u/Meowzzzzzzzz

Hello, just wondering if anyone has temperature issues & managed to resolve them?
It’s hard for me to identify when perimenopause has started as I’ve always had sleep issues memory problems temp regulation etc & hard to keep track of but temperature regulation is something really want to resolve as it causes havoc with my sleep. Not actually night sweats it’s just that it takes me a very long time to become warm if I’m cold or cool if I’m hot. I go to bed with lots of layers wake up take them all off & wake up completely naked. My sleep is very broken. It’s so annoying!! It seems to get a lot worse with my period but also with UK weather changes. Anyway I’m looking into electrolytes- adhd meds make me very dehydrated & going to do 30 days of somatic exercise as that’s supposed to help with trauma which apparently causes temperature regulation issues. I will report back after I try this.

I dream about reading being a relaxing activity for me but it almost never is. I find I’m either completely devouring what I’m reading or not interested in reading at all & have extended periods where I can’t find anything I want to read. Either I’m completely engrossed & amost ripping through the pages to fond out what happens at the end or I just cannot make myself read at all. It’s not relaxing when I’m engrossed it’s kind of stressful on my brain. I tried audiobooks but I always find myself drifting off into daydreaming- I’m mostly inattentive….I love it when I find a good book I enjoy it is such a lovely feeling to escape in a book but often I ruin it for myself by skipping through pages because I just NEED to know what happens in the end & can’t wait. It’s TERRIBLE that I don’t have the patience to just enjoy the writing

Maybe it’s just that reading isn’t my thing. I love music & art & am more of a visual thinker.

I also find it strange that I love abstract art & music but I do not enjoy reading abstract writing eg vague concepts & metaphors that my brain just can’t seem to grasp. Might be one of those spiky skill set things but I find it strange anyway. Mostly I only seem to be able to read fantasy type books about dystopian futures & the writer to be writing in a straightforward direct way with not too much flowery language.