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Night sweats
I am 22 years old, two kids, but for the last year I have been having terrible night sweats. They are so bad that my hair is soaked my pillow is wet and my clothes are sticking to me. I don't skip nights with my sweats it happens every night.. Recently I have been having papilations that last longer than they use to, one episode had me shaking my head to catch my breath. I have been to the doc several time had my thyroid checked and all the doctor told me was I may just be a person who sweats a lot I had never had this problem before this past year could I be going through menopause?
Kat,
I would also see if your dr would check to see if you have any cysts on your ovaries or endometriosis.
sometimes, if these are present they can interfere with the body absorbing the hormones.
I would also see if your dr would check to see if you have any cysts on your ovaries or endometriosis.
sometimes, if these are present they can interfere with the body absorbing the hormones.
Kat, follow up with your thyroid! Even borderline/slightly low can be enough to cause heavy symptoms. I'd follow up with your doc on that! Do a search on "hypothyroidism" and see what symptoms may match yours. Symptoms are often a bigger indicator as to thyroid dysfunction than the blood test levels alone. Don't give up until you get some answers. You have a right to feel good!
Pika....just because your levels sit in the middle, doesn't mean that you're NOT having menopausal night sweats. I had them for YEARS before my levels showed I was anywhere near menopausal levels. While you may have something else going on, it's not impossible that this is all related to menopausal symptoms. At 51 years of age, you are most certainly in the age group to have all of this related to it. If you were to say that you were 21...well, I'd be looking elsewhere and not even thinking menopause but, at 51....you certainly can be experiencing this from menopause in spite of what your blood test levels are.
Tightness in the chest can be from all sorts of things and may be unrelated to the sweating. I think the biggest mistake that we can make is to lump everything together and try to find one cause for all. Have you had a stress test done to rule out cardiac problems? Are you under a lot of emotionally and mental stress? Do you suffer from anxiety/depression? These can all cause the palpitations and the chest tightness as well.
There HAS to be an answer. Keep looking and don't give up until you find answers. You deserve to feel good! :)
Pika....just because your levels sit in the middle, doesn't mean that you're NOT having menopausal night sweats. I had them for YEARS before my levels showed I was anywhere near menopausal levels. While you may have something else going on, it's not impossible that this is all related to menopausal symptoms. At 51 years of age, you are most certainly in the age group to have all of this related to it. If you were to say that you were 21...well, I'd be looking elsewhere and not even thinking menopause but, at 51....you certainly can be experiencing this from menopause in spite of what your blood test levels are.
Tightness in the chest can be from all sorts of things and may be unrelated to the sweating. I think the biggest mistake that we can make is to lump everything together and try to find one cause for all. Have you had a stress test done to rule out cardiac problems? Are you under a lot of emotionally and mental stress? Do you suffer from anxiety/depression? These can all cause the palpitations and the chest tightness as well.
There HAS to be an answer. Keep looking and don't give up until you find answers. You deserve to feel good! :)
Hi Kat, we're in the same boat. You're not alone. One different thing is, I'm 51. You're still far away from perimenopause.
My blood works all fine except the iron and vitamin D is very low. Those 2 deficiencies will not cause severe sweating in the night. I dealt with this problem over a year but still.... no one able to find out what's wrong? I sort of "given up" and let it sweats what ever it wants. Spray or have a shower before I go to work. Sometime, over dehydrated (loose water from sweat) can cause palpitation too. I went to the Chinese Medicine therapy, he said my kidneys are weak. Those sweat can be harmful to the body if continue like that. (Work out kind of sweating is good but controlable) This kind of night sweat is not controlable so our body will get weaker and weaker. Mine kind of night sweat could be due to :- menopause, heart problem, kidney problem. Not hormone problem because my hormone level just sit in the middle of the range for a few repeated tests.
Mine night sweat started like this way..... I woke up during sleep. Found palpitations then follow with sweating. Wake during the night between 3 - 7 times a night. It's still going on like this every night. Plus I'll get nausea, lower abdomen pain and SOB now. During the day, I can feel my chest very tight, dizzyness and head blowing up (squashy). Mine one remain unsolved. Hopeful, when they find out is not too late or a dead sentence!
Take care.
My blood works all fine except the iron and vitamin D is very low. Those 2 deficiencies will not cause severe sweating in the night. I dealt with this problem over a year but still.... no one able to find out what's wrong? I sort of "given up" and let it sweats what ever it wants. Spray or have a shower before I go to work. Sometime, over dehydrated (loose water from sweat) can cause palpitation too. I went to the Chinese Medicine therapy, he said my kidneys are weak. Those sweat can be harmful to the body if continue like that. (Work out kind of sweating is good but controlable) This kind of night sweat is not controlable so our body will get weaker and weaker. Mine kind of night sweat could be due to :- menopause, heart problem, kidney problem. Not hormone problem because my hormone level just sit in the middle of the range for a few repeated tests.
Mine night sweat started like this way..... I woke up during sleep. Found palpitations then follow with sweating. Wake during the night between 3 - 7 times a night. It's still going on like this every night. Plus I'll get nausea, lower abdomen pain and SOB now. During the day, I can feel my chest very tight, dizzyness and head blowing up (squashy). Mine one remain unsolved. Hopeful, when they find out is not too late or a dead sentence!
Take care.
Thank you I had my thyroid checked about 2 months ago and it was boarder line being under, but that was all I ever heard about that.
It sounds to me like your hormones may be off balance. Has anyone done a blood test to check your hormone levels? I'm pretty sure that at 22 years of age and 2 children later, you're not in menopause but, something is causing these night sweats and you shouldn't have to suffer through them because your doc doesn't know and is not looking any further as to the cause.
If this were me, I'd be going back to this doc and asking for a blood work-up to see where my hormone levels are because while these certainly sound like perimenopausal symptoms, I highly doubt that you are anywhere near that BUT, your hormones could be out of whack and you may need a birth control pill or something to regulate your hormones back into balance.
There are all kinds of other things that can cause your symptoms as well. One that comes to mind is hyperthyroidism (over-working thyroid). Your doc can check your thyroid levels in the same blood test so, why not check that out as well. It can give you all of the symptoms that you're describing.
Bottom line is that something is out of whack somewhere and you shouldn't have to just put up with this. There should be answers and if this doc doesn't seem to want to look any further, seek out another doc and get the answers to this. You deserve to feel better!
Best wishes and please update us!
If this were me, I'd be going back to this doc and asking for a blood work-up to see where my hormone levels are because while these certainly sound like perimenopausal symptoms, I highly doubt that you are anywhere near that BUT, your hormones could be out of whack and you may need a birth control pill or something to regulate your hormones back into balance.
There are all kinds of other things that can cause your symptoms as well. One that comes to mind is hyperthyroidism (over-working thyroid). Your doc can check your thyroid levels in the same blood test so, why not check that out as well. It can give you all of the symptoms that you're describing.
Bottom line is that something is out of whack somewhere and you shouldn't have to just put up with this. There should be answers and if this doc doesn't seem to want to look any further, seek out another doc and get the answers to this. You deserve to feel better!
Best wishes and please update us!
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