reesie
01-18-2005, 04:05 PM
Do you ever feel like your skin is freezing when everyone else says the temp is comfortable? I've felt like this in the past and it is makes me very uneasy. I almost feel nervous with it. I used to think it was a result of having my blood thinned from blood pressure meds but now I'm wondering if it's bp related hormonal stuff. Chime it if you know what I'm talking about.
-reesie
-reesie
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Hedgehog No 1
01-18-2005, 05:09 PM
Hi there 'reesie'
I don't think this is going to help, but I'll deposit my bit anyway...
I'm the opposite...I'm ALWAYS warm. I can lay in bed on a night, with the windows opened slightly, the ceiling fan turned on, no covers and feel comfortable. In winter.
However. I spent many years in Minnesota as a kid and LOVED the winters. I spent some of my time in the 'armed forces' in Northern Norway in the middle of winter and that never bothered me much either.
Maybe I'm just 'hot blooded'...
SERIOUS - Blood pressure needs checking. Circulation needs checking. Get a full blood screen done to be on the safe side. Quite possible hormone related - please forgive me, I don't know if your male/female...
Hope it's a start.
Hedge.
I don't think this is going to help, but I'll deposit my bit anyway...
I'm the opposite...I'm ALWAYS warm. I can lay in bed on a night, with the windows opened slightly, the ceiling fan turned on, no covers and feel comfortable. In winter.
However. I spent many years in Minnesota as a kid and LOVED the winters. I spent some of my time in the 'armed forces' in Northern Norway in the middle of winter and that never bothered me much either.
Maybe I'm just 'hot blooded'...
SERIOUS - Blood pressure needs checking. Circulation needs checking. Get a full blood screen done to be on the safe side. Quite possible hormone related - please forgive me, I don't know if your male/female...
Hope it's a start.
Hedge.
Ruth6:11
01-18-2005, 06:18 PM
Are you on lithium by any chance? Sometimes lithium (and some other meds) can raise hell with your thyroid. And feeling cold like that can be a symptom of hypothyroidism.
Might be worth talking to your doctor or his nurse and mentioning it to them...
Might be worth talking to your doctor or his nurse and mentioning it to them...
keystone206
01-19-2005, 08:07 AM
Reesie
I am always cold and my hands like ice. Every one I touch cringes. But in bed at night I sweat so bad I get wringing wet. I take lamictal so not sure what it could be.
I am always cold and my hands like ice. Every one I touch cringes. But in bed at night I sweat so bad I get wringing wet. I take lamictal so not sure what it could be.
reesie
01-19-2005, 02:22 PM
Actually I am female and not on Lithium (on klonopin and geodon). But I do have hypothyroidism. I was dx with that before being dx with BP by about a year. I thought being hypothyroid cause my first deep depression but now I think maybe not. Any way my circulation isn't tremendous, I loose feeling in my feet just bending over to touch my toes in yoga. But on ocassion I get really hot and 40 degree weather won't phase me, but mostly I stay cold. Kinda like how I'm basically depressed most of the time and frequently have manic spells. Call it a temperature mixed state if you will. Thanks for the feedback.
-reesie
-reesie
*music23*
01-19-2005, 07:01 PM
Yeah, I'm the opposite as well... I am ALWAYS hot. I can be in a t-shirt and capris and be boiling while everyone else is bundled in like 5 layers with a hat and gloves and be shivering. I was on lithium for awhile and was on Levoxyl since my thyroid levels came back as abnormal. I am now off of lithium and on Lamictal (thats my mood stabilizer only; I'm also on other stuff).
In fact, it's so constant and so marked that I have almost completely sworn off wearing long sleeves indoors, no matter what season. Exceptions are when I have to wear some sort of uniform... and, sadly, when I cut my arms. :(
But yeah, I'm STILL always hot. I'm practically known for it.
Kristina :wave:
In fact, it's so constant and so marked that I have almost completely sworn off wearing long sleeves indoors, no matter what season. Exceptions are when I have to wear some sort of uniform... and, sadly, when I cut my arms. :(
But yeah, I'm STILL always hot. I'm practically known for it.
Kristina :wave: