For a long time now (18 months?) I have been having feeling hot from time to time. I don't know if it's hot flushes (I;m 49), but for a person who's always been cold (Raynaud's), it's really weird.
I really think my thermostat is broken. I am either frozen or too hot ::)
I wake up hot several time per night, and also get over-hot at various times during the day. It just seems to be from my waist upwards though ???
When I've taken my temperature, it's around 36.2 ??? It isn't for a short period of time - can last 20 mins to 30 mins or longer. So is that still a hot flash?
How do I know if it is to do with AI illness or pre menopause? xx
PS: Just taken my temp and I am not even 37 C, am always under or around 36.4. Weird thing is, if you touch my skin I don't feel hot and I am not perspiring, but I feel like I am absolutely frying. Weird ::)
Hi Jaygee,
I am having similar problems. I rarely have a happy medium temperature...I am either too hot or cold, the coldness I put down to my thyroid conditon and I also get pain in my arms when they are cold.
I am 42 and I also get 'flushes' I assume?, sometimes at night I have this intense heat in my back. My temperature ranges from 35.9 - 37.3. I think I may be perimenopausal (my mum had early menopause) as well as my periods have suddenly become erratic.
Oh the joys of womanhood :'(
Paula :D
Jaygee you could be writing about me here!
I have been like this for years now . I do not have Raynards tho'
When it first appeared I too thought it was the menopause, but here I am at 72 and still the same!
Today I have been so cold, the weather here (UK) has been so dull all day, but the rest of my family said it was not cold!.
Now when I go to bed I will wake up on top of the duvet and will be burning hot..
It drives me crazy..
When I went to my Doctor she did blood tests , nothing showed up in them, so she left it at that saying I was just super sensitive to the cold!! I have
googled and searched for answers , but don't get anything conclusive.. If you do find a remedy please pass it on ..
Dolly x
Hi Jaygee, I have the same thing, mine don't last quite as long, but sometimes as long as 15 minutes, mine are also from the waist up especially the face. I went to the Dr in December (also around the time she sent me to the rheumatologist) and she checked my hormone level and it was only 58. So for me I think it was early menopause, but I have seen many on this sight say theirs is sjogrens. Maybe a combination?? For me it goes in phases too. I may go several days OK and then have days of many hot flashes. Yes Paula, I agree, the joys of womanhood!! :)