Hypothyroid but hot

[angelmp228]

I was diagnosed with hypothyroid two months ago. I was confused because I thought I should be cold but instead I am always burning up. Not sweating at all as I am over dry. Very dry skin with no sweat but very hot. Anyone else?

[galathea]

I was like this for several years, always too hot and always in summer clothes. Meetings or visiting other people were a nightmare, i had to have the windows open all the time or i just sweltered.

Eventually worked out that carbohydrates .... Bread, rice, pastry, beans. All push my blood sugar levels up really high ( over 25) which is why i feel hot. Since i cut them all out, i can wear jumpers and winter coats and no longer dread meeting up with others. Have excluded sugar in the list, it does push up the blood sugar, but not for very long and i can cope with it. Wholemeal rice is the worst thing i can eat. Makes me too hot for at least a day.

Have now been diagnosed as diabetic and given metformin. Took them for a few months but they make me feel awful... So have gone back to careful monitoring and watching my diet.

G xxx

[TupennyRush in reply to galathea]

Hi

The endo put me on metformin for a while (pre diabetic so not strictly necessary) and I found that I was running to the loo all the while. The Slow Release one is much better

Also: when I was pre diagnosis I was cold most of the time but would wake up in the middle of the night with hot sweats (not menopausal!) with my heart racing. This happened if I drank red wine and/or ate cheese late at night. As it took so long to diagnose my hypo I had liver damage and I stopped drinking. The sweats continued until around 6 months after I was diagnosed and got onto the right level of medication.

I still have a few sweaty moments when I'm pre menstrual but this has always happened to me; I have a day or so when I just 'run hot'. Apart from that I don't have a problem any more. My liver enzymes are better although still not quite normal (2.5 years post diagnosis)

So, may be worth looking at your med levels and/or demanding that you get a liver enzyme test as there did seem to be a correlation between my liver sorting itself out and the sweats disappearing....

[Hidden in reply to galathea]

Interesting Galathea. I have a friend who was always hot and wore T-shirts when everyone else was in jumpers. She was also diagnosed diabetic and put on a strict diet. As she lost weight, it was fascinating to see the change in her. She now has to wrap up in cold weather. She still doesn't get as cold as me though.

[BeansMummy]

I have Hashimoto's (so am hypo), and am always moaning about being too hot. I have never suffered from feeling cold like "normal" hypos. I like to be different

[Hidden]

In addition to Hashimoto's, iodine deficiency is the main reason and root cause for this body heat with the lack of sweat.

20% of all iodine in the human body is stored in the skin, specifically in the sweat glands.

Lack of iodine in the sweat glands manifests as dry skin, increased body heat with a decreased ability to sweat.

Of course, if there is an iodine deficiency there is hypothyroidism and other thyroid problems.

A diet that is rich in sugars and carbs will add to this as the thyroid is not coping in burning this extra sugar which will be either stored as fat or will circulate in the blood stream and be detected as diabetes.

[rubytuesday88]

I'm also Hashi's & hot, glad to hear there are others! Hadn't thought of the possible carbs/sugar connection - another reason to cut back.