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Posted 2/27/2015 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else have really bad night sweats? I just turned 44 so i guess it could be menopause but it's been happening for years. I've never heard anyone with night sweats due to menopause say they last for years. By the way it happens even if I'm just taking a nap. So tired of this, help!
Posted 2/27/2015 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Yes! I have gone thru menopause but the night sweats are still there. Not sure if it's fibro related or not.
Posted 2/27/2015 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
I've slept hot for years. I just bought one of those cooling mattresses that's been recently advertised on tv. It really helps me with the hot sleep.
Posted 2/27/2015 2:32 AM (GMT 0)
So joy,

Do you think it's from fibro?
Posted 2/27/2015 2:35 AM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure. It's weird.....
I assumed it was normal for me.
Posted 2/27/2015 4:47 AM (GMT 0)
Joy,

Do you use your heating pads on your cooling mattress? : )

Had to ask : )

I always slept hot also.. I used to wake up hot throw all the blankets off and then wake up freezing and put them back on. At times i would get those cold packs from the freezer to cool off faster..

What we really need is more than 1 thing keeping us awake at night..
Posted 2/27/2015 4:54 AM (GMT 0)
LMJ,
You are so right another thing keeping us awake. Isn't it funny how we just accept these things as "normal"?
Posted 2/27/2015 4:55 AM (GMT 0)
I have been night sweating for 10 years, I am 2 or 3 years post menopause. I definitely think my hormones have been thrown off by the fibro, cfs.
Posted 2/27/2015 4:57 AM (GMT 0)
My cooling mattress also has a heating setting. 😆
Posted 2/27/2015 5:14 AM (GMT 0)
I'm jealous joy, I want one of those!!!😮😬😋
Posted 2/27/2015 8:08 AM (GMT 0)
Sera sells them. They are very expensive but well worth the money. You can get a twin size just for your side of the bed for a $1000.
Posted 2/27/2015 3:04 PM (GMT 0)
I'm through menopause (I think). I still get warm at night. Wake up sweating a little. But use to get them really bad years ago. I hate the feeling of being hot and drenched then get up and cold and drenched.

Hope you find something to help.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 2/27/2015 8:17 PM (GMT 0)
Night sweats can also be from improper thyroid levels in BOTH men and women. Hyperthyroid or hypothyroid, both will cause this.
Posted 2/27/2015 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
Ok.......have to throw this out there. This started happening to me as well the last 3 months and I have had fibro for 15 yrs. I will at least twice a week have night sweats where I will wake up freezing from them and the GROSS part........it has a vinegar smell to it. It totally grosses me out, sorry to even mention it , but do any of you have that part as well or no? I am CONSTANTLY washing bed clothes. This Only happens at night!!!

Once again I just accept it as FIBRO and go on hoping it goes away, but not sure. Opinions?

Thanks
Michael
Posted 2/28/2015 4:40 PM (GMT 0)
I have the night sweats as well, but am at "that age" so who knows? Yay, one more thing to keep me up at night! That is why we are all so worn out. I try to lay in bed and go through my gratitude list when sleep evades…I wake up so many times each night, but always drift off again. I have forgotten what it is like to get a solid night's sleep; it just never happens.
Michael, I have heard of that, and it does indicate something… I just don't remember what!
I hope someone replies who is more knowlegeable than me.
HEART
Posted 2/28/2015 9:06 PM (GMT 0)
Michael,
I've never awoke drenched smelling like vinegar, lol. But, I have been told that if someone's urine, sorry, smells like vinegar it means they're very acidic.
Posted 3/1/2015 2:21 AM (GMT 0)
I get night sweats too. For me it's from taking Cymbalta. Side affect. Sometimes I wake up and change my pajamas because they're soaked. I recently started sleepkng in our guest room in the basement. The constant cool temperature has helped a lot with making nights more comfortable. I havr far fewer sweaty nihhts now!
Posted 3/1/2015 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Booklvr!!!

I bet that's it!!! I have taken Cymbalta for a few years now. It wasn't right after I started taking it that it started but shortly after. I'll have to tell my husband that it's not just because he's so hot!!! Lol!!
Posted 5/3/2015 7:12 AM (GMT 0)
Hello ,

I had night sweats for many years, the doctors were hopeless, I tried different things but in my case the sweats disappear when I started eating millet regularly. I believe the cereal dicreased acidic environment in my body . It seems the night sweats can be also result of wrong diet.
Hope this will help someone :-)
Posted 5/3/2015 8:04 AM (GMT 0)
Our whole family gave had odd sleep issues . My mother went through a phase where her clothes smelled on and off all the time. She even accused me of letting someone wear her coat. Her issue will not be the same, Michael, but the solution might work: her doc made her change her diet. At the time for her, I ghink it was cabbage. She was eating a ton of it in soup. The reduction cleared up the smell within a week or two. The doc told her it was diet or meds. She kept a food diary and figured it out.

Good luck.
Posted 5/3/2015 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Momo,

I've had night sweats for years. I have to sleep in a room that's no warmer than 70 degrees and I use a wicking nightshirt.
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