[Blueberrybook]

I have noticed some of my medications (usually psych meds) have warnings on the instruction sheets not to get too much sun or not to overheat? I agree in general, this is never a good idea for anyone, but why the warnings on the medication sheets? What happens if you do get too much heat or sun? Are you more prone to sunstroke or something? I never asked my pdoc or pharmacist why.

Check this out: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...d-sun/70001888

Looks like blood flow is the biggest one.

The "not to overheat one" is probably the sweating thing the article talked about. Sounds really bad. But if you're in a high-temperature climate, I don't know what to do about that. Ask your pharmacist? Maybe they have suggestions on what you could do about that.

I've always been sensitive to heat and sun given my skin being fair and sensitive, but my Seroquel XR and Tegretol make being in heat even rougher. Not only do I sweat profusely, especially if exercising, but I feel faint after a while. I also get heat rashes easily. Also, I don't tan. I burn and then peel.

I don't know if Lamictal does the same as above, but when I used to take doses like 200-300 mg I really sweat profusely, even without exercise or sun. I have only taken 100 mg of that med for the last 7 years. I don't have that side effect at this low dose.

[Unrigged64072835]

With Triletpal I lose sodium when sweating and my sodium level can drop really low.

I have problems with overheating anyway from being obese, and with having fair skin and rosacea I'm not out in the sun anyway unless I have sunblock.

[SparkySmart]

Originally Posted by BirdDancer

I don't know if Lamictal does the same as above, but when I used to take doses like 200-300 mg I really sweat profusely, even without exercise.

Wow. I'm really interested in this and will research it. I sweat profusely but thought it was just the heat and humidity here. Thanks for mentioning it.

[unaluna]

I think the meds mess with your body's ability to regulate its temperature. Like with the beta blocker - it doesnt let your heart beat too fast if you get anxious, right? Or if you exercise - so wth, its like youre running with the emergency car brake on? It doesnt let your blood circulate as quickly to sweat and cool you off? I dont know how it works exactly, i just know i do not tolerate heat and sun like regular people do.

A woman i worked with went on a cruise and came back with sun poisoning. She was very blonde to begin with, but i think she was taking a med with a warning on it too. And that was just one day for her.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Check this out: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...d-sun/70001888

Looks like blood flow is the biggest one.

The "not to overheat one" is probably the sweating thing the article talked about. Sounds really bad. But if you're in a high-temperature climate, I don't know what to do about that. Ask your pharmacist? Maybe they have suggestions on what you could do about that.

Yeah, I don't know. The heat here is awful from May until the end of September. Even then, there are many days outside of those where it is hot. There have been times I've worn shorts on Christmas (usually not, but it does happen from time to time here). I'm basically in a suburb of Houston, older parts of my town oceanfront, but not where I live. The weather is not only hot but horribly humid. We've driven from home to California (LA area, where my husband is from), with rest stops along the way in desert areas over the summers with temperatures of something like 110 degrees. That doesn't even feel half as bad as 90 degrees here with 85% (or higher) humidity.

And yeah, I'm prone to sunburn to start with since I have blonde hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion. I have fibromyalgia too, and I think I remember the doctor once telling me it could make me more sensitive to heat.

Not sure about the sweating this morning, if it was during or after exercise. By the time I got into the house, I was dripping buckets.

I know I got too much heat this morning. When I got in from that run, I basically took off all my clothes except my underwear and collapsed on the floor for awhile (well, I didn't really collapse, felt like it though, and I didn't pass out, but, yeah, I definitely was not feeling great).

[Carmina]

Many older antipsychotics, particularly phenothiazines (like chlorpromazine) are notorious for causing adverse phototoxic reactions to sunlight such as rashes and skin redness/pigmentation and inflammation, and also affect the bodies ability to regulate temperature and sweat (also affecting salt balance and hydration levels).

The whole temperature regulation system is based on a very complex homeostatic system that involves a number of neurological pathways that can be affected by a wide variety of psychiatric medications, particularly any that impact on serotonin levels, glutamate levels, cholinergic pathways, the autonomic nervous system in general etc - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051412/

[~Christina]

My psych meds make me hotter, I’m through menopause but I’ll still burst in flames all the time. Sucks

I always push fluids regardless of the actual temperatures. Gotta love alll the dry mouth. Ugh

[wiretwister]

how they affect me is I do not feel hot ... sweating like heck but not hot ... so I drink all the time so I do not fall out ... spent 4 hours tuesday ( 90 + ) on a white roof and never felt hot but I was soaked down to my socks ... the moral of this story ... when on psych meds be very careful ...

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

My psych meds make me hotter, I’m through menopause but I’ll still burst in flames all the time. Sucks

I always push fluids regardless of the actual temperatures. Gotta love alll the dry mouth. Ugh

I hate the dry mouth too. I think every single psych med I take gives me dry mouth! It never happens with stuff like antibiotics. Ugh! Not only that, my dentist said the dry mouth is bad for your teeth too. Great. I've already had to get tons of crowns for broken teeth and one time only just avoided a root canal. Dental work is definitely not cheap.

So I'm always drinking something or chewing sugarless gum. Trying to cut down on the gum chewing since I have bruxism (grind my teeth at night). Well, really, I'm not so much sure if it's grinding or clenching them super hard because my husband has said he's never once heard me grind my teeth in the night, and many nights he comes to bed later than I do. My daughter did it a bit when her teeth were first coming in, and I could always hear it. I often wake with my teeth all clenched so tight (supposedly this can start due to lack of nutrition during an eating disorder, but, yep, it doesn't go anyway even if an eating disorder is under control). I have a dental nightguard now that I manage to wear about 75% of the time through the night. The other 25% of the time, I take it out in my sleep, usually without memory, and it takes 2 hands to get it out, so it is a little effort. Then, it ends up buried at random places in the sheets.

I'm trying to drink more water and less diet Coke too. First, because water is good for you, and second, Coke is expensive, and our finances are tight. I've bought lemons and limes to squeeze into the water, and that helps.

[Pookyl]

This is what I was told/have read:
Psych meds can make you more susceptible to being overheated.
Being overheated makes you dehydrated which compounds the dehydrating affects of some psych meds.
Kidneys don’t like being dehydrated.
So, if you’re on something like Lithium make sure you drink 2 Litres a day.

[~Christina]

Biotene mouthwash is my lifesaver with dry mouth at night when I’m sleeping and not drinking all the time.

Dry mouth has caused me a lot of dental problems which I can’t afford any thing else, at all to happen

[Moose72]

Water! Guess i should fill up on water after judo. But not right before- ill have to pee the whole time!

[pirilin]

I never read the warnings. Or any other instruction for that matter. It has costed me dearly.
When you are on Li, for instance, you feel the sun differently. They don't have to instruct me.
Cheers.

Some drugs makes the sun feel hotter on my skin and more exasperated...so I hide in the AC....can’t do that.

I avoid those drugs because I work outside in the day heat in Southern US....not much of a desk jockey here.

After a long cold shower, you can literally feel the heat radiating out of my body.

I can’t sit in the AC because it’s too cold, gotta sit outside.