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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 55
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 55
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Hot All The Time!!!
I'm 45 and pretty darn sure I'm peri-menopausel. My problem isn't hot flashes but the that my body thermostat is stuck on high! I constantly feel warm or hot. I live in Ohio and as you know we had a pretty cold winter. I had to keep my house thermostat set on 60 and I still ran around in a tank top and shorts, I sleep at night with only a sheet covering me and my ceiling fan on and still have problems with night sweats IF I dream or my stomache is trying to digest food. I sleep on a towel because when I was laying against the sheet it would actually feel very hot to the touch when I would wake up thru the night. An example would be if I had placed a hot iron on the sheet that is how it feels. I sweat profusely when I exert myself in any way, taking a shower, getting dressed, walking somewhere, generally just moving. Do you know how aggravating it is to be sweating while you are trying to dry off after a shower? Anyways I seen my gp 2 days ago and ran it by her, she didn't have any idea. I had my thyroid checked in Oct. and it was normal. I'm on birth control pills because my periods had become heavy altho now I deal with break thru bleeding every single day. It's better than the heavy bleeding. I take Neurontin for Trigeminal Neuralgia and I know it is also used off label for hot flashes. I think I am just having one continous hot flash or something. Christmas eve I was at my daughters for dinner, I was of course burning up and she turned the thermostat down for me. Needless to say her and her father had to put on coats while we ate and I sat there somewhat cooler. Whew! I think that's it. Does anyone have an idea what's going on? Or who I should see and what tests I should have done? I am absolutely dreading summer because if I am hot in the winter I can't imagine what it will be like. Oh and when it was -5 here on days and people were bundled up outside I was walking around just my sweater and still hot!
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