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Head sweats and overheated!

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pam7653
pam7653

I am a 62 year old female. I've had PMR for over 4 years but have only treated it for 2 years. It took a while to figure out what I had as an overactive thyroid masked many symptoms. It was so bad I couldn't get out of bed, my car or the couch. I had become stagnant from years of exercise and activity.

I am currently on 5 mg of Prednizone, down from 15 in the last year. I gradually took it down for a year in 2013 and it came back so, back on 15mg in 2014 and the gradual decline. I'm staying steady at 5mg. I have a few aches but not many. I am very active, I cycle 10-50 mi at a time, swim and kayak. I will not let this stupid illness take me down.

The question I have is how many of you suffer from head sweats, and just plain HOT all the time? I did not have this issue last summer but this summer is awful. I need a towel and AC to cool down. Is this a side affect of the PMR or Prednizone?

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  • LisaCACO
    LisaCACO pam7653

    Posted

    yes, and it's gross. I never sweated before and now I'm a wet sponge 24/7. ick.
  • Flutterbie57
    Flutterbie57 pam7653

    Posted

    Bizzarely yes I do have the head sweats ! I have not figured out how to deal with them yet, but friends have given me lots of ideas. I am in New Zealand and currently it is winter (and a cold year) - my body can be freezing, feet frozen and perspiration will be dripping down my face and glasses fogged. Just as well most of my close friends have a sense of humour and know that I am not contagious (we all hope). i am considering becoming the female version of Keith Richards, bandana wrapped around my head so I can mop my sweating face. I went to Hawaii for 2 weeks R & R and didn't feel so out of place there, sweating in a hot climate, but in winter here I am always telling people I do not have a fever, it is a drug reaction. I had PMR for quite awhile before diagnosis, but I didn't have head sweats until I started on pred. I did try wearing a flamboyant cotton scarf to mop my face, but having something extra around my neck, made me perspire more. 
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy Flutterbie57

      Posted

      That is interesting you have cold feet, I have freezing feet and a head dripping in sweat in the winter. My feet are OK in the summer though.
  • Cordybiddl
    Cordybiddl pam7653

    Posted

    Hi Everyone.

    I have RA/OA/PSA/Fibro depression and anxiety. I am not on pred, but I too suffer from being hot all the time and head sweating so badly that it runs in drops like rain on a window. It doesn't seem to improve/stop. I am hoping I can be another voice for you all here as I am not on pred.

    I have trying to figure out the head sweats to no avail. Maybe we can all figure it out together.

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