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I feel so hot

Each night I sleep with my fan on, but all it does it spread the heat and therefore I'm even more flushed. How could I make myself less hot, I need to cool down.

Any ideas?

Reply 1

CharChar2106

Original post by Knockout Kid

Each night I sleep with my fan on, but all it does it spread the heat and therefore I'm even more flushed. How could I make myself less hot, I need to cool down.

Any ideas?

have the same problem. I put some damp but not really wet cloths on my face. leave window and fan on all day to cool room and maybe drink some cold drink before bed and a cool shower or bath. Dont wear restricting cloths of thick cloths. sorry if this isnt very helpful!

Reply 2

NonIndigenous

Original post by Knockout Kid

Each night I sleep with my fan on, but all it does it spread the heat and therefore I'm even more flushed. How could I make myself less hot, I need to cool down.

Any ideas?

Well, the expensive solution is a get a different mattress maybe. Some mattresses are very... 'insulating'. I don't know much about it. Just google 'mattress types' and read a little.

Slightly expensive solution.

Or sleep naked next to open window, works too. Use mosquito lotion.

Reply 3

josie71202

keep your windows and curtains closed in the day

Reply 4

glowing_starfish

Have a shower. Tie ur hair up. Use 1 pillow/ not so many. Use a thin sheet as a duvet instead of an acc duvet- I promise it will make a difference : )

Reply 5

Obolinda

Volunteer Team

ughh. I don't even have a fan, lol

Reply 6

Legomenon

I've have the same problem for a long time. Sometimes even with the fan on full blast and windows open I'm still way too hot. For me I've found it's a circadian rhythm thing, so it generally only happens if I go to bed 'too early' for my body clock. It's like a kind of internal heat as well, so adjusting the ambient temperature often does very little.

You could try some things like putting on cold socks, but also might be a good idea to examine how the problem changes with your body clock, as the body typically cools down at the time when it 'expects' to go to sleep.

(edited 3 years ago)

Reply 7

Legomenon

Original post by NonIndigenous

Or sleep naked next to open window, works too. Use mosquito lotion.

I'm not sure if you intended this to sound so dodgy or not :rofl:

Reply 8

mnot

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by Knockout Kid

Each night I sleep with my fan on, but all it does it spread the heat and therefore I'm even more flushed. How could I make myself less hot, I need to cool down.

Any ideas?

Here’s the thing if you room is sealed, having a fan actually heats up the room (your putting energy into the room). You need to open a door & ideally have the window open for a couple hours before you go to bed. Then when you try to go to bed the first hour or so you’ll get the natural cooling via convection but over time the ambient temperature will rise because of the fan.