Hello there I’m writing here out of desperation. I’m a middle aged woman, I had a traumatic childhood and I’m diagnosed with ptsd and depression. It’s been more than a year since I’ve been able to function without medication and I’m doing fine. But there’s a problem I’ve had even BEFORE I started using medicine. Every night I have nightmares sometimes irrelevant dreams that make my body get extremely hot, I just bought a thermometer to check it and it was over 104! Some parts of my body get hotter than others. As soon as I wake up my temperature goes back to normal. The doctor thinks it’s just normal menopausal night sweat, but I’ve had this since I was very young. Am I the only one who experiences this kind of discomfort? Any idea what it is?
Hello, like you I have chronic PTSD and depression starting from my childhood.
I have the same and also during the day. I’m 61 yo.
I’m answering you to follow the answers here.
I changed things that are helping me 75% maybe :
I’m covering the mattress with the blanket and I sleep only with a very light and cooling sheet and I wear a long nightgown, no sleeves and I also need to hug a pillow, a bear or a blanket but never covering me…
Sleeping on top of a warm blanket keeps me warmer during the winter and the rest of the year I keep the fan on…
I need to feel cool enough that I can tolerate. If not, I have more sweating nights and other disturbances during the night…
I have to change my pillow cases at least 3 times a week and I spray my pillows and bed with bed spray aromatherapy…
I take my shower right before going to bed and I use disposable hair cap every night to sleep. Hair on my face and neck is enough to stress me and make me sweat a lot…
To be sincere, it took me time to find out myself what I should change and do before going to sleep . You’ll probably need to try doing the same, but add and change things slowly and switching and until you figure out how should be your sleep routine and stick to it and until you have improvements.
Trust me, I’m breast cancer and pulmonary embolism survivor with 18 surgeries total in my records, fibromyalgia and severe obstructive sleep apnea. Enough to keep me worried and stressed.
Because of that, I’m doing therapy, group therapy, using calm app, essential oils (before sleep, lavender and/or peppermint), and to help the PTSD flair up, sweat, nightmares, etc…
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We can’t give up. Stay strong. We got this…
Warm gentle hugs
Sylvia
Hi Sylvia, thank you so very much for your message! I felt the hug that I needed. Reading about your nights was so familiar, I’ve gone through all of it as well. What definitely helped me was the BedJet. I don’t know if you heard about it but it’s just like a fan inside a cotton sheet. And it’s both warm or cold.
It’s definitely encouraging to know that I’m not alone, thanks again for your message