Re: Hot flashes.....sweating for no apparant reason,adversion to heat...
From: Jessica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:33:27 -0600 (CST)
Hi, Barbra,
I also have awful problems with sweating and occasional hot flashes, but
then there are times, like after I eat a meal, for example, when I am
icy cold. I told my OB that I was embarrassed about sweating more than
my husband (and ruining nice blouses with stains, as well), and he just
gave me a prescription for Drysol, an antiperspirant that helps keep my
clothes nicer, anyway. But, after showering I perspire all over a lot
as well and I keep having to dry myself off with the blow dryer before I
can get dressed.
--
Jessica
At Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Barbra wrote:
>
>I am really learning alot on the forum and would like to thank all that
>have given me many answers to my somewhat ignorant questions about PCOS.
>
>It has only been a couple months since on this forum,so bear with me
>hear,as I am still familiarizing myself with my current PCOS and IR.
>
>I just want to know how many suffer hot flashes,sweating and adversion
>to warmth..and then go completely opposite for a week or so and be icy
>cold?
>I am talking that you can actually feel the heat radiating from my
>body...I can be my husband's electric heating blanket!And to think that
>just ten years ago we had a water bed that I loved,as it was so warm and
>cuddly.Ahh...miss being able to like being warm and cozy.
>No matter what,I cannot seem to regulate my body thermostat and that is
>certainly taking the toll on my heating bills,not to mention that my
>husband already doesn't know what the heck is going on with the temps in
>the house,as I keep fiddling with the thermostat all day long and asking
>him:"are you hot"?
>
>I feel as if I am walking in and out of a hot bath tub somedays,without
>being emerged in the hot water.
>I also have this problem after showering where I cannot stop perspiring
>and it is as if I need to shower all over again.
>I try the warm-pool water shower and rinse off in cold and although my
>room is cool,I am still hot.
>This is also very exhausting on me,as after showering and dressing,I
>have to sit down for an hour to unwind.
>No,I am not going thru menopause either.
>
>Is this related to the hormonal fluctuations?
>I am trying to read into a pattern with this,but cannot.
>
>I was fine for almost three months...not that
>bothersome,,then,wham!,they start out of the blue.
>
>Another thing I do notice is that when I do get hot and sweaty,,,I then
>get very nervous,which then leads to a vicious,unrelenting pattern of
>perspiring.
>I suppose it is the fear of the unknown,as when I am so hot,,(it's like
>put the fire out),I do tend to worry as to WHY? THIS IS
>HAPPENING,therefore probably leading to more.
>I know this is an icky question(no pun intended),but one that is very
>disturbing for me.
>
>I would feel a bit more relieved knowing that others have the same
>problems and to know how they deal with it.I do have some thyroid
>abnormalities...now they say is just normal highs,but even when it
>showed "normal",I still get the hot spells,so I don't know if this is
>the thyroid or what.
>
>This condtion is more complicated than I thought it was.
>I never realized how many difficulties we with PCOS have.
>
>When my friends ask about PCOS....I try to explain it to them and they
>just look at me and think it is a cyst on the ovary and say"well,I know
>so and so had a cyst"etc.Or they assume that it is menopause,despite I
>tell them that most women in this group are young.
>
>Any help with this problem is appreciated.
>
>--
>Sincerely,
>Barbra Camara
>
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