i’ve been tracking my night sweats for 6 weeks now and i’m starting to notice a pattern. they seem to happen more often when my progesterone levels are low.
has anyone else experienced this? i’m trying to figure out if it’s related to my pcos or something else entirely.
i’ve been using a temp tracker to monitor my cycles and it’s been helpful in identifying when my hormones are out of whack. anyone have any insights?
progesterone dip, yes.
progesterone definitely plays a role. but have you also looked at your fasting glucose or cgm data around those night sweats? sometimes low progesterone in pcos is actually downstream of insulin resistance, and that can show up in other symptoms.
eta: one more thing
that pattern you’re seeing with night sweats and low progesterone, that’s exactly the kind of careful tracking that makes a difference. you’re really doing the work to connect the dots there.
fwiw, it can be useful to think about night sweats as having different ‘flavors’ rather than being just one phenomenon. there’s
how are you actually linking the night sweats to the low progesterone? like is that just an assumption based on the temp tracker, or are you getting blood work done regularly too to confirm?
bc “when my hormones are out of whack” could mean a lot of things depending on what you’re actually measuring. wondering if there’s a specific pattern you see on the temp chart that lines up with the sweats, or if it’s more of a general feeling.
it’s tough to get clear patterns with invisible stuff sometimes.
pinning down patterns like that when it comes to invisible symptoms is hard work, so good on you for sticking with it. but when you say your progesterone levels are low, how are you actually confirming that?
i’ve run into situations where what i thought was the trigger for a migraine attack, based on my own tracking, wasn’t what the bloodwork showed at all. it just makes me wonder if there’s more to those night sweats than just the typical cycle stuff, especially with pcos in the mix.
night sweats can be tricky to pin down. for me, they tend to happen when my inflammatory markers are spiking, not something i’ve directly linked to progesterone.
have you tracked your c-reactive protein or esr around the same time your progesterone dipped? sometimes it’s a general systemic response, not just hormonal.
always felt like the night sweats were tied to more than just the obvious hormonal shifts. my endocrinologist pointed out that poor sleep and fluctuating cortisol can mess with progesterone production, making those low times even worse. when you say "
Connecting ‘low progesterone’ with night sweats is exactly that kind of data work.
temp tracking shows the effect of progesterone post-ovulation, but it doesn’t directly quantify “low progesterone levels” bc it’s not a serum measurement, which makes a clean causal link to night sweats harder to establish.
it’s interesting you’re noticing a pattern with night sweats when your “progesterone levels are low.” that connection makes a lot of sense, as hormonal shifts often have wider systemic effects than just one isolated symptom. i’ve
finding that pattern with your progesterone is important.