Greg, I have almost that same problem about once a week. I will wake up very uncomfortable but I can't tell if I am hot or cold. My hands are always like icicles regardless. And I have the shivers, something my father used to do....and he was able–bodied. Our body thermostats are screwed up. I get overheated, think I am cold, pile on more covers and get even hotter. Sucks to the high heavens. Hate it.
Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: greg <g...@eskimo.com> > Date: September 30, 2015 at 8:30:46 PM EDT > To: <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Getting Old, Panic > > > I went 20 years before I had my first panic attack. I've only had a few what > I would call panic attacks. Where I just had to get up in the middle of the > night. The few bad ones I notice I got really overheated and could not get > the blanket off. When I'm really hot, I just don't feel like I'm getting > enough air. If I lay to flat I can't breath as good either. I have the bed > remote, but it has fallen a few times. > > I more often get this obsessive worrying. Then that leads to worrying I'm > going to have an attack if I lay down. Only once it was bad enough I stayed > up all night in my chair. Then I feel bad I gave in to it. > > I have bed, fan, tv, remotes now. I have them all tied onto the bed remote. > Unfortunately to use one I have to uncover my arm and often can't get it > covered back up. Luckily, most of the tv is voice controlled. I still need to > get control of my lights. I had it on my Sicare, but the switch receiver > burned/shorted out. > > My biggest issue at night is for some reason just getting pretty warm, not > even overheated, just enough to feel warm hands. My arms start feeling like > they are frozen. I feel so cold I start uncontrollably shaking. I uncover my > arms and it gets better, but just until I get for real cold. I only shake > that bad when my arms get warm from blankets, temp normal, or my temp drops > to 95.5 or lower. > > I don't think it's Dysreflexia, that usually drops my temp. No other way of > getting warm causes this. Once I start shaking that bad I start feeling like > I NEED to get up. > > Greg >
