I have been having night sweats nightly for the past year only a handful of nights I haven’t had the issue. It seems to be worse in the cooler weather, but I’ve tried everything I can think of to stop it.
The main obvious correlations I’ve noticed are that it happens in the part of the night when I have very vivid dreams and more so on areas where skin touches skin, eg. my shins and ankles, but it happens all over, at times drenching my clothes and sheets.
My doctor can’t find any reason for my sweats. I need to sort it out because the disturbance of my sleep is really taking a toll
Hi. I don’t know if this will help with the problem you’re having but sometimes just knowing someone else with the same problem helps. I apologize for the length of this post. I would wake up like this too. Drenched in sweat. Mine started over 10 years ago. Especially during my time of the month. I had very heavy flows, long periods and huge clots. I kept being told I was in perimenopause. Although this was true and perimenopause can cause this issue I had other things working against me. First off over 10 years ago I was on different medications such as for anxiety, depression, etc. also one of those medications I was on helped with my Raynaud’s phenomenon. Raynauds makes your blood vessel expand and contract and you can have this with cold, heat, stress and anxiety would make it react. It causes white, bluish purple to red skin change. Along with prickly, numbness, even ulcers on your skin. The medications actually amplified the sweats and my mood changed eventually for the worse but helped with my symptoms. I did come off of those medications and it did ease the sweats some but the other was my body trying to tell me something more. Your hormone levels. I had went to two previous gynecologists before my 3rd. Even though I believed the 2 previous gynecologists I had they never gave me an answer except perimenopause. Also 4 vaginal ultrasounds. I Finally said that this was unacceptable since I do have an autoimmune disease that controls my blood flow. I found a gynecologist (3rd) that found I had a cyst and a mass when doing her own vaginal ultrasound. I never looked at my previous results cause I trusted those doctors. My new doctor I went to showed me that the other doctors knew from the previous ultrasound results that they did indeed find those but failed to tell me. It was in my file from the 2nd gyno and on the portal from the first gyno which I had no clue there was one since they never told me there was a portal (mind u this was over 10 years ago when portals weren’t really a thing yet) The mass was attached to my fallopian tube and cut off flow for eggs to pass thru. From what I read from studies these can cause issues but gynecologist are taught they do not cause hormone issues. Thank God both were benign but anything with your uterus, tubes, cervix and ovaries usually will tell you something is wrong. Some gynecologists not all look at masses as supposedly the culprit of hormone change. This is a lie. The mass on my fallopian tube kept any eggs to go thru. This can most certain change you. Although mine has been a combo doesn’t mean yours is but the point is being do research. Rely on your gut feeling and don’t stop advocating for yourself. Look at your reports. Sometimes even 3rd opinions. In the end medications that change your brain chemically or even other parts of your body even thyroid, mental health drugs, to cholesterol medications can create and issue. All medications have side effects including rare ones. Having an autoimmune disease such as Raynauds, Hashimotos, diabetes, etc can create these issues. Hormone imbalance wether it be from a benign mass to perimenopause can create issues. Try breaking down everything and investigate for yourself and advocate. I only trusted sites that had studies from various medical schools and studies in general done by doctors. I didn’t go by he said she said posts. While those can be helpful sometimes you cannot rely on those but they give you a general idea what reactions and outcome a majority have. Hence the reason I say break down everything. Studies are done with controlled groups. You have to be your own detective because you are not the same as everyone else but you know yourself better than anyone. I hope this helps and makes sense. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask. I’m not a doctor but a 50 year old woman who has to do a lot of advocating for herself. I would hate for anyone to have to wait over 10 years for an answer. 
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond in such detail, I really appreciate it!
I’m currently on a wait list to investigate a possible autoimmune condition (bloodwork are the main thing suggesting I have one), I also have some potential gynaecological issues too which I’m also on a waitlist for. Hearing things might be related is really interesting and gives me confidence to push a bit harder for more investigation and hopefully get some answers!
I’m also on a few different medications which could possibly be the cause, however the timing of it starting doesn’t make much sense and it really seems to be tied to different stages of sleep.
Thank you once again, I’m sorry you’ve had to go through this
I’m happy to hear of all the things you’re having done. It does suck to have autoimmune and is very exhausting. Once you know what is going on and the cause helps so much mentally and helps in other ways so you can deal with life. On the subject of medications you can have side effects several years later from them. I was on my cholesterol medication and never had a reaction for 6 years. Then I started with leg cramps that I almost went to the ER for they were so bad. The medication I was on for my anxiety that helped with my Raynauds I had a reaction to 3 years later. Raised liver enzymes and very bad mood swings and night sweats. So don’t rule them out. Kerri me posted. I’ll be praying for you