Nighttime Leg sweating

Guest over a year ago

I am a 53 year old woman. I started sweating profusely between my thighs at night so that is why I am on this and other sites. I have been on anti-depressants most of my life, but about the same time this started, I was put on Effexor. Now I am beginning to wonder if that is the culprit as many people have commented on anti-depressants possibly causing this problem. I would have your doctor switch your depressant.

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Guest over a year ago

Mine started with Xanax, even on occasion my legs sweat. I think anti depressants and thyroid problems cause it as well.

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Guest over a year ago

Reading the book WomanCode by Alissa Vitty I came through the cause of this burden. It happens because our body has so much stress that assumes that we are in constant danger, so our hormones (cortisol mainly, so it affects males as well) are out of whack.

Shortly, the cause is adrenal fatigue due stress. Stress has many ways of "showing", and this sweats are one of those. Check your levels, watch your caffeine and processed food intake and it should improve.

Good luck!

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Guest over a year ago

Im only 16 and my legs sweat all the time i wake up atleast 3-4 times a night having to take the covers off , even tho i sleep with a fan right next to me when i sleep its driving me crazy !

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Guest over a year ago

I get the same! But I usually have some sort of dream/nightmare before waking up to sweaty, clammy legs!

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Guest over a year ago

Are any of you on medication? It can be a side effect.

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Guest over a year ago

I've been dealing with this for quite a while now, and I've figured out that if eat any less than 2-3 hours before I go to bed, I wake up to drenched legs and sheets. I've tested this theory out multiple times, and realized the heavier I eat before I go to bed, the worse it is. So I stopped eating, at the very least 2 hours before I go to bed and it hasn't happened at all. Hope this helps. G

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grammar.pirate80 over a year ago

33 y male also on Zoloft, same thing happening to me 3 nights in a row. Thanks, I think you just answered my inquiry.

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Guest over a year ago

I am 68 year old married man and have cold, sweating legs at night, regardless of the temperature, or humidity in the room. Sometimes, leg pain accompanies it. I have had it since I was 28 years old. My mother had it all her life also, since she was 20.

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Guest over a year ago

This happens to me but I have no fillings whatsoever.

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Guest over a year ago

I am an 18 yo female taking Zoloft and the past few days I've been getting this too :( It's not just at night for me though, my legs are continually covered in a thin sheen of sweat so i can't rest them on anything or else it feels gross :/ I've barely been able to sleep the past three nights because of it, and blankets on top or not, my legs sweat.

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Guest over a year ago

Same thing here. Started out of no where....

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Guest over a year ago

18 yr old female, I wake up with my entire lower half soaked in sweat but If I uncover them it's freezing cold, Its not often but I have recently changed to depo provera for birth control, maybe it is a side affect of medication...

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Nice over a year ago

Your legs are sweating because you have too much covers on them. It's normal.

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Guest over a year ago

I am 58 Years old and experienceing constant sweating on only my right leg. This is happening more n more n now I'm getting concerned. I've been through my change at 41 so I'm not understanding what's going. Can someone please help.
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