Temperature Sensitivity?
Twibbly
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I've always gotten cold easily, but the last few years, the heat has killed me too (which is bad when you live in a Texas desert - it's already been in the 90s).
I seem to be fine in a still room between 70 & 75, but if something starts blowing, I freeze. If it goes above 75, I start feeling tired. If it goes above 85, I feel like I'm melting, but still don't sweat unless it's positively broiling (as in, over 100) or I'm doing work. Eating low carb made my hands warm up, but there are nights when I can't get my feet to warm up.
Has anybody here overcome temperature sensitivity? How? Any suggestions?
I seem to be fine in a still room between 70 & 75, but if something starts blowing, I freeze. If it goes above 75, I start feeling tired. If it goes above 85, I feel like I'm melting, but still don't sweat unless it's positively broiling (as in, over 100) or I'm doing work. Eating low carb made my hands warm up, but there are nights when I can't get my feet to warm up.
Has anybody here overcome temperature sensitivity? How? Any suggestions?
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Have you had your thyroid checked?0
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I second the doctor, because there are a few things that could cause that. Aside from the big things, being in ketosis can make you feel cold, and you can occasionally drop into keto off and on, even if you're not intending to. Depending how old you are, hot flashes can start long before you actually start menopause, so that could play a factor. I have had nights where I'm lying in bed with half of me freezing and half of me roasting until one or the other wins.0
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Thyroid is mildly out of whack, but getting better.
The temperature issues did not start when I went low carb, they've pretty much always been around. My hands warmed up some when I quit eating gluten.0 -
What's your weight loss history as related to the temp sensitivity changes? If you have been eating "low calorie" (whether low carb or not) for a long time that could possibly affect your temperature regulation.
I actually developed Raynaud's syndrome about a month after I started eating low carb, so I am assuming it was a coincidence, but who knows. But that's more of a circulation/blood vessel issue than a temperature issue when it boils down to it. But I am also cold in general.0 -
I've never actually gone low calorie. I've tried to change WHAT I eat, but not how much. From what I've seen on Raynaud's, that isn't what I have going on.0
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I too am very sensitive to cold. I do have hypothyroidism, which I have heard can make people feel cold. But the past few months since my weight loss has sped up, have left me colder than normal. My hands are often very cold no matter where I am. I have extra blankets on my bed at night, but still sometimes wake up freezing unable to get back to sleep for the cold. I suppose I could try speeding up my exercise to try to generate some heat, since right now I am just walking for exercise. I had been eating a low carb primal diet until switching to keto about 2 months ago, so my carb intake has dropped. I'm not sure if this is due to the lower carb count....but I'm sure looking forward to my home in Canada warming up this summer ! Not sure what else I can do except keep wearing sweaters all the time.0
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I have very cold hands and feet when my blood pressure is low.0
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sweetteadrinker2 wrote: »I have very cold hands and feet when my blood pressure is low.
Maybe that's why they seem warmer when I've been chugging water all day?0 -
I'm the same way now. This has been since I've low-carbed though. Though I think it's just because I've lost a lot of weight. I have to wear jackets when it's 70 in the house. But I always HATED roasting to death in 75 deg weather even worse, so hopefully when we hit 90s this summer, I won't be as miserable. I have less insulation, plain and simple. I'd rather be chilly, even though it is sometimes miserable, than be a walrus again.0
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You can always add layers, but there's only so far you can strip...0
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Thyroid is mildly out of whack, but getting better.
The temperature issues did not start when I went low carb, they've pretty much always been around. My hands warmed up some when I quit eating gluten.
@Twibbly Thank you for making this comment! Before I went gluten free, I spent a lot of time soaking my hands and feet in hot water. I had microwaveable fleece mitts and foot warmers. And I slept with a heating pad. When I mentioned the change to my Dr. He was 'kind' but clear that it was just another thing only in my head! I have wonderfully normal hand and foot temps now! My hot flashes are epic....but my age totally explains that!0 -
Yeah, I'm rather sensitive about being told things are in my head. The fails as a result of that have been epic at times.0
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We're just through summer (down here in Australia) and I seem to have felt the heat badly for the first time in my life. Whether it's because I was adjusting to Keto I don't know - I really hope that's the case because our summers are long and hot and I've always loved them.
I always dislike winter because I can never get warm no matter how many layers of clothes I wear. Our houses are not made to keep heat in, for obvious reasons, which means they're incredibly difficult to warm in winter. It remains to be seen whether I will feel warm this year. I do hope so! At least I have a heated waterbed at night so I do sleep well, but the evenings from around 6pm until hubby gets home from work at 1am are a time where I sit very close to the gas heater and don't move around the house unless essential.0 -
Thyroid is mildly out of whack, but getting better.
The temperature issues did not start when I went low carb, they've pretty much always been around. My hands warmed up some when I quit eating gluten.
I had to add an OTC supplement to my thyroid medication to get symptoms to ease (meds brought my blood work levels into range but didn't clear up my symptoms). This is definitely something to ask the doctor about.
The one my doctor added specifically (I had salt cravings like no one's get out - could eat a buillion cube type, so this pointed her toward it) is Iodoral. It is a combination Iodine/Iodide supplement, because most people absorb one or the other better. She started me at half a pill a day to make sure I did not have a reaction (like 5-10% have a mild or worse reaction), then upped it to a pill a day. I noticed decent changes within a week.0
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