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Stockbridge, GA

Does anyone get over heated quickly? It seems to correspond to my pain level. The higher my pain, the less I seem to be able to tolerate my own body temperature. I mean the temp is comfortable for those around me, but I feel incredibly hot. It's not hot flashes!

March 22, 2016
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Members overwhelmingly connected over the experience of overheating and excessive sweating related to fibromyalgia pain levels, with many... Read more

Members overwhelmingly connected over the experience of overheating and excessive sweating related to fibromyalgia pain levels, with many initially mistaking it for hot flashes or menopause until realizing their thyroid and hormones were normal. Several members described dramatic temperature dysregulation, including being drenched in sweat while having ice-cold hands and feet, shivering on heating pads in warm rooms, or constantly needing air conditioning even in winter, with doctors confirming that chronic pain disrupts the body's ability to regulate temperature. A recurring theme was relief at not being alone in this embarrassing and miserable symptom, along with practical coping strategies like layering clothes, keeping a mini fan at work, and warning friends about always-cold car temperatures.

A MyFibroTeam Member

I do, but I thought it was just me

April 6, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

My husband suffers the same..always complaining that it's too hot..went to the doc in case it was hot flushes..been told some off the medication can cauwyou to over heat.

March 22, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

I went at Dr last week, and my head started get hot and sweaty, then my neck. ....oh I feel horrible with the Dr. because She was touching my neck in that moment. .....and she said : oh well. ..definitely you have fibro abd game a tissue to dry my head, face and neck. . ๐Ÿ˜“๐Ÿ˜ฐ

March 23, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

Pain makes me sweat and feel hot sometimes it also raises my blood pressure. My thyroid is fine too.

March 23, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

I am almost 60ty and at first thought that i was always hot because of my hormones. But I have even had to go so far as to always having my air conditioner on in my car every time I drive. I warn my friends that my car will always seem cool to cold if they want to drive with me. I just can't have it any other way. My thyroid is normal, and I should be past menopause, but it seems I'm always overheated. My doctor said he thinks it's because of the constant pain of fibro.

March 22, 2016 (edited)

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