I know that having thyroid disease badly affects temperature regulation - hypothyroidism causing low body temperature and (I'm guessing since I've never been hyperthyroid) high body temperature in hyperthyroidism.
My own record low temperature that I'm aware of was about 94 F /34.4 C in my 20s. One of the things that really, really annoys me is that I have to use hot water bottles for about 9 - 10 months a year because I get so cold in bed, particularly my extremities.
Despite this I also have a memory of shivering in a snowstorm waiting for a bus in my teens - and yet at the same time I had sweat trickling down my back as well.
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Very familiar, I've had 'feeling cold yet sweating' most of my teenage life, had operations on my armpits in my early 30s as I could not control constant sweat rings. The operations (two) only partially worked.
Interestingly it has stopped almost completely with the introduction of T3, if I become over medicated, facial sweating is an early tell. My feet are cold in bed most of the time, but once warmed up, I can be toasty and then I can get night sweats and wake up with a puddle between my boobs 😅. This can be cyclical but also not... So yes, regulation clearly an issue!
I don't buy that all this is perimenopause related either, because I've had it all my life, from a teen. It could well be adrenal related but through treatment of thyroid and more focus on reducing all types of stressors I'm perhaps managing it better.
I do wonder if the elderly endochrinologist I saw in 2004 had been more observant and run antibodies I perhaps wouldn't have needed those operations after all, who knows.
You could be describing me except I had Botox injections in armpits in my mid 30's 2000-2007. My GP is currently watching my thyroid levels as sometimes they're wonky and some times they're not....
This article is so good, it reflects so many aspects of my health over my life, I love its listing out of all the possible causes of all these weird body temperature situations!
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Thyroid or something else?
Thyroid or something else?
Basal Body Temperature
Low body temperature
