overheating at 3 am?

[Anonymous]

Running a fan at night can help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thats also a sign of heart issues. I'd go get a checkup.

Cardiovascular issues can also be part of peri, but get checked by Dr.

Welcome to our club!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hot flash.

+1 let us know when the chills take hold usually thats a few years after the hot flashes start.

[Anonymous]

Not all hot flashes are sweaty. The worst is yet to come.

[Anonymous]

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21874-heart-palpitations-at-night

[Anonymous]

I'm experiencing the same. I'm 46 and now believe it is perimenopause too.

[Anonymous]

I had this and apparently my thermostat was on “comfort” setting which started heading up the house at 2am. I thought I had a medical problem but I just had to change the setting on my ecobee. I hate to say how long this went on for.

[Anonymous]

This is a cortisol spike and it can have different causes. If it is always 3 am, it’s not a coincidence, that is when cortisol rises.

[Anonymous]

Girl at least you can fall back asleep! 3:50am and up since 2….ugh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girl at least you can fall back asleep! 3:50am and up since 2….ugh

+1

I’ve been up since 4:15am. Hot flash awakened me, and I couldn’t fall asleep again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep waking up at 3ish overheating with an elevated heart rate. I'm not sweaty, so it's not night sweats, and it's not dependent on my cycle. It's almost every night. I can throw the covers off, cool off for a couple minutes and then usually get back to sleep, but I'd love to figure out wtf is going on so I can sleep uninterrupted.

Last round of labs at annual (November 2025) were all normal, not sick with covid/flu etc... I sleep in linen sheets, a cotton blanket, and a light comforter in a linen duvet, no clothing. My room is about 60-62 degrees. Same mattress I've had for years (it's a Purple), so no new changes there. The only change I've made is trying to lose a bit of weight and not eating after 7.

What the heck?!

Sounds age related. Men get hot flashes too as testosterone lowers and estrogen elevates a little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. 45, F, sober for many years so it's not booze or other substances. Is peri a daily thing? I would've expected it to be somewhat cycle-related, not every day, but I've obviously never gone through it before!

i think it is peri. i have gone through the same. i got cymbiotika and so far 3am waking up stopped for now. i just ran out of the first box and trying to find other options (this one is expensive and really hated the taste)

https://www.amazon.com/Cymbiotika-Liposomal-Magnesium-Complex-Relaxation/dp/B0FX3G9JJ9?th=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. 45, F, sober for many years so it's not booze or other substances. Is peri a daily thing? I would've expected it to be somewhat cycle-related, not every day, but I've obviously never gone through it before!

i think it is peri. i have gone through the same. i got cymbiotika and so far 3am waking up stopped for now. i just ran out of the first box and trying to find other options (this one is expensive and really hated the taste)

https://www.amazon.com/Cymbiotika-Liposomal-Magnesium-Complex-Relaxation/dp/B0FX3G9JJ9?th=1

just to follow-up - i am not sure if it is a coincidence that the waking up stopped or the magnesium actually helped

[Anonymous]

This is called being mid to late 40s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a cortisol spike and it can have different causes. If it is always 3 am, it’s not a coincidence, that is when cortisol rises.

Why 3am I wonder?