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Waking up with wet top

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Zooeyzo · 19/04/2024 12:27

I've woken up a couple of my times with my top soaked but only in the front around the chest. Are these night sweats? I'm 45.
I wake up but never feel that hot.

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MyPerfectHotel · 19/04/2024 12:28

I get these, I am 42

I have put it down to perimenopause. Blood tests didn't show anything up, could be worth a chat with your doctor if you have any other symptoms

CatamaranViper · 19/04/2024 12:40

I get this and I'm 34. It happens on and off and has been going on for a few years now.
Drs aren't worried.

stoptryingtomakefetchhappen · 19/04/2024 12:40

Yep I also get these from time to time and have done for the last couple of years. I’m 44. Nothing on bloods, suspect it’s hormonal. Links in with other perimenopausal symptoms I seem to have as well.
I also used to get night sweats sometimes as a teenager, so makes sense with the whole hormonal thing!

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Zooeyzo · 19/04/2024 12:42

OK that's reassuring. I imagined nightsweats to be waking up drenched and dripping in sweat while feeling boiling. They don't bother me just get woken up and then I'm back to sleep quite quickly.

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pharmachameleon · 19/04/2024 13:01

This was my only peri menopausal symptom age 43. I woke up freezing cold and drenched in the middle of the night. I kind of thought I would have been hot while I was having a night sweat but didn't wake up, and think I only woke when my sweat got cold and I was uncomfortable. Anyway I was really keen to start HRT due to my age and the symptoms stopped almost immediately after starting HRT.

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Zooeyzo · 19/04/2024 13:39

pharmachameleon · 19/04/2024 13:01

This was my only peri menopausal symptom age 43. I woke up freezing cold and drenched in the middle of the night. I kind of thought I would have been hot while I was having a night sweat but didn't wake up, and think I only woke when my sweat got cold and I was uncomfortable. Anyway I was really keen to start HRT due to my age and the symptoms stopped almost immediately after starting HRT.

I've not thought about hrt yet.

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KreedKafer · 19/04/2024 13:48

That definitely sounds like night sweats.

A lot of women get them around perimenopause but my sister and I used to get them at certain times of the month when we were in our 20s/30s. Some medications can cause them as well I think. And men also get them sometimes.

Dobbyismyabsolutefav · 19/04/2024 13:53

Welcome to the perimenopause.

Jasmin1971 · 19/04/2024 13:53

Definitely night sweats, I empathise.

Badburyrings · 19/04/2024 13:55

definitely perimenopause. I found a wool duvet helped massively and got a baavet

pharmachameleon · 19/04/2024 14:23

@Zooeyzo I was relatively young for the menopause so I wanted to ensure my body didn't miss out on years of oestrogen it otherwise would have is I had started my symptoms age 50 or so. Oestrogen protects our bones, heart and brain (probably) so I wanted it asap!

mammaCh · 19/04/2024 16:08

I've had them for many years. Don't think it's menopause related, as I've had 3 kids in-between!

Cheeesus · 19/04/2024 16:15

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jengachampion · 19/04/2024 16:22

night sweats like that can be symptoms of multiple things so I would mention it to a gp

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