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Can't sleep when I am cold
How come we are always told to keep our bedroom on the cool side? Even in the summer I sleep with some type of cover on (even without the air being on). I hate the cold and always have. Even at night if the temperature in the room dips below 72 or so I freeze and will lay there wide awake trying to get warm. I would much rather have a room too hot than cold!! Otherwise I shake and shiver and feel like an icecube and hate it.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel on
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While the general rule of thumb is to keep the bedroom cool at night, it doesn't always apply to everyone. If you're more comfortable when it's warmer, go for it!
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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It is a body temperature issue carol. In order to fall asleep our body temperature drops. While we are asleep it slowly rises and fluctuates. Most people will get hot before they get cold when they are sleeping. I have also been told by a few peers that it helps to keep your body cooler for longer beacause when your body reaches a certain temperature you will wake up. Can't validate that though.
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Permalink Reply by sleepycarol on
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You know I got to thinking just now (I know it usually gets me into trouble) LOL!!
My body temperature always runs a little over 96 degrees instead of the "normal" 98,6. I have caused some excitement at various times when getting medical treatment because of this. If my temperature reaches "normal" I am usually very sick. My old family doctor even made a note in my charts about this so if one of the other doctors in the practice had to treat me they would be aware of the fact.
I wonder if this has to do with me liking it warmer -- I know I hate winter and would much drather spend a few days in 100+ temperatures than a few days of freezing weather.
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Permalink Reply by BeeAsleep on
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I so love my room COLD. In fact I get that rain-out in my hose every night. I am just used to what is happening. I even pull the hose under the covers with me. I have the humidity turned at the very lowest setting, otherwise the rain-out is really bad.
I sleep with the window open even in the winter, always have. I guess that is why we have 3 northern dogs, they LOVE the freezing cold in the bedroom at night. :>D
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Carol place a thermometer by your bed. When you are just about to dose off take your temp. If the studies are correct your temp will be about a degree lower. I have tried this in the past, but I always get excited and can't get a good reading. I took my wife's temp once right after sleep onset and it was a dgree less than norm. Would have been a great experiment if I had remembered to take it before she went to sleep. lol
sleepycarol said:You know I got to thinking just now (I know it usually gets me into trouble) LOL!!
My body temperature always runs a little over 96 degrees instead of the "normal" 98,6. I have caused some excitement at various times when getting medical treatment because of this. If my temperature reaches "normal" I am usually very sick. My old family doctor even made a note in my charts about this so if one of the other doctors in the practice had to treat me they would be aware of the fact.
I wonder if this has to do with me liking it warmer -- I know I hate winter and would much drather spend a few days in 100+ temperatures than a few days of freezing weather.
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I will have to remember to try that Rock. Interesting. Are babies the same way?
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You know Carol I am not sure. I would imagine that all mammals are that way. Babies go straight to REM and 50% or more of there sleep is spent in that stage. REm is the one stage that we lose control of our bodies temperarture reactions and control mechanisms. You don't get cold or sweat in REM. I believe it has something to do with the sleep paralysis feature that comes along with this stage. Baby sleep has to be fascinating. It would be one long vivid dream.
sleepycarol said:I will have to remember to try that Rock. Interesting. Are babies the same way?
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How would a baby be tested? In the same way adults are tested? Is that why it is more difficult for toddlers to be trained to stay dry at night?
Very interesting!!
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Permalink Reply by Mike on
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Carol, I am like Bee in that I will take a cold bedroom over a hot one anytime. Find that if it's very hot, especially hot and humid-wet, i just cannot get to sleep. are you saying that you could easily fall asleep on a very hot, humid summer night with no AC?
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Yep, alot easier than if I were cold. I live in Missouri, so it is not unheard of for us to have some very hot, humid days and nights during the summer. I even hate running a fan at night, although we often do as hubby hates it when it is hot at night (we have had a many of discussion on this --- LOL). He would run a fan in the winter if I let him (but I win this one LOL). We do have central air -- but have only had it the last the few years due to doctor throwing a fit due to my severe allergies in the spring.
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Carol, I think you're the exception to the rule. Amazing super powers you have to get to sleep in sweltering heat!
sleepycarol said:Yep, alot easier than if I were cold. I live in Missouri, so it is not unheard of for us to have some very hot, humid days and nights during the summer. I even hate running a fan at night, although we often do as hubby hates it when it is hot at night (we have had a many of discussion on this --- LOL). He would run a fan in the winter if I let him (but I win this one LOL). We do have central air -- but have only had it the last the few years due to doctor throwing a fit due to my severe allergies in the spring.
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I have not done a hook up on a baby yet. Newborns are pretty easy I hear. I could not imagine having to do a hook up on 6mos to 4 yr old though. The hook is measured and performed the same way. I am sure that alot of imagination and creativity go into some of the pediatric studies. I am hoping to get a week or two at the Riley's Children's Hospital sleep lab as we are part of the same medical group. I do pay very close attention to my own daughters' sleep patterns. My 8 year old has very restless sleep and will spin almost completely around the bed at night. My youngest enters REM almost immediately and I have documented her that way for hours.
sleepycarol said:How would a baby be tested? In the same way adults are tested? Is that why it is more difficult for toddlers to be trained to stay dry at night?
Very interesting!!
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