I get you, Greg. I am a sun worshiper and follow the sun around in my house all day. The minute it goes down I feel 10° cooler. Mind over matter doesn't seem to work. Luckily, even though it is cold in Reno we have lots of sun (except for the last three weeks, and if I wanted to live in the northwest I would move there) and I can get sun almost every day. It can be 35° outside and if the sun has been shining I can go outside and sit up next to the house and it will be 70°and very comfortable. However, if it is 70°and cloudy it is not comfortable! The two things that seem to work for me is my wood stove with a glass door, and I can see the fire, and my harbor freight radiant disk that only uses 400 watts but being radiant it has that warm glow. My newest attendant is always cold-yea for me. No complaints from her when it is 74°in my bedroom Et cetera. On the serotonin effects I found the following article extremely interesting. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2077351/ No wonder I am so happy in summer! Joan
-----Original Message----- From: greg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cold Weather I know there is that Seasonal Affective Disorder, or or something like that. Where you get depressed if you go without sunlight. I think most people have some sort of that if they go too long without sunlight. But I don't think that's what I'm really talking about. I can go 1 day without feeling bad in summer. if it's warm out. I don't like it, but I can. Sunny and 65 is better than 85 and cloudy though. There is something about the warmth of the sun's rays. It's not emotional, it's purely a physical relaxation. I think if it was the serotonin, it would at least take a bit to go through you. The second I hit the sun, my shoulders just relax. It's like putting on an electric blanket. I also feel like an old man who says he can tell it's going to rain, because his's bones hurt. Greg > What your addicted to is the serotonin from the sun. When Im at my > worst I take an ephedra pill and push my wheelchair on the street for > a couple miles. it puts me in a different state of mind. you can read > about the effects of serotonin though. Its like a rug. > > > I don't know how you cold wether guys can do it every day. I was from > Seattle and that was bad enough. Now I'm spoiled in AZ. Even our cold > times it's usually sunny. But, now and then we get a few rainy days. I > get so tight, sore, and cold, on those days and my arms tingle 100x > worse. I'm wrapped up and no matter how warm I get, I just can not > relax unless I get sun. I think I'm physically and mentally addicted > to the sun. During the day, on the times I'm not outside, I have a > hard time doing anything for too long without having to go out and sit > in it for at least a little while. It relaxes my muscles and I feel a > lot better, then I go back to whatever I was doing. Then just before > sunset I have to go out and get my last fix of sun for the night. It > works so much better than any pain killer or muscle relaxer > medication. > > Just don't think I could ever move away, Greg
