# Why do I sweat when I sleep?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118 "2009-08-29T03:39:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118/21 "2009-09-01T20:54:29Z")

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Do you snore?

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**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118/22 "2009-09-01T22:12:25Z")

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I don’t sleep sweat often but when I wake up sometimes, I’m in a pool of sweat but also drool. It seems I just woke up from the best sleep ever, I always wake from very vivid dreams and I feel healthily refreshed. If this isn’t the case then my next guess would be no escaping from the blanket someone else mentioned. I hope it isn’t something I should worry about, it sure doesn’t feel like it.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118/23 "2009-09-01T23:35:40Z")

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> [@Hennessy](#):
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> I don’t sleep sweat often but when I wake up sometimes, I’m in a pool of sweat but also drool. It seems I just woke up from the best sleep ever, I always wake from very vivid dreams and I feel healthily refreshed. If this isn’t the case then my next guess would be no escaping from the blanket someone else mentioned. I hope it isn’t something I should worry about, it sure doesn’t feel like it.

I drooled also, but that is because i had trained myself to sleep with my jaws open about half an inch to stop grinding my teeth, i have a mouth guard now, but if I want I can still sleep with my mouth open.

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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118/24 "2009-09-02T01:28:00Z")

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I’ve started sweating a lot more, especially at night, since I started Zoloft a few months back.

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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118/25 "2009-09-02T03:10:14Z")

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I’ve been dealing with this off and on the past few months. I will wake and find my bed, pillows and blanket drenched with sweat. I finally put 2 and 2 together and realized it was a new medication causing it.

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sweat-when-i-sleep/508118/26 "2009-09-02T15:08:57Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Note that my Doc sez I am disgustingly healthy. So, **Bruce Wayne** you are wrong. :rolleyes:

Thank God.

Thanks for the link **picunurse**.

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