sweats

[beaker]

any one else have trouble with sweating at night

[sylvi]

yes,but i'm a woman and i was taken off hrt at xmas so i put it down to that...

[Sailaway]

I've had night sweats since before I was diagnosed, but probably had the disease. Horrible! They're different from hot flushes in my experience, body temperature seems to have no part to play in it.

[k3let]

Yes - when my disease is active. Been having an unsettled time of late and I seem to get them for a week then they calm down and the temperature returned again this evening. I told my Rheumy nurse years back and she put it down to RA. No fun! will be roasting tonight too so you are not alone x

[cathie]

Yes I've had this, so I've got through two nightshirts in a night. Like a lot of things I get it starts and stops and something else gets under way!

[watson3]

Me too and.they are horrid. Try buying yourselfself a chill pillow. Great [e-mail]

Carole

[jelly4toes]

Just filled my chillow pillow best thing since sliced bread.!

I'm like a fountain most of the timeThe steroids have a lot to answer for I think.

[linnieh]

Oh yes.....!!! Bring on the winter(sorry sun lovers!!) eased slightly when taken off MTX and lowered pred but now back on high dose both..... The heat is on! It is very tiring and has completely worn me out this week. Just to make you smile...where I work there are two air con units and you will find me there very regularly until I am nearly blue. My rheummy said the drugs enhance the hot flushes. Feel for you all. Loads love x

[MissyH]

Oh my goodness, yes terrible sweats, I did ask about the sweating as I thought I may have been starting on the change (at 37y) but informed it is related to my RA medication. Needless to say I dont sleep under the covers any more and have 3 fans in my bedroom as well as the windows open (like an icebox) but still wake up soaking wet but it seems I only start to sweat a few hours before waking, I have got up in the night with my son and not felt hot and swaety but I was disturbed before the alarm and noticed at that time of the morning I was soaking wet but during the day when at work I am always cold!!! go figure....I dont understand why.

I was recently diagnosed and currently take salazopyrin (3 twice a day) naproxen twice a day and co-codamol so not sure which meds it is!! but new to this site today and hopefully can learn something about my RA.