The quality of my sleep lately has been awful. Not the quantity. I’m getting plenty of sleep, though not during “normal” sleeping times (which sucks), but it’s not good sleep. I never quite feel rested.

I wake up many times during a 6-8 hour sleep period. Not awake enough to actually be called “awake” … but awake enough to remember I had to throw the covers off X times or crawl under the covers X times. Therein lies the problem. While sleeping, I am either too hot or too cold about every hour or less. It doesn’t matter if I am under a light sheet or heavy blanket, at some point, I am sweating all over and have to be out from under the covers. And vice versa with being too cold. The temperature in the house is very constant and not too hot or too cold, so the problem is with me.

I’ve been blaming it on my whacked out hormonal system and the joys of being a middle-aged woman, but these instances of being too hot don’t feel like hot flashes (with which I am familiar). It’s possible though I am not awake enough to notice that’s exactly what it is, but it still doesn’t feel the same. Hot flashes wake me up, and I do mean WAKE me up completely. Also, having 6 or more a night would be really unusual (for me, your hot flash experience may be different).

Trying to just ignore the problem isn’t making it go away, so I need to find a solution (or what’s actually causing it). The end result of all this waking up hot or cold is days like today where I don’t hear my alarm, and I end up being asleep more than I am awake, because I’m just so damn exhausted. And during all my sleep today, same thing happened … hot, cold, hot, cold. Ugh. Doesn’t matter if I sleep at night or during the day, still happens … and doesn’t happen when I am awake (no matter the hour). It’s sort of making me crazy.

I think I’ll try to get another few hours of sleep before my alarm goes off. I have to go to the grocery store in the morning, and I really do need to finish clearing the rubble in the bedroom. Yeah, still haven’t done that, because I’ve just been too tired. Needs to be done though, so I better make myself do it tomorrow, tired or not.