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sleeping too hot at night and wake with headache/dehydration

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alex27887
alex27887

Hello,

I sleep too hot and wake up with dehydration/headache.  It's starts in the winter when the nights get cooler and I need to use a quit.  When its the summer and i use a sheet/nothing i don't wake with a headache.  Can anyone recommend any cooling bedding or any other advice? 

Thanks 

Thanks 

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  • lily65668
    lily65668 alex27887

    Posted

    Alex, just don't use a quilt! I've never been able to use one either. They make me far too hot and uncomfortable. Also, if I stick an arm or a leg out from under the quilt to cool off, that part of me gets too cold while the rest is still too hot! I think they're dreadful things.

    I suspect you're very young, and of a pre-quilt generation. There are these things called sheets and blankets that we used in the old days - and some of us still do. Try sleeping under a sheet and a light blanket, with a heavier blanket or rug folded at the bottom of the bed. That way, you can pull up the extra blanket and push it off at need during the night.

    • alex27887
      alex27887 lily65668

      Posted

      Thanks Lilly, I'm not so young 35.  I am doing just that now: I tend to use a sheet and then pull a woolley sheet over me, however the wooley sheet is too hot.  Any recommendations for blankets?

      Thanks

  • alex27887
    alex27887

    Posted

    I found the cause of the dehydration.  It was a migraine that was making me dehydrated.  I took a tripton and now feeling much better.  I still don't know the trigger for the migraine but at least i feel better and thought it would be good to share. 

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