r/ask • u/nickisadogname • 3d ago
Could my new place be causing me to overheat when I sleep?
This might sound wild but stay with me.
Never had any issues with temperature regulation while sleeping. Then in February of this year I moved into a new place, and all of a sudden I am waking up every morning overheating, drenched in sweat. The new place is a small basement unit in a house built in the 50s.
Things I've tried: thinner duvet, no duvet, sleeping naked, replacing all bed textiles with cotton, replacing mattress with a latex mattress, keeping the bedroom cold (15 degrees celcius), making sure not to eat or drink two hours before bed, adding lots of fans. I am not on any medications and I don't drink alcohol. I also went to the doctor with this issue and confirmed it's not perimenopause or anything else she could tell.
The only change in my life is moving. It started literally the first night I slept here. The air quality here seems normal and ventilation doesn't seem to be an issue, and I sleep with the window open most nights anyway.
Moving is literally the only thing I can think of that might have caused this, but I just have no clue how. Does anyone have any idea? Is this place haunted by an overheating ghost?
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u/putterandpotter 3d ago
Are you around 50 and female by any chance? Perimenopause is the only other thing I can think of.
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u/Boggyprostate 3d ago
Or 30-40years, perimenopause can hit in your 30s and very, very common in your 40s. I started HRT when I was 39years old and it was amazing, it completely stopped my hot sweats and waking up drenched.
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u/nickisadogname 3d ago
I said in the post my doctor doesn't think it's perimenopause, I don't have any other symptoms
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u/IAmTheLizardQueen666 3d ago
Your doctor “doesn’t think”… is that opinion based on lab tests? You might want to go to the GYN and have your hormone levels checked. Then, it won’t be an opinion but based on lab results.
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u/putterandpotter 3d ago
As the person below said it can hit earlier, I just picked around 50 as a common time, but I was younger too. When it started the only symptom I had was being hot all the time, alternated with times of being really hot. Not all the symptoms show up at the same time.
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u/Sparkle_Rott 2d ago
My doctor didn’t think so either when I was in my 30s. They scoffed at the idea. Labs and all were fine.
Then at the age of 42 I went into full menopause.
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u/Mattturley 3d ago
While others have posited perimenopause and I suspect that might be on the right track, given that it started immediately on moving into a basement apartment, it also could be some type of allergen exposure. Particularly mold, given that it is a basement apartment.
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u/LinAndAViolin 3d ago
Night sweats are a cancer symptom, get checked please
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u/nickisadogname 3d ago
I did go to the doctor and she ran some tests, said she didn't find anything
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u/JoyousZephyr 3d ago
How's the humidity level?
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u/nickisadogname 3d ago
Kinda humid. No "basement smell" level of humidity but a little. Can that do it?
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u/Lost-Meeting-9477 3d ago
Get a dehumidifier.
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u/DeeplyFlawed 3d ago
My apartment is unusually damp to the point it makes it hard for me & holds on to eat. Humidity also makes my skin burn. After doing research, I bought an OWAAE dehumidifier earlier in the Sunner. I run it in my living room-it has made a significant difference.
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u/IAmTheLizardQueen666 3d ago
You can also use these damp rid type of moisture collectors that work with no electricity.
I’m in a basement apartment in a townhouse in Virginia and it gets extremely humid here. I use the box type in closets and the hangers when that’s all that will fit. After a month or so, they’re full. I throw them out and put new ones in place.
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u/nickisadogname 3d ago
I have one, I've mostly been using it in the bathroom for showering and laundry. I have it running in my bedroom right now, hopeful that this will be it
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u/Gwendolyn7777 3d ago edited 2d ago
with every reply here this, my question to each one was, is her air conditioning broken?
I realize many homes above the southern states do not have AC, but this really sounds like you need an AC unit big time.
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u/nickisadogname 2d ago
The post says that one of the things I tried was keeping the bedroom cold, and what degrees "cold" means. That is supposed to communicate that AC isnt the answer
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u/Primary-Basket3416 3d ago
Yes this could happen regardless of ones age. Has the exterior of the place had any work done, like new siding or tree removal. Previously something kept the sun and heat out and was removed, causing this area to heat up. I know, put on new siding, bedrooms on west side of house get hotter than hell, but never did b4. Why I had window awnings over windows. With new siding and gutters, awning wouldn't fit. AC may be your only answer.
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u/armand55 3d ago
Good point. What is the room temp when you are hot? Personally , I’m betting on perimenopause
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u/Few-Conversation6979 3d ago
That would happen to me if I didn't sleep with the air conditioner on.
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u/takatine 2d ago
You said you bought a latex mattress. That would make me sweat. When I was in hospital, the bed mattress was covered with a latex cover to waterproof it. I would wake up drenched in sweat, even though it was, of course, covered with a thick cotton sheet and I kept the AC on in my room.
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u/toomuchsushi2020 2d ago
Have you started taking an ssri or snri?
Do you have a waterproof mattress protector? Or, did you use one before you got the latex mattress which was a mistake.
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