[QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot

[greg]

I've mentioned this before, but I never heard if anyone else was experiencing the same problem. I can sit in the sun for long times in hot weather and feel fine. A few times I have gotten overheated, but at those times I felt hot and overheated. And in Seattle at night I would use a blanket, a sheet, and a heavy comforter. And all through the night I felt toasty warm.   But the last few years when I'm in bed daytime or night, but mostly nighttime. Just using a sheet and one blanket. When my arms are covered. I can feel like I am freezing cold, I can even be shivering. I can turn up the heat, I can add a blanket, but I just feel colder. I often check my temperature and it is about 97 or there about, my normal temperature is about 96.5. I am so sure that I am cold, my arms feel like all the hair is standing up and my arms are shaking. Then I realize what must be happening, that I'm overheated. So I uncover my arms and at first, when the air gets my arms I feel even a bit colder. But as my arms cool off they start to feel better, no longer hot or cold. But then in the middle of the night they get cold again from being uncovered. So it is damned if I do, damned if I don't.   My arms often feel cold and tingly, except when the sun is shining on them. But only when under covers do they get to bad. When I sit under the furnace vent and get warm I don't shivering like that. When I fall asleep with my arms covered I wake up shivering, my arms are clenched tight, and I would bet everything I have that I am cold. Obviously I would lose that bet.   I can't figure out how to stay warm night, without feeling like I'm freezing.   Greg