Nightsweats

[Rach]

Does anyone suffer with these? Recently I've been having a nightmare and wake up in a pool of sweat and yet I am shaking with cold?

 

[Chondra]

Yes Rach, I get them too. I seem to go through cycles where it gets better for a few months, and then it mysteriously returns. I thought it was my medications, but I really do not know. I can rarely remember any dreams, all I know is I wake up freezing cold and wet.

I bought myself a few extra sets of pajamas and I change into dry ones, sometimes two changes in a night. All cotton ones seem to work the best for me cause they can absorb the most (fleece is the worst).

If you have any tips on how to handle these, I would love to know them.

 

[AngelaMarie]

I have them a lot. It is as if my body knows when the sun goes down. It seems I can't ever have a comfortable temperature because after the night sweats I freeze while the sweat evaporates. Ugh!!!

 

[Whitneys story]

Ugh!!!

Hi AngelaMarie, You might read up on zinc which is a mineral and sold over the counter. Make sure to study what you are taking but it has a way of slowing down sweating! Good Luck it is no fun. Hugs Whitney:x3:

 

[Chondra]

Thanks for the tip Whitney! I have used Zinc to reduce the severity and duration of colds, but never thought of it for night sweats. If I recall correctly, I can't take it on an empty stomach.

I forgot to mention an important detail. I also, at times, use a heated mattress pad after a bout of night sweats. The pad is designed to be used while sleeping. It has an 8 hour timer so it automatically shuts itself off if I forget. The pad helps me to warm back up and it also helps to dry out the bedding.

 

[Pale Warrior]

I guess your not old enough for the menopause?

 

[Chondra]

:laugh: May be menopause is it. Doubt it though, wrong gender, I have 6 sisters, and we have compared notes. I do not generate heat like they did/do. Nor can I get a good sweat going during the day (at least not passively).

Thanks Pale Warrior, I needed the laugh!

 

[LiamM]

I have them every single night. I always keep extra blankets so that if I wake up in the middle of the night freezing from the sweat I can just put on another layer. I also keep extra clothes handy so that I can change into them. If you don't sleep clothed, maybe you could sleep with an exra top sheet - one above you and one below? And just keep some more top sheets handy so you can replace them?

 

[kal]

Yes, I get this sometimes.

 

[Sues]

Yes, I get them too. I'll wake up after having one of those bad dreams and I'm soaking and cold. Then I'm supposed to be able to go back to sleep? Ha! That's funny.

 

[faraway]

I get them in cycles too for at least the last 5 years. My therapist it's common. I don't know that there is anything you can do to stop them, save working on processing things.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I used to get them. I am glad I do not get them anymore. I went through alot of clothes when that was happening. I would wake up soaked with pools of water on me. The bed would be cold where I sweated.