Re: Re: Hot Flash? or Lyme Symptom?

[Guest guest]

Sounds familiar. I too think I have had Lyme for many, many years - at least

since 1988, and possibly since childhood. I remember having night sweats right

about the time I turned 30. They went on for months. A Naturopath told me I

was battling a chronic infection, so I got a couple AIDS tests. I was *so*

happy to get those negative results.

I never had daytime hot flashes except when I ate Chinese food. That is,

until the jaw got broken and reconstructed, and I was given the dexamethasone.

Then, instant menopause, dead in the water, literally over night.

As long as the symptoms keep improving, I guess I'll assume it's Lyme. If they

stop getting better, I'll have to re-think. Maybe they'll go away.

Are you able to do heat therapy, or is it too dangerous for you? It helped me a

great deal when the hot flashes first hit, and it is helping again now that I

can exercise again. I exercise, then soak in a hot tub until I drive my

temperature above 102. Since doing this daily, I am sleeping better, having

fewer and less severe hot flashes... It's like it is helping to re-set my

thermostat and sleep rhythm. (I can't tolerate most heat either, but for some

reason, this helps.)

D.

jan <jpos123@...> wrote: I found your post very interesting, because I

started with hot

flashes in my 20's and nightsweats at 30. I thought I was going thru

menopause, too, but the tests said I was fine. Lately, I've been

wondering if I've had Lyme a lot longer, before the rash.

One of my diagnoses is dysautonomia (which of course I found out was

from Lyme). One thing they used to treat it was a beta blocker and

it stopped the hot flashes and nightsweats. When they added the

calcium channel blocker my hands and feet got very hot. (I was diag

with Raynaud's, too).

Another interesting thing is now the beta blocker isn't stopping the

nightweats since starting treatment and my hands get really hot. I

used them for heating pads a couple of nights ago. LOL

jan

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> im 32...in my late 20s i insisted i was going through some

premenopause or something but i was tested and wasnt. i get scary hot

sometimes out of the blue. But, i also dont tolerate heat at

ALL...even a little warmth can exaggerate my symptoms. Lyme doesnt

like heat so im not suprised.

> I also cant sweat...but i feel that i have hot flashes without

the sweating.

> Some say that lyme could cause dysautonmia in the body which

throws everything off wack and should help with antibiotic treatment.

I will be starting this month.

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[Guest guest]

Wow. That is interesting. How long have you had it? Did they give you

steroids? Grover's is sometimes treated with tetracycline, no? I wonder if it

works because it sometimes has a bacterial cause, Lyme being one possibility.

It's hard not to blame everything on the Lyme. Right now, I'm just plain

wildly ecstatic that my HAIR is coming back!!!!!!! It started falling out in my

early 30's, and I've been carefully styling it to cover how thin it is. Today,

it's thick! The highlights are coming back! Woo hoo!!!!

There's nothing like good hair to make a middle-aged woman's day.

Oh - on the heat... I tried to start it months ago, but it just knocked me for

a loop. I was exhausted and weak and shaky and sweaty, and I quit. Maybe I

could have pushed through it, and maybe not.

Now, I'm toast for maybe an hour afterwards, lying down and waiting for my butt

to stop throbbing. After I recover, I have energy. And even though I have

energy, I can sleep.

I'm curious to see if I handle the summer heat any better this year, not that

I'm in a rush to find out.

D.

jan <jpos123@...> wrote: Wow, this is really interesting! And a tad scary.

LOL

I can't do heat, because I was diag with an " old man's disease "

(Grover's Disease) and I am female and got it in my late 30's. Now, I

wonder if that is something from Lyme, too. Anyway, heat aggravates

it. I can't even take a pleasantly warm shower, it has to have a bit

of coolness to it. And since I am really hating the cold lately I'd

really like a totally warm shower, I am taking them a bit warmer some

days.

jan

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> Are you able to do heat therapy, or is it too dangerous for you? It

helped me a great deal when the hot flashes first hit, and it is

helping again now that I can exercise again. I exercise, then soak in

a hot tub until I drive my temperature above 102. Since doing this

daily, I am sleeping better, having fewer and less severe hot

flashes... It's like it is helping to re-set my thermostat and sleep

rhythm. (I can't tolerate most heat either, but for some reason, this

helps.)

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> D.

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