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I do feel stupid for feeling this. India is currently on fire and also flooding iirc, by contrast here in kkkanada it's not much hotter than recent years. I am lucky enough that we have a portable AC to run in the bedroom.

It's not the literal heat, our room is an ok temp honestly. But the heat seems to be breaking down my joints and bones, I feel like a decrepit corpse weighted with lead rn. This is the first time I'm feeling this too, didn't happen last year so my body is maybe decaying again.

I think it's heat exhaustion, I am making sure to drink and stuff but I just feel sluggish and sore, I am scarfing ibuprofen to little avail. Weh!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Have to bring core temperature down. I put wet teatowels/handtowels in the freezer and hold them over my neck, wrists and forehead, then point the fan over them. Then, making sure to drink water with salts (think gatorade, or powdered rehydration supplement). Avoid diuretics (caffeine) because your body is losing enough water as it is due to sweat and transpiration.

Food I'm not so sure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you, good strats!! I do not have gatorade, alas...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can jerryrig something with lemon juice sugar and table salt. Teaspoon of each per 200ml and stir to dissolve could service. I'm not a medical professional so I don't know if that's the best ratio, but that's what I've mixed for myself in the past

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Ah my mother's awful husband was a perpetual drinker of the ol salty lemon juice, lmao. Thank u ✨