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Drying out whilst sleeping
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I've got a problem at night where after about 3-4 hours asleep I will wake up uncomfortably because my nose, mouth and everything is extremely dry. I have to go to the bathroom to get some water and splash myself a bit.
Does anyone else have this problem? I am a bit of a 'radiator' when I sleep whereby I seem to heat up a lot to the point I sleep without a duvet. Wouldn't be surprised if that's linked.
The room isn't unbearably warm, about 22 degrees normally (which compared to the rest of the flat which is 26 degrees) is fine really. I can't open the window because we both get hayfever.
I wonder if the room is getting too dry? I wouldn't even know where to begin testing that theory though.
Does anyone else have this problem? I am a bit of a 'radiator' when I sleep whereby I seem to heat up a lot to the point I sleep without a duvet. Wouldn't be surprised if that's linked.
The room isn't unbearably warm, about 22 degrees normally (which compared to the rest of the flat which is 26 degrees) is fine really. I can't open the window because we both get hayfever.
I wonder if the room is getting too dry? I wouldn't even know where to begin testing that theory though.
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It may be worth seing your GP about this, sleep is extremely important!
If its your skin thats getting dry, you could try putting a bit of E45 on it before you sleep.
Failing all that, and hour things its the humididty in the room, you could maybe buy a humidifier; they're around £30-£40.
We have the heating off 24/7 now (it only turns on if the temp drops below 17, which it never does) - it's just the temperature in our apartment lol. Free heating from downstairs I expect! Hopefully it won't be too bad in the middle of August, but we can always buy a portable AC unit.
I've asked GPs, I've asked the specialist sleep expert on here, I often have broken sleep for one reason or another (though recently, getting up and out of bed earlier is helping, even if I just get dressed and sit and read my phone at 6.30am), but honestly it's a rabbit hole with no answers.
I did think about that. Be a bit of a rugby player, get the E45 warpaint on before sleep every night
Yea, definitely could buy a humidifier, but how do I know if the problem is the room being too dry, vs some other problem. Even £30 is a lot to spend on our speculation here.
Things that helped were making sure I'd had a big glass of water before going to bed, wearing lipsalve, moisturising, going to bed with wet hair (although I've got a lot more hair than you) and then leaving a damp towel as near to the pillow as possible.
E45 might be worth buying on the offchance that it does some help to your skin, you can get a small amount for only a couple of quid. You can get humidity meters for under a fiver; maybe ask your friends/relatives if they have one you could borrow?