Re: Re: And as if...Your'e too funny! Thanks for the well wishes!
10/17/01 3:26 PM

This is too funny, not only reading your stories about the sweat issue but how true it is.

I have always had sweaty palms and feet (if I ever remove my shoes in your presence...leave).

And sleeping too!  I will wake up in the middle of the night darkness and am drenched in sweat.  It will be so wet in the bed that I have been known to think I peed in the bed or something.  My partner (also CAH) has the same problem.  It might even be worse for her. 

I saw a doctor once about it and he wanted to give me phenobarbitol but I declined.  I would rather be sweaty than drugged.  I have asked about this to numerous endos without a clear answer. 

However, I have noticed that when I tweak my meds so that I take more in the morning and less at night, it seems to lessen.  It could be just me, but I notice a higher dosage in the evening increases the sweat level.  Until my latest endo, I always thought that it was more important to have a bigger dose of those steroids at bedtime, but he and I have been rethinking that.  It's simply experimentation (and I am no doctor, but he is) but it seems to work and I feel great.

My mother has told me how when I was just a baby (like about 2-3 years old) she would put me in the high-chair to keep me out of the way while she got a meal ready.  I would start banging the flatware on the table and break out into a sweat over it on my forehead.  She would freak, and I was fine, albeit frustrated in my want for food.  But she would call the doctor who told her to relax because I obviously wanted food and was frustrated in waiting for it.

But I still sweat at night and so does my partner...we've learned to live with it (and recommend frequent bed changes)

Stay safe,

Betsy

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