I seem to be always cold! 24 years of shivering. I am sitting here in a 74 degree room wrapped in a blanket with a hood and a neck warmer. That works for me most times.
I feel for you. Sent from my iPad Billy > On Mar 6, 2014, at 17:42, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > >
