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Do you have flare symptoms that show up well after your exposure to a trigger?

My usual flare symptom is fatigue. But if my trigger exposure is more extreme it includes slight slurring and then my right eyelid droops.

As a result, it’s been a tedious process to discover my limits for physical and/or mental activities, as well my exposure to heat/cold, becasue my flare symptoms don’t usually make an appearance until well after my trigger exposure. For example if I do “too much” yard work I’ll often not experience fatigue (or slurring if I’ve done WAY too much) until several hours after I stop or even the next day. So, it was hard to identify the trigger and once I itentified the drigger, it was hard to determine how much of the activity was “too much.”

I’m going through the same process with heat/humidity. It’s taken me my 3rd summer after diagnosis to realize that heat and humidity is a trigger for me. Each summer since my diagnosis has been a “hard” summer because I stay tired and fatigued starting in June or early July. This is the first year I’m limiting my out door activities and the first summer I’ve not had a flare that caused me to see my neurologist.

Do you have delayed responses to your triggers, and if so, how do you deal with it and determine what the trigger was and the amount of exposure you CAN tolerate? Thanks for the help.
Love and Light,
Frank

  1. Hey Frank! Have you tried, or do you document your symptoms and severity in a log or journal?
    - Jodi, Team Member

    1. Thank you soooooo much for this information it really will help me and gives me a better understanding of my reaction to triggers and how to deal with them. Bless you!

      1. @pville211 ^^

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