Greg, that sounds like a nightly bit of hell. How do you get any rest? Like I said, I have a touch of it but nothing to the extent that you do. God bless you, my friend. I pray that you find relief and comfort and sweet gentle sleep. Larry
Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: greg <[email protected]> > Date: October 2, 2015 at 4:24:23 PM EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Getting Old, Panic > > I probably wake up 3-4 times a night, shaking cold (most of the time I'm warm > though) sometimes I can't get back to sleep for hours. I maybe go all night > not waking up shaking 3 nights a month. I've tried meds, changing position, a > drink before bed, head raised, lowered, heavier blankets, lighter blankets, > just a sheet, etc. > > I say I'm overheated but really I'm just toasty warm. I can feel warm hands > on my face, but temp is normal. It's only in bed, with a blanket. My arms > feel like they are bruised and in ice water. During the day they kind of feel > that way, but not so bad I shake uncontrollably. Once I get up, I stop > shaking in about 10 minutes. Though my arms always feel like ice water. > > I was in the hospital about 8 months ago or so, and it did it in their bed > too. So it's not my mattress. > > Thx, Greg > > >> Greg, I have almost that same problem about once a week. I will >> wake up very uncomfortable but I can't tell if I am hot or cold. My >> hands are always like icicles regardless. And I have the shivers, >> something my father used to do....and he was able-bodied. Our body >> thermostats are screwed up. I get overheated, think I am cold, pile >> on more covers and get even hotter. Sucks to the high heavens. Hate >> it. >> >> Larry WillisRetired and proud of it >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> From: greg <[email protected]> >>> Date: September 30, 2015 at 8:30:46 PM EDT >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Getting Old, Panic >>> >>> >>> I went 20 years before I had my first panic attack. I've only had >>> a few what I would call panic attacks. Where I just had to get up >>> in the middle of the night. The few bad ones I notice I got >>> really overheated and could not get the blanket off. When I'm >>> really hot, I just don't feel like I'm getting enough air. If I >>> lay to flat I can't breath as good either. I have the bed remote, >>> but it has fallen a few times. >>> >>> I more often get this obsessive worrying. Then that leads to >>> worrying I'm going to have an attack if I lay down. Only once it >>> was bad enough I stayed up all night in my chair. Then I feel bad >>> I gave in to it. >>> >>> I have bed, fan, tv, remotes now. I have them all tied onto the >>> bed remote. Unfortunately to use one I have to uncover my arm and >>> often can't get it covered back up. Luckily, most of the tv is >>> voice controlled. I still need to get control of my lights. I had >>> it on my Sicare, but the switch receiver burned/shorted out. >>> >>> My biggest issue at night is for some reason just getting pretty >>> warm, not even overheated, just enough to feel warm hands. My >>> arms start feeling like they are frozen. I feel so cold I start >>> uncontrollably shaking. I uncover my arms and it gets better, but >>> just until I get for real cold. I only shake that bad when my >>> arms get warm from blankets, temp normal, or my temp drops to >>> 95.5 or lower. >>> >>> I don't think it's Dysreflexia, that usually drops my temp. No >>> other way of getting warm causes this. Once I start shaking that >>> bad I start feeling like I NEED to get up. >>> >>> Greg >
