# Why am I so cold? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261 "2005-10-28T03:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261/21 "2005-10-28T19:18:52Z")
Today’s much better, cold-wise. I’m hydrating like a – well, I’m drinking a lot of water, and maybe that’s helping. Lunch time now, though. Not sure where I’ll go for lunch. Hmmm . . . do I have a craving for anything? Have to think about that. **astro** – e-metering? That sounds vaguely Tom Cruise-ish. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261/22 "2005-10-28T19:26:08Z")
As was mentioned upthread–you may be anemic. Take a multi-vitamin and increase your activity level a bit. I find I get colder and colder just sitting in front of the computer–my metabolic rate must be in negative numbers when waste time online! Intersperse sitting down with activity and I think you’ll find that you are warmer overall. But it wouldn’t hurt to get your blood checked at the doctor’s–ask for a CBC with differential. I had my Hemoglobin checked for years and it was always fine–but I was freezing and couldn’t adjust to exercise (running–it never got easier) and I was always, always tired. Turns out in my MCV (mean corpuscular volume was 68–waaaaay low. That means I had itty bitty red blood cells-I had plenty of them, but they were teeny). Now I take iron and voila! I am warmer (stopped running, though–oh, well!). ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261/23 "2005-10-28T23:02:16Z")
Ladies; I have good and bad news. When you get old (the bad news) and are peri-menopausal you will finally, finally, finally be warm (the good news). Unfortuantely (oops more bad news) sometimes you will be tooooooo warm. I was always freezing until I hit 50 (wore socks to bed when it was 80F and still had cold feet). Now most of the time I am comfy. Sometimes majorly overheated (slightly more bad news), but taking a turn around the yard in the middle of the night sans clothing helps a lot (we live in the country, no exhibitionism). And now my husband, who acted as my heater for 30+ years, snuggles up to me for warmth. He calls me his “Toaster Girl” (more good news). ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261/24 "2005-10-28T23:17:29Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I asked this very question to several doctors and the general answer is that women have lower blood pressure than men and because of that monthly thing we endure for Og Knows How Long, we have a lower iron count. > > I found that before kids I was always cold. (And nearly always sick all winter long.) > > Then two pregnancies later filled with pre-natal vitamin goodness, I haven’t been cold much in nearly 5.5 years since my daughter was born. When my hands start to get cold, I start taking my multi vitamin and PRESTO…zee problem goes away and my pee is a purty golden color too! That has been my experience (er… vitamins that is, not the kiddos part). I now eat more red meat and take an iron supplement in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261/25 "2005-10-28T23:35:38Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > What’s a lurgy? A **lurgy** (especially the _Dreaded_ Lurgy) is a non-specific, generally minor and thus non-lethal disease that still makes you feel like death-warmed-up (although in the OP’s case, you can exclude the warmed-up bit apparently). 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-cold/328261.md?page=1)