Hot all the time!

[AussieInNorfolk]

Can anyone tell me?

I am on 100mg Levo

My basal temperature is regularly < 36

Why am I hot most of the time?

Is this a thyroid side effect?

[shaws Administrator]

Usually, before being diagnosed we could have low temps and thyroid hormone increases it up again and your seems normal now.

Your temp appears to be 'normal' so I doubt you are taking too much. We've had a number of posts this week with the same question, i.e. too hot or sweating.

[Howard39]

I agree with shaws

Mine was 33.80 on a v decent dose of t4 and some t3. I always was freezing

After swapping meds I kept my temps and found myself getting warmer as the meds were more effective. I got to a point ( especially with the weather) I could barely cope from the heat.

I personally think being cold for so long it was strange being warm.

I got to 36.4 ish and reduced mine a bit to cool down and I knew my adrenals were better as I had no fluctuations.

I think once it gets colder I’ll be able to have the slight increase as I do need it.

It’s all about how you feel really. 36 is not a disaster so long as there are no fluctuations in temps.

Good luck

[kiefer]

I can relate to this: cold body temperature while concurrently feeling hot, even sweating when getting into bed and pulling on the covers.

Facial flushing can be caused by high cortisol. Perhaps cortisol dysregulation is the cause of feeling hot by dilating peripheral blood vessels. I don't think adrenaline raises body temperature but it might cause the sensation of warmth.

Do you have other vitals to share like BP and heart rate? Any symptoms aside from the usual suspects?

For What It's Worth:

Take your temperature throughout the day (DATS or daily average temps) to see if your body temperature is stable or erratic. When hypothyroid, the body temperature tends to be low but stable; with adrenal dysfunction, body temperature tends to fluctuate throughout the day.

drrind.com/therapies/metabo...

[humanbean]

Temperature control in people with thyroid issues is always a problem. You can have a low body temperature, sweat like crazy, and feel freezing cold, all at the same time.

One thing I found helped me was getting my iron and ferritin levels closer to optimal. Oddly enough, it didn't actually change my body temperature or reduce the amount I sweated, but I just didn't feel as cold.

[HLAB35 in reply to humanbean]

Same with me. This latest (cold) winter I was oddly good.

[Hidden]

Heat perception is easily confused in the brain and it can be quite easy for your mind to registerhot when cold or vice versa. This is often what happens with a high fever, you get really hot and reallly shivery with the cold. I worked with people with dementia for many years and heat perception was a common problem. I would come across patients who had had loads and loads of blankets put on them in a over heated ward becuas ethey would be shivering with cold.I used to remove all the blankets and leave them with just a sheet and they would feel much better and warm once they had cooled down. It is possible that general lack of thyroid hormones in the brain is affecting your heat perception. It might also be that your surface temperature in this heat is warm but your core temperature due to lack of thyroid hormones is cooler.

[TaraJR]

I was just going to ask this question! I know my T4 and T3 levels are only a bit over mid-range, and I feel I could probably do with more. But I seem to be much hotter than everyone else in the summer, especially this awful heat. I'm hibernating with a fan this week, feeling a bit rough in the worst days.

I was diagnosed hyper in 1987, had RAI in 1989, and I've been hypo ever since. But I seem to be more heat intolerant than other folk.

So when your thyroid has suffered over the years in various ways, can your body thermostat just not work properly?