Do you feel less Autistic when it's warm outside?

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I do even though I can't stand too much heat.

Opposite.... I have my head become a rapid fire super computer when it is cold. But shame is , after drowning in cold water, I can't stand cold. My thermostat broke.
When I put on the ice packs to shivering point for vestibular migraine relief I suddenly can hear yellow and remember what I ate for past month.

I do function well in Arizona style heat but in humid heat I feel catatonic and drunk.

Definitely NOT, I have an atrocious time with any temperature above about 16 degrees, the scale of ARGH begins depending on how warm it gets and light is not my strong point haha. All heat and light bombarding me does is turn my processing to sludge and make me wanna head into the library or forest, night time actually softens my difficulties with sensory problems and I like the tranquility and less demanding slice of simpler cake that the night brings.

I feel more so in a negative way because other people are getting into their air-conditioned cars and driving off to the beach or the pool while I'm stuck in my apartment sweating my brains out. Even when the weather is cool like it is now I wake up sweaty. I hate wearing shorts and sunblock and bug spray. The sun is hard on my eyes. I have to talk my parents into taking me to any summer-related activities. If it's not too insanely hot and humid to enjoy them and there's no place to swim.

It's going to be very humid this summer, which will make the heat even more unbearable. The air will be so stagnant, everything will feel sticky and slimy, the mosquito population will be horrific and ZIKA will run rampant. There will also be lots of Lyme disease-carrying ticks. My nephew's mother got Lyme disease last year and had to cancel her trip down south at Christmas. For years before I was diagnosed I always seemed much more angry and aggressive in the summer and my "outbursts" at the many homes I was in and out of would increase and become much more severe. It was a miracle if I didn't end up in the mental ward at least once in summer. I hate summer. Bah, humbug.

Quite the opposite.
When it's warm outside (say, above 25 celcius), i need most of my energy to not overheat.
When its colder, i can use energy for mental processes and tricks that i developed which make me appear "normal", even to myself.

Now, too cold isn't good either, but that only triggers at below negative 15 celcius

.....what!?!

Autism isn't a feeling it's a disability. I don't feel less or more autistic anywhere.

If you mean "do I get frustrated in the heat?" Or "does the heat cause meltdowns" the answer is yes but my environment doesn't make my autism less or more.

I suppose any stress can inhibit my functioning skills and cause burn out though.

Nope just more sweaty

Some Autistic people do notice a difference when the temperature changes. Some people become more relaxed and calm when it is the warmer months and that affects the severity of their symptoms. Some people also suffer from winter depression and that can make Autistic symptoms worse. It does not mean that clinically they are more or less Autistic, it just means that they are more sensitive and they are affected by the weather so that they are fatigued and drained and that makes them more susceptible to having their symptoms and traits trigger and show more strongly.

I, personally am the same either way. But if it is too hot than I get tired and then I can be more sensitive and my Autistic symptoms can be more easily triggered because I am more tired or drained.

I suppose I am more autistic in the heat. I hate anything above about 70 degrees fahrenheit, and would rather live in a season of perpetual winter.

For me, nope. Only alcohol works, i feel more relaxed and neurotypicals becomes almost acceptable and touch sensitivity issues also gets less problematic.

My least favorite days are when it's hot and sunny and everyone is out driving and yelling and mowing grass. It's all so bright and loud and overwhelming. I like the cold and the snow. I like when the world is all one color and the sun is dull and I'm the only one out because I like walking in the snow.

Naw, I can't say it has any effect and it's almost ALWAYS warm outside here. Honestly I kind of like extreme weather tho, gives you something you can talk to with people and keeps people's minds on something else other than you.

I've never noticed. But after very hot BATHS, I feel almost non-autistic. Also when I have fever, I absolutely feel NON-Autistic.
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Changing daylight hours affects serotonin & other neurotransmitters, so there may be a connection, but it's secondary (ie time of year, not necessarily temperature). However, there seemst to be some evidence that prolonged reaction to external heat &/or mild dehydration can also have an influence on some neurotransmitters so the OP's question *may* not be so far fetched.

I know that my body reacts to daylight hours, and to prolonged heat. But I also find that my biggest problem is that hot weather means an increase in stimulus levels to every one of my senses. And those stimulii are far less constant so near constant change does not help. It takes much more of my concentration to deal with the added stimulus, so that leaves less to compensate for not automatically knowing what people are thinking/feeling & all my other symptoms. I run out of compensation sooner and so need to decompress/decompose more often, more intensely and for longer amounts of time.

No, I love warm weather.

I don't feel different. Sometimes I like warm temperatures- such as during a fever and my whole body was warm (maybe causes stronger proprioceptive input).