I have had MS a long time. Bed heat IS an issue. what works for me is an air mattress that is a blow up from Costco. About $120.00 for a queen. I put either a wool blanket and/or cotton pad under the sheets. Sometimes an egg crate foam pad for comfort. The cool comes from underneath....you have to experiment what works. Make sure you get c a lighter sheet set 300 count max otherwise too hot ......leather maintains even heat check the sofa out. Good luck. Kd
I can't help you with a mattress but just read that a cooling cap can help some people sleep better at night. Thinking it works like wearing a hat in the cold weather to keep your body warm only in reverse?
Lots of new cooling products to try. If you get a cooling mattress, please let us know how it works for you.
Julie
There is a mattress pad that has temperature regulating technology in it that adjust to your body temperature, technology is called Outlast and its sold at www.coolingmattress.com
>>I'm not sleeping very well these days, I wake up so hot.
me too these days. wonder why?
for years i have dressed often times different than what the weather is. i don't think my internal thermometer works like it should. just another freaky thing with MS i guess.
good luck with it
gypcwmn: I need to correct myself, their actually mattress pads, not mattresses. To get an idea of what's out there, I found this website that compares them. http://www.nextag.com/cool-mattress-pad/shop-html
I covet your 63 degrees, my kids would think they where freezing to death if I kept my house at that temp, but I'd love too!
Deb61: I don't think I've seen one that adjusts to your body temp, but there is one that you can adjust from warm to cool on the web site above. I go to bed a little cold sometimes, but always wake up just roasting. It feels like my mattress is radiating heat back into me, I will move around and try to find cool places on my mattress where I haven't been, it gets a little ridiculous. lol
I get too cold, then too hot, then too cold. I cannot sleep! For me, the cold causes just as many problems as the heat. The spasticity is caused from either extreme is is quite painful, so I don't think a cooling mattress would help me. I wish I could have a mattress that automatically adjusts to my body temperature to keep it with normal range!
They have cooling mattresses? I want one. I keep my house at 63degrees and still sweat