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Re: Hot flashes.....sweating for no apparant reason,adversion to heat...
From: Kamden (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:42:30 -0500 (CDT)
I have no idea if the original writer will ever see this or if anyone
else will see it that needs to. I have PCOS and one of my most
disturbing symptoms is excessive sweating. I was struck by the other
writer's relations of her experience. It is exactly as my own. I take
a shower and my hair might be totally wet after I blow it dry. At some
social functions, I am pouring sweat and no one else is. I feel cool on
the outside and like a furnace on the inside. This makes me very
anxious, which makes me sweat more. I have actually gone upstairs at a
friend's party and found her blow dryer to dry my hair. It was that or
leave, as a totally wet head makes me VERY humiliated. I am 35 years
old. My other major sx include anxiety, food cravings, hair on my chin
and above my lip, thinning hair on the top of my head, mood swings, some
forgetfulness and insulin resistence. I have to say that I was off
glucophage for about 1 1/2 years and I am hopeful that being back on it
will help me. I am researching the best diet for this problem and hope
that getting on a proper diet will also help. I hope someone who reads
this will know they are not crazy or gross or alone. Good luck and good
health to all of you.
At Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Tangelo wrote:
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>Barbra,
>I tend to get that way sometimes. I've yet to figure out what triggers
>it though. I'm only 24, so I know it can't be menopause. Maybe it is
>hormonal. I don't seem to have it as often as you, but I completely
>understand the hot and cold flashes and the sweating right after
>showers. I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you. I'm new to most of
>this as well. I just thought it would be comforting to know someone
>else has these same symptoms.
>
>If you find out what's going on...let me know!.. :)
>
>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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