I seem to only sweat when I have dysreflexia of some kind. 95% of the time it's bowelor bladder reasons. I broke some toes and I sweated then. Or when doc was cleaning my butt sore. But I can get pretty sore before I sweat. The icecycle arms are almost the worst part of quaddom. Greg
> I pretty much have all those problems too Greg...and at times my > back will be sweaty hot and top of my body freezing as I lay in > bed, It drives my wife crazy because she is always hot with air and > fan on us while i'm miserable and cold. I guess it's part of Quad > life..I think a lot is nerve damage plus with me I have diabetes > that causes even more nerve damage. Dan H*** > > > On Saturday, August 22, 2015 3:27 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As I mentioned a number of times I am going crazy at night. I wake > up a bunch of times, with my arms bent tight to my chest, > shivering. I swear I'm freezing cold, but it's very warm in my > room, and I can feel the heat coming out from under the covers. I > feel exactly the same when I'm warm or cold, shiver just as bad. If > I get up, the worst of the shivering starts to go away in about 10 > minutes. > > I started to wear a t-shirt at night, I cut the back off, and half > the length. It did help a lot, that way I did not nee to cover my > arms ad pull the blanket up tight. But it still happens often. > > I do not know if this is heat related. Am I too hot, to cold. Or is > it (nerve / blood flow) related. I put my arms down at night, but a > yawn, deep breath, spasm, my arm naturally just bend back up. Then > the colder I feel, the tighter I squeeze my arms bent. Am I > squeezing the blood flow off.. > > At night my arms feel like they are in ice water. So last night I > tried a long sleeve shirt cut up. I think it did help my arms but > I know I woke up overheated. I had to get it off. My arms are so > sensitive feeling. The hairs are always sticking up, like when > cold, even outside when it is over 100. > > Anyone find a fix for this? I'm going crazy not sleeping. > > Thanks, Greg
