Don't know if you touch alcohol, but a glass of red wine seems to reset my internal temperature gauge. Of course, alcohol and certain medications are not a good combination, so be careful there.
Your situation, as described, seems to be more neurological than environmental. In my opinion, it's not a matter of blankets and air temperature, but more likely related to Autonomic Dysreflexia, inappropriate vasodialation, poor blood circulation or something affecting your hypothalamus. Maybe a combination. I assume you've talked to your physician about this? I hope you can figure it out because being (feeling) cold is miserable! Don. On Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:54 PM, Dave Krehbiel <[email protected]> wrote: I don’t know if it would help your problem, but I sleep much more comfortably at night (and feel warmer during the day) when I wear a knit cap. -Dave From:greg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot 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
