what's next recovery journal

[NarcKiddo]

I'm sorry you're struggling with sweats. I had a couple of years of dealing with really nasty drenching night sweats - in my case due to menopause issues. I found it more comfortable to sleep in light long-sleeved cotton jersey or bamboo PJs and have spares by the bedside to change quickly into fresh. I hated the thought of turning over the pillow and letting the sweat leach into the sheet below so I kept spare pillows around so I could throw the wet pillow on the floor and grab a dry one. I also at times slept on a bath towel so when I woke up with that all wet I could throw it off and have a dry sheet underneath - or just swap it out for another bath towel. It is very tiresome to deal with but in terms of not disrupting sleep too much I found it useful to have all these things easy to grab so I could make any changes with minimal wakefulness.

I hope you feel better soon. The illness cannot be helping.

[WhatsNext]

Hi NarcoKiddo

Thank you for the well wishes.  The sweats that got to the point of disrupting sleep came in about 6 days ago.  Before then I would have sweated but usually I would sleep through the night and only notice the sweat in passing when I woke up. 

I tried all kinds of things until I ended up with being in my skivvies with a flat sheet. 100% cotton in a percale weave. I was at a point where something needed to be different so I could get enough sleep.   I'd had to shut off the AC vent as well since that cold air when I'm in a sweat seems freezing at the time.  and currently I've very sensitive to the temps of what I drink / eat.  Which does support my concept that the stress hormones and long term effects negatively impact every single system the human body has and as the body attempts to recover weird things happen. With the exclusion of menopause / andropause.  I also think that the negative effects from the high allostatic load can also influence the system to where chronic conditions can become prevalent.  Like in my case of non-structural hypertension. Yep the unremitting level of crapola and the body adjusted to operate at a higher set point. 

The being under the weather hasn't gotten worse thank goodness, some small improvements in longer periods where the nose is clearer / clear.  Less coughs over all. 

Until another time.