Seasonal changes ruining my sleep - anyone have suggestions?

[Nothing_but_books]

Good morning. I hope you are well today. Me, not so much. Three nights in a row of constantly interrupted sleep. Seven this morning taking sedatives to get any sleep, and cancelling my plans for the day.

Backstory: Firstly, I live in a cheaply built home with very poorly insulated walls. (Ugh - the brain is fighting me today and I misspell everything!!!) To survive the long bitter winters I have flannel sheets and six blankets, plus two heavy afghans. Everything is warm enough on bitter days, except when the wind picks up -- and my drafty windows blow on my face all night. I always wake on those mornings with a sinus headache and a sore throat. End of backstory...

Now, the early spring nights are bouncing from 34°F one night, 54° the next, 43° the following. I have tried anticipating (damn keyboard hates me today) the chill factor, and taking off covers before bed, but no matter what I do, I wake intermittently all night: freezing - covers up, feverish and nauseous - covers down, get up and retrieve the covers I took off the bed, put them back on, take them back off.

I tried an electric blanket and it didn't really work for me. Maybe this is paranoid, but it felt as though the electric field was bad for me. Made me feel weak and sickish in the morning. And the XX!!**& thing shuts itself off - I think they all come that way now.

If anyone here lives through these extreme temperature changes every spring and autumn and has any suggestions, I would much appreciate it.

But the robins are back: bob, bob, bobbing along. I love it.

[All_alone]

Hi. Sorry your not doing good today, nor am I. The weather is all over the place here also. Blankets on then off. But I have no suggestions for you, sorry. Enjoy the Robin's.

[Sprinkle1]

Anyway you can move to a home that has good insulation and sound windows?

Yes I have an electric blanket and it shuts itself off, as does my heating pad, but I have a well built home so it stays fairly warm, and I can afford to keep my thermostat on 74. Can you put a small heater in your bedroom? I know how it can be, I have lived in cold places and had to cope. I do not like the cold, I was born in UK and had to live thru cold freezing snowy winters. When I left I went to Calif. a place in the valley that hardly every gets only a slight snow and some freezing, I put a wood burning stove in my home and it kept us Warm. Now I live in S.C. it fairly temperate here, thought I do not like the summers as we get hurricanes, heat and humidity!!! I figure we just have to do our best. See if you electric provider offers any help, some do, with weather stripping and thermostat control, it is worth looking into. I wish you well and send you warm hugs, love and hope.....Sprinkle 1......

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Sprinkle1]

Thank you Sprinkle1. It never occurred to me to look into programs to help insulate.

[Sostakovic]

Try woolen socks. Of a very tick kind. Warm feet can keep you more relaxed. After some nights of poor sleep, of course you would feel the way you do. It is important to relax. The sleep will come after that.