At the beginning of my thyroiditis I had horrible sweats I had been having typical peri-menopause type night sweats lightly for years not bad enough to even really wake me up but enough to be aware they were happening. During the first few weeks of the thyroiditis they were 24 hours a day and at one point about every 20 minutes. I know there was a viral aspect as I was so sick but when that aspect subsided the hot flashes continued I assumed they were menopause related since my cycle had been erratic and I had missed a few period on more than one occasion. Someone on the yahoo list suggested to get 800 IU of vitamin E. I had been on 400 IU mixed E. So I upped the dose and in about a week the hot flashes were gone.
Fast forward several months and I started to have mild night sweats again but not enough to interfere with sleep. Then the last couple weeks they have ramped up and they are waking me up 3 or 4 times a night to throw off the covers until it passes, and now I they are hitting in the day time too. My E is still at 800 IU so I really can’t raise that. I hope it is just a hormonal adjustment as the Candida is dying off and Candida is well know for mimicking hormones. It could also be the end cycle of the thyroiditis though as so little seems to be known about the process. Yet it could just be a new round of the menopause process. LOL it is annoying especially when it wakes me up though.
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