Hot flash.

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

It's a hot flash and it's the most common perimenopause symptom. Welcome!

It's peri this is how it started for me and its the same 9 years later.

Welcome to your mid-40s. This is perimenopause.

It's peri. The only thing that stopped this for me was HRT.

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!

It can be. Peri is the start of losing estrogen, which affects the entire body in various ways. Some of those changes will be cycle related, while others won't.

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!

Anonymous wrote:One glass of wine does this to me.

Same

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like perimenopause. So fun!

+1

OP are you in peri? Mine started exactly like this.

One glass of wine does this to me.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like perimenopause. So fun!

+1

Sounds like perimenopause. So fun!

whats your gender and how old are you?

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?!