Temperature regulation problems

[mrdevious]

I just woke up right now, sitting here with my morning cup of coffee, and I'm totally exhausted after another night of waking up every damn hour. It seems if my temperature isn't perfect, like within a half of a degree, my whole night gets ruined. This affects about 50%-60% of my nights.

Basically my problem is that if my room is just slightly too cold, once I fall asleep I wrap myself up in the blankets. That makes me too hot and my body covers itself in a thin film of sweat. So I wake up burning hot inside, and freezing cold on my skin; then I get out of bed and whipe myself down with a towel or tissue (though nothing seems to come off) and I get back into bed so cold I'm shivering...only to wake up 30-60 minutes later with the same thing. Likewise, if the room is slightly too warm the same thing happens, shivering and all.

Does anybody else have this problem? Is my metabolism screwy or something? I'm seriously getting tired of losing over half my night's sleeps, no wonder I have dark circles under my eyes .

mrdevious Reviewed by mrdevious on 03-21-2007. Temperature regulation problems I just woke up right now, sitting here with my morning cup of coffee, and I'm totally exhausted after another night of waking up every damn hour. It seems if my temperature isn't perfect, like within a half of a degree, my whole night gets ruined. This affects about 50%-60% of my nights. Basically my problem is that if my room is just slightly too cold, once I fall asleep I wrap myself up in the blankets. That makes me too hot and my body covers itself in a thin film of sweat. So I wake up Rating: 5

[xcrispi]

I too have the same probs.,
Prob. not the same cause though . Im a 90% 3rd degree burn survivor
and the old bod doesnt regulate temps to well . I'll be watching this to see if anyone comes up w/ any good ideas / cures .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:

[Abattoir Dream]

sounds like youve got a heavy blanket/duvet i used to do that, id wake up under my duvet boilin hot.. i used to crawl down into it though, so after breathing for an hour, it gets all stuffy and i wake up nearly suffocating, i used to just throw my duvet away.. and sleep in trakkies (tracksuit bottoms) it always did the trick for me...

good luck, i know how shit that can be...

[vileoxidation]

I've got the same problem, for sure. I adjust my thermostat on average four times a night, because I go to bed cold as fuck but then my comforter is too thick and I get hot. I also have the problem that no matter what my temperature is, I always have to have some kind of covering on me when I sleep. I find that having multiple blankets and sheets and stuff next to my bed helps somewhat, but its still a pain.

[WakingDream]

It happens to me too. I think it's because your bed is cold when you get into it. Over the hours your body warms it up but doesn't wake up so you just sweat and make a mess. It happens to me when I leave the heater on next to my bed or I wear sweat pants to bed.