heat & anxiety

Do any of you feel that heat sometimes triggers your anxiety? In my case, if I wake up in the middle of the night, or even in the AM, with a hot flash, it seems to make me spiral me into thinking my anxiety is taking a bad turn.
I try to talk myself down from this. Try to tell myself I just need to wait it out. To remember that I'll eventually feel better once I've had breakfast (to help with low blood sugar), get out into the world, and interact with others.

If I were the only person in the house I would turn the AC down a bit - but the present temp is a compromise between my husband and myself ;)

I've definitely found that a number of times I thought I was extremely stressed / panicking, I was actually badly dehydrated or had been in the sun too long. Turns out both can increase your heart-rate substantially - focusing on drinking lots helps to remind me that there's no reason to worry.