Night sweats?

Ok- is this the start of hot flashes...or do I have something else going on?

For the past week, I can't sleep at night. I'm hot, then cold, then hot,
then cold. Our temperatures are finally seasonally correct...so it is
warmer. Usually it is about 60 degrees at night. I sleep right by the
window, get a good breeze, added the ceiling fan. Now I am stripping down,
and still hot. I wake up soaking wet, uncover, freeze, cover up, wake up
soaking wet, uncover....etc. And this is from a person who doesn't sweat!!!

I feel like I have malaria! But, most people in Iowa aren't exposed to that!

Hot flashes? Or do I need to ask the doctor? Any solutions if it is hot
flashes? I want my sleep back!

Thanks, Barb

Night Sweats is part of peri-menopause. That was one of the symptoms I did
get. I just made sure my quilt was on the bed and had the fan or AC blow on
me and the quilt was in reach when it got to cold. I didn't get many hot
flashes and they weren't as severe as some...but am obese and have been told
I probably have residual estrogen stored in my fat...which may be the reason
for my spotting 6 years into menopause.
Jacquie

"Mike/Barb Wells" <wellsbma@iw.net> wrote in message
news:SNWdnYX41e7sydjVnZ2dnUVZ_vzinZ2d@prairiewave. com...
> Ok- is this the start of hot flashes...or do I have something else going
> on?
>
> For the past week, I can't sleep at night. I'm hot, then cold, then hot,
> then cold. Our temperatures are finally seasonally correct...so it is
> warmer. Usually it is about 60 degrees at night. I sleep right by the
> window, get a good breeze, added the ceiling fan. Now I am stripping
> down, and still hot. I wake up soaking wet, uncover, freeze, cover up,
> wake up soaking wet, uncover....etc. And this is from a person who
> doesn't sweat!!!
>
> I feel like I have malaria! But, most people in Iowa aren't exposed to
> that!
>
> Hot flashes? Or do I need to ask the doctor? Any solutions if it is hot
> flashes? I want my sleep back!
>
> Thanks, Barb

"Mike/Barb Wells" <wellsbma@iw.net> wrote in message
news:SNWdnYX41e7sydjVnZ2dnUVZ_vzinZ2d@prairiewave. com...
> Ok- is this the start of hot flashes...or do I have something else going
> on?
>
> For the past week, I can't sleep at night. I'm hot, then cold, then hot,
> then cold. Our temperatures are finally seasonally correct...so it is
> warmer. Usually it is about 60 degrees at night. I sleep right by the
> window, get a good breeze, added the ceiling fan. Now I am stripping
> down, and still hot. I wake up soaking wet, uncover, freeze, cover up,
> wake up soaking wet, uncover....etc. And this is from a person who
> doesn't sweat!!!
>
> I feel like I have malaria! But, most people in Iowa aren't exposed to
> that!
>
> Hot flashes? Or do I need to ask the doctor? Any solutions if it is hot
> flashes? I want my sleep back!
>
> Thanks, Barb

Sounds like good ol' (or bad ol') night sweats.

Cathy
>

On Jun 3, 7:25�am, "Mike/Barb Wells" <wells...@iw.net> wrote:
> Ok- is this the start of hot flashes...or do I have something else going on?
>
> For the past week, I can't sleep at night. �I'm hot, then cold, then hot,
> then cold. �Our temperatures are finally seasonally correct...so it is
> warmer. �Usually it is about 60 degrees at night. �I sleepright by the
> window, get a good breeze, added the ceiling fan. �Now I am stripping down,
> and still hot. �I wake up soaking wet, uncover, freeze, cover up, wake up
> soaking wet, uncover....etc. �And this is from a person who doesn't sweat!!!
>
> I feel like I have malaria! But, most people in Iowa aren't exposed to that!
>
> Hot flashes? �Or do I need to ask the doctor? �Any solutions if it is hot
> flashes? �I want my sleep back!

Sounds like night sweats to me. Now, there are many many ways to try
and deal with this. One of my therapists felt that the body cooling
down at night was a possable trigger for the night sweats. So she had
me buy brand new flannel sheets, flannel pajamas, flannel blankets,
and even an electric blanket. I was to sleep warm and snuggled, which
also included a Teddy Bear.

Yes, I am 63 years old and sleep with my teddy bear because this
progarm seems to work for me. YMMV. I am not aware of ever waking up
from night sweats. I still have some hot flashing during the daytime.
For this I carry a folding fan.

