I’ve been told that ‘night sweats’ have to do with Diabetes, but I’ve always assumed they meant all-over-the-body sweats.
I’ve noticed that I will sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and my head, and just my head, will be soaked with sweat. I’m pretty sure it’s sweat, anyway. Either that, or my wife is up to something very peculiar.
I have noticed that this most often happens if I drink a soft drink in the evening.
I’ve asked three doctors about this, and none of them had a clue.
[sarcasm]Am I getting Diabetes from the head down?[/sarcasm]
what kind of pillow do you use? I know that when I’m using my favorite feathered pillows, my whole head feels warmer than those yucky polyester things other people use.
You may be on to something there.
But this doesn’t happen all the time, just once a week or so. And I’ll be just soaking wet.
But I do use one of those yucky foam kinda pillows.
hmmmm
Hey, bum, if it makes you feel any better, I occasionaly suffer from similar symptoms, except my “sleep-sweats” occur around just my neck and shoulders. I can really drench my pillow and t-shirt. Fortunately it’s an infrequent thing, and usually seems to happen when I’m under a lot of stress.
I hope your post gets some answers, cause I’d love to do something about it too.
This happens to me too, usually I wake up and the entire neck of my t-shirt is wet. I’m a warm sleeper, and I’ve always attributed it to that. I feel like my body temp goes up when I sleep; my girlfriend has confirmed that I’m a toaster oven at night. Anyway, my solution is usually to have a fan or turn on the A/C.
Night Sweats is a SIGN of Diabetes, it’s also a sign of other things too. I had night sweats and I discovered that I had sleep apnea. Do you snore at night? Loudly?
I appreciate everybodys input, and thank you for taking what seems like a ridiculous problem seriously.
In retrospect, I see that I should have included a lot more information in my OP, but I’m new to this, and tend to write the way I talk.
Anyway, let me add these points:
As I should have made clear, this an infrequent occurance. 3 or 4 times a month. Which makes me suspect it is something to do with me rather than my environment.
We sleep in a relatively cool room (67 degrees). When it is warmer than that, we have a ceiling fan on.
I never wear anything above the waist.
My body doesn’t sweat, just my head. I’ve checked my sheets, and my wife confirms this.
I have never thought to correlate the phenomena with stress levels, or nightmares. I will make note of that in the future.
Note to self: This is not a conversation. Say everything you have to say up front.
Enright3, Did you sweat all over your body, or just around the head like I do? What did you do about it?
I’m not familiar with sleep apnea, but I inteand to become so.
People under stress often have colder skin temperatures because the body sends blood to the most important organs when it is stressed. When you sleep, you tend to relax some, and your skin temperature can increase because blood circulation makes it to the extremities. The temperature that you go to bed at may feel comfortable, but when you have slept for a while, it might be too warm.
It could have something to do with this.
I used to be able to raise the temperature of my hands in about 30 seconds. I learned to do it by getting hooked up to a biofeedback machine and trying different methods of relaxing.
