The current heatwave in the UK is just about finishing me off, or rather my anxiety about the potential effects of it on me is doing for me. I live in the south and it’s way too hot for me. I am still struggling with uveitis which I posted about before and which is giving me vision problems and ramped my anxiety up to levels I’d not experienced for a while. The heat means I have to get up very early to walk my dog (between 5.30 and 7) and then I can’t take her out again until just before sunset. and then I have to go to bed and don’t get a chance to get a real through draft into the house ( I live in a bungalow on a pretty busy road and so I can’t leave windows and doors open all night.) I’m not sleeping much even with a fan running all night. I feel woozy and light headed which may be from anxiety as much as being hot and I can’t distract myself from all the scary sensations that are going on with my eyes, my ears, my balance etc. I’m spending a lot of the day just lying on my bed (it’s cooler in there the first half of the day) making myself feel more ill and more miserable.
I’m sorry that I keep coming on here to moan about different things when I know lots of people are much worse off but I don’t really get to see other people apart from fellow dog walkers and none of them know how I struggle. I need to tell someone what’s going on. My doctor’s surgery is not functioning at the moment due to acute staff shortages and the local hospital is recording ‘critical’ incidents due to high Covid numbers and high demand. This makes me anxious. Is anyone else suffering in the hot weather and have any advice on the best way to get through it?