DISCLAIMER: (For Teri and friends) I am a biological male, castrated,
and whilst my ultra-low level of testosterone produces symptoms very
much like those of women with ultra-low levels of estrogen, it may all
be a coincidence.

jacquie wrote:
> Night Sweats is part of peri-menopause. That was one of the symptoms I did
> get. I just made sure my quilt was on the bed and had the fan or AC blow on
> me and the quilt was in reach when it got to cold. I didn't get many hot
> flashes and they weren't as severe as some...but am obese and have been told
> I probably have residual estrogen stored in my fat...which may be the reason
> for my spotting 6 years into menopause.
> Jacquie
>
>

I've worked out that (at the moment) night sweats are a clue that my
(irregular) period is about to arrive.


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On Jun 4, 12:46�am, Harry Mary Andruschak <adoptsoldc...@aol.com>
wrote:


> DISCLAIMER: (For Teri and friends) I am a biological male, castrated,
> and whilst my ultra-low level of testosterone produces symptoms very
> much like those of women with ultra-low levels of estrogen, it may all
> be a coincidence.

Also, all the excellent advice I have received from The Menobabes,
from their own shared experiences, has been of tremendous help for me
to cope with the aftereffects of my surgery. But, again, this may just
be a coincidence.

And I have no idea if painting my toenails gold has anything to do
with it either. But they look cute that way.

My periods were always regular even at the end of peri. They just got
heavier at the end

"Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
news:vuv1k.3089$E41.2998@text.news.virginmedia.com ...
> jacquie wrote:
>> Night Sweats is part of peri-menopause. That was one of the symptoms I
>> did get. I just made sure my quilt was on the bed and had the fan or AC
>> blow on me and the quilt was in reach when it got to cold. I didn't get
>> many hot flashes and they weren't as severe as some...but am obese and
>> have been told I probably have residual estrogen stored in my fat...which
>> may be the reason for my spotting 6 years into menopause.
>> Jacquie
>>
>
> I've worked out that (at the moment) night sweats are a clue that my
> (irregular) period is about to arrive.
>
>
> --
> Jette Goldie
> jette@blueyonder.co.uk
> http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
> http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
> ("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)

"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:W4adnZgOPqmy3NrVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@earthlink.co m...
> My periods were always regular even at the end of peri. They just got
> heavier at the end

Whoa, you lucked out in that regard; no trying, in vain, to guess when on
earth the next one would - or would not - show up!

Cathy


>
> "Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
> news:vuv1k.3089$E41.2998@text.news.virginmedia.com ...
>> jacquie wrote:
>>> Night Sweats is part of peri-menopause. That was one of the symptoms I
>>> did get. I just made sure my quilt was on the bed and had the fan or AC
>>> blow on me and the quilt was in reach when it got to cold. I didn't get
>>> many hot flashes and they weren't as severe as some...but am obese and
>>> have been told I probably have residual estrogen stored in my
>>> fat...which may be the reason for my spotting 6 years into menopause.
>>> Jacquie
>>>
>>
>> I've worked out that (at the moment) night sweats are a clue that my
>> (irregular) period is about to arrive.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jette Goldie
>> jette@blueyonder.co.uk
>> http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
>> http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
>> ("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)
>
>

Well I am obese(Constant battle), and my Dr. says that may be why I didn't
get the symptoms as bad as others...I probably have estrogen stored in my
fat which helped keep the symptom a bit tame
"Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
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>
> "jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:W4adnZgOPqmy3NrVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@earthlink.co m...
>> My periods were always regular even at the end of peri. They just got
>> heavier at the end
>
> Whoa, you lucked out in that regard; no trying, in vain, to guess when on
> earth the next one would - or would not - show up!
>
> Cathy
>
>
>>
>> "Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:vuv1k.3089$E41.2998@text.news.virginmedia.com ...
>>> jacquie wrote:
>>>> Night Sweats is part of peri-menopause. That was one of the symptoms I
>>>> did get. I just made sure my quilt was on the bed and had the fan or AC
>>>> blow on me and the quilt was in reach when it got to cold. I didn't get
>>>> many hot flashes and they weren't as severe as some...but am obese and
>>>> have been told I probably have residual estrogen stored in my
>>>> fat...which may be the reason for my spotting 6 years into menopause.
>>>> Jacquie
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've worked out that (at the moment) night sweats are a clue that my
>>> (irregular) period is about to arrive.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jette Goldie
>>> jette@blueyonder.co.uk
>>> http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
>>> http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
>>> ("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)
>>
>>
>
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