound weird it sounds about right to me. Lithium made me heat intolerant. More than the heat, I felt practically incapacitated by hot sunlight. I would become dizzy and overheated just going out to the mailbox on a really hot sunny day. I had to greatly reduce how strenuous my exercise was. I dropped from hiking 6 miles with tons of energy to staggering through a two mile walk drinking tons of water and taking lots of breaks. It helped to have a small snack that had salt like pretzels, and I would feel much less dizzy, although I'm not sure if that is good advice because you have to be careful with your salt intake. I'm curious what other people think here so I hope you get more responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks for your response, that is kind of how I feel now in the heat. Last year my attitude was "Nothing I can do to change it so I'll just ignore it and go about my business." Now - it is "Ugh this is awful, I'm going to focus on how I can' stand this heat". I don't like getting cold, either, but the heat just makes me feel exhausted and way too thirsty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjimjam Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I have not had this issue at all on lithium. For a while I was doing very intensive workouts on it and was completely fine. I am also not thirsty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyYiYikes Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I've developed heat intolerance on lithium, too. With all the heat waves we've had, it's been tough. Within minutes I'm nauseated and have a headache. I live in an area that gets hot quite often and never had this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Heat intolerance is a known side effect of Lithium. Of course, not everyone is going to have it. I have it to a moderate extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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