How to Handle Night Sweats
I have recently had a rough change of jobs and some other life factors and my anxiety went nuts.
Night sweats ruined my life. No joke. I spent a month not getting sleep because I woke up every 2 hours drenched. Had to change sheets and by the time I tell back sleep the cycle repeated. I had been surviving on 2-3 hours interrupted sleep. The issue with this is that it makes a loop. Poor sleep makes anxiety worse.
Being scared you'll wake up drenched makes anxiety before bed unbearable. This just makes the sweating even worse.
After kinds controlling some stress and anxiety I was still getting them. I begged my doctor to help out.
My doctor (non US) said I could try: Oxybutynin
It's for incontinence normally. In most places it's just non prescription but here in the US it's probably prescription. It's also commonly known for women with hot flashes and sweating due to menopause.
Anyway take one a few hours before bed and basically it works miracles. I was skeptical but the first 3 nights on it my night sweats were so reduced that I barely woke up.
After 2 weeks I had more nights without sweating than with.
At 4 weeks I can sleep. I don't feel the anxiety before bed because of the worry that I'll sweat. It's still not 100% but it takes time. If I do sweat it's like the kind you wipe off with your hand vs needing a freaking beach towel.
Also lowering room temperature (I kept mine at like 23-24 C which many say Is too hot ). Not wearing full day clothes to me (I usually do that).