Night Sweats

First let me say GROSS! Ugh..I woke up at 1:30 am drenched in sweat. The bed was wet, it was gross.

I started a very low dose of thyroid Saturday..could it be that? Has this happened to anyone else?

I am hoping it is the thyroid. The two things they told me to watch for w/these lymph nodes in my collarbone were weight loss and night sweats. I *think* I read that the thryoid could possibly cause them. I'm confused but trying to think the best.

I have some sort of intestinal thing too, could be that.


Could definitely be your thyroid. I went through that when I first started on Armour. Also, it could be good ol' PMS, night sweats are not at all uncommon just before a period. I don't know your age, Sheryl, but what you describe sounds hormonal to me.

It hasn't happened again, thankfully :)

I'll be 38 in April.


Sweating is controlled by the autonomous nervous system, which uses hormones of the endocrine system to transmit s to organs and glands around the body

The thyroid gland is responsible for controlling, amongst other things metabolic rate and temperature.

If you have just started thyroid therapy and a couple of nights later suffered a night sweat, you can be fairly certain that the new symptom is a side effect of the new therapy.

Since the thyroid controls so many physiological processes, thyroid therapy tends to generate a lot of unwanted side effects



Forgot to mention. All side effects need to be reported to your prescribing Doctor, who may adjust your therapy accordingly


Sheryl, you and I must have been born under the same sign. I woke up last night from a very deep sleep and my t-shirt was soaked, this is the first time this has ever happened to me. I've been taking lots of lemon juice and neutralizer and I attributed it to that, just the cleansing process, I know the body does its healing during sleep.

Your lymph glands are trying to overcome obstructions. This is what it has meant for me. Hard matter is trying to move in the intestines, and so much toxin is stirred up, that the body must release a big sweat to release. You are about to over come another obstacle. I am so proud of you.


Thank You Penny!!! You always make me feel better.

I was starting to feel sorry for myself today. I snapped out of it when my best friend told me she had the stomach flu/intestinal thing all weekend AND her 4 year old, and 2 year old had it, and she is nursing an 8 month old. I honestly don't know how she did it.

Thanks again Penny. I thought twice about taking my primal defense last night, I felt like I was adding more soldiers to a war in there, lol.


Wow.

The thing that worries me is when I saw the doctor about the collar bone area lymph nodes he said one of the tings to watch out for was night sweats. So..it scared me. I spend a lot of time feeling scared these days and it's really starting to annoy me.


My son had night sweats before being treated for babesia but I know that hormonal and thyroid issues can cause this also. I have a friend that experiences night sweats when she gets lung infections.


Night sweats can be an adrenal issue. If your adrenals are already blown out when you start treating the thyroid it can make taking the thyroid meds are really rocky roller coaster. Thats exactly what happened to me.

I started on the thyroid meds and while they made me feel better I felt like I was on a roller coaster and couldn't get the dosage right and I had the night sweats as well.

The doc I have now said the sweats were adrenal related, put me on low dose cortisone and they stopped and the thyroid leveled and the roller coaster stopped. As I said previously, if you have been ill for quite a while it's a good chance that thyroid AND adrenal need support.

Babesia causes night sweats.

Try some artemisinin. Be careful though, start with a small amount. I recommend using the artemisinin gel. If you get sweats, increased dream activity, predominantly nightmares, and if you get insomnia, than you almost absolutely have babesia, regardless of what any blood test indicates.

If these symptoms occur, I'd recommend STOPPING artemisinin, and finding a good doctor who can prescribe an adequate combination therapy, including but not limited to artemisinin. If you take artemisinin alone, babesia will become resistant to it. This unfortunately happened to me.


Finding a good doctor is the problem. I have one doctor who is an MD, but really holistic. He does my acupuncture, but he firmly believes I don't have Lyme or any of the co infections. My other MD is mainstream all the way. If anything, he blows me off. I live in a pretty progresive area, I can't understand why there are no doctors that understand Lyme etc..


I have taken artemisinin a few times in the past w/no real reaction that I noticed.


are you sure you took artemisININ, and not artemisIA? They are very different beasts... and b brings up a VERY good point. Babs goes NUTS at the full moon, which was the past few days.

It takes work to find adequate care for lyme... we've been telling you as much for months. It sucks, but it's the reality. I'll guarantee you that in your part of the world there will be some great docs. There's a ton of accepted lyme in New England, as you know.

Is Dr. Burrascano a possibility for you?


I get the two of these confused.What is the difference b etween the two. I think my son is going to be taking one of them after he finishes the prescription anti-malarial.


Financially, nothing is an option for me at the moment, including the Iginex test. Lyme is treated all over here but only with a positive test result. If my doctor isn't going to accept that Lyme can be a problem even with a negative test, then I can't imagine one who will. I have a friend who did test positive and I'm waiting for her to tell me what her doc thinks of false negatives.


sheryl

it was full moon time yesteday and that is when aesia goes mad. i am currently on artemisinin and had good ol night sweats and mega lymph node swelling yesterday.

you can e on artemisinin for weeks without noticeale symptoms until the full moon or when the as is flaring.

most everything you have points to lyme complex. it is worth finding someone who can take that possiility serious.

How did you find a good llmd?


Sheryl

I went to lymenet and requested folks, I attended local meetings support group meetings to see who went to see who. I don't have one now ut I did have a great on in CA and a decent one in Chicago.

So I would try to attend a local meeting and see what your options are. Often folks travel far to see someone.

You mean a lyme support group? I haven't even heard of that! I'll investigate, thanks!


oh yea, they are many of them:

http://www.lymeinfo.net/support.html

good resources...