sleep and body temperture and a little night cap

[Guest guest]

As we know, many of us are cold. Ever since my infection started, I

have been cold, though I am no where near as cold as I was when really

ill, that was beyond a joke, everyone who shook my hand or touched my

skin thought I was the walking dead.

I still notice others are much hotter than I am. especially in the

extremities.

I have noticed that Sleep is very much affected by body temp, moreover

head temp. If the head is not as warm as it needs to be, disturbed

sleep is the result (for me) and as a secondary result, stress levels

rise, Colon function is negatively affected (Im trying to put it

nicely).. Etc.

I have found that I will wake up at about 4 am, when head temp is

slightly low, and I will have a wired feeling. I have tried all sorts

to see what it might be. I have played with Thyroid hormones, sleeping

tabs (err), beta-blockers. What I have found works, is eating oats very

early in the morning, (6-7) then going back to bed allows stages 3-4

sleep.

But even better, a night cap, (a hat - lol - not what you first

thought...) a little reggae hat I have, if I ware that, I get a REALLY

good nights sleep. It is quite amazing. No waking up, and when I do

wake, I have been there. That stage 3 dream state, and if i just relax

I travel further (within a world of crazy dreams) into stage 4. It is

quite a lovely feeling awaking to the day knowing you have had the

chemical realise that makes a new day and closes an old one.

My hypothesis is that the hormone release is only viable if the head

temp is high enough.

bleu

[Guest guest]

Bleu, that's interesting about the hat. I slept in a tent for a

month this summer, and found a hat very helpful for regulating my

body temperature so that I could sleep comfortably.

I've always been very cold too, but this last year I've been warm.

Warmer than my kids, which they can't believe. But what's really

strange is recently I feel hot all the time. This is such a change.

I don't know why this is happening. It's not my thyroid, because my

thyroid's actually running more on the hypo side than usual (which

is normally associated with being cold). My inflammatory markers are

up too, but when I take my temp, I " m still in the 97.7 range.

I wake up with that wired feeling too, especially when I take too

much thyroid hormone (that's why I haven't been able to increase it

lately, to lower my TSH). I'm sure you know the thyroid releases a

big shot of hormone in the early a.m. hours. But I also feel wired

sometimes if I stay up really late. I start getting a really antsy

feeling. You know, I sometimes think it's a precursor to restless

leg syndrome. Do you feel that way when it hits? Like you have to

squirm around, just can't relax? For me, if it's really bad, I have

to get up and do somemthing. Read or check the computer. Then when I

go back to bed, I can relax agains and go right to sleep.

Bleu, what are your thyroid levels? Any chance you're on the hyper

side of things? Especially with the high cholesterol and being

skinny. You could be working in that direction, although of course

there are always exceptions to what's " normal " .

penny

> As we know, many of us are cold. Ever since my infection started,

I

> have been cold, though I am no where near as cold as I was when

really

> ill, that was beyond a joke, everyone who shook my hand or touched

my

> skin thought I was the walking dead.

>

> I still notice others are much hotter than I am. especially in the

> extremities.

>

> I have noticed that Sleep is very much affected by body temp,

moreover

> head temp. If the head is not as warm as it needs to be, disturbed

> sleep is the result (for me) and as a secondary result, stress

levels

> rise, Colon function is negatively affected (Im trying to put it

> nicely).. Etc.

>

> I have found that I will wake up at about 4 am, when head temp is

> slightly low, and I will have a wired feeling. I have tried all

sorts

> to see what it might be. I have played with Thyroid hormones,

sleeping

> tabs (err), beta-blockers. What I have found works, is eating oats

very

> early in the morning, (6-7) then going back to bed allows stages 3-

4

> sleep.

>

> But even better, a night cap, (a hat - lol - not what you first

> thought...) a little reggae hat I have, if I ware that, I get a

REALLY

> good nights sleep. It is quite amazing. No waking up, and when I

do

> wake, I have been there. That stage 3 dream state, and if i just

relax

> I travel further (within a world of crazy dreams) into stage 4. It

is

> quite a lovely feeling awaking to the day knowing you have had the

> chemical realise that makes a new day and closes an old one.

>

>

> My hypothesis is that the hormone release is only viable if the

head

> temp is high enough.

>

> bleu