Menopausal/perimenopausal women- when did night sweats start for you? See details…?
I’ve been having really bad night sweats for about 2 months now. My doctor has suggested I’m in perimenopause based on clinical symptoms and some mild changes in my hormone levels. However, the sweats started shortly after I started treatment for Lyme disease. The antibiotics I take bring out the lyme and other tick-borne bacterias from hiding in tissues/joints into the blood steam and fights them. So when it comes into the blood stream, symptoms of the infection(s) get worse.
Night sweats can be a symptom of being infected with Babesia, a common bacteria found in people with lyme. I was never tested for it specifically, but I’m wondering if the sweats are from that or from hormonal changes.
So did sweats start for you only when you were in full menopause, or years before? I’m only 35. I don’t feel hot when it happens, I just wake up all sticky with my bed soaked. I change my clothes and move to the other side of the bed. It’s quite disgusting, and it happens every night, disturbing my sleep. Are there any ways that I can help stop it?
Hello. I got them when i started menopause, but have other friends that got them perimenopausal. Everybody’s body is different, so it’s impossible to say when they will start. Some women never get them at all. I usually only got them real bad at night. I would wake up soaking wet, and have to get up, dry off, and change my pj’s. It was awful, so i feel your frustration. There are some natural products available now that are suppose to help, if you don’t want to take hormones. You need to ask your doctor which ones they would recommend. I never tried them, but i know other women that did have some success with them, so it would be worth a try. Hope you feel better soon. Take care.
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This really sounds like Babesia to me. The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (www.ILADS.org) is the group that provides education to those doctors willing to devote some extra time and effort into learning about this complex disease. You can use the contact us link to get a referral to a member near you. Most Lyme Literate doctors treat Babesia before treating Lyme. The treatments aren’t even similar.
Are you still having regular periods? 35 is awfully young for perimenopause.