It's totally sleep toxins. It makes sense. People who have ADHD get it because we run around so manically. And it seems that most people have the ear flush in the PM...when they are tired! Or if they are stressed (which causes exhaustion/yawning)...
Ever since I was a child, when I reach a certain level of physical fatigue or sleep-need tiredness, one or the other, or both, my ears will seem to me to be HOT. Sometimes they actually are redened and warm to the touch; other times I experience a sensation of heat but they are cool / normal to the touch. This will happen if I stay awake too long, or if I just haven't had as much sleep as I need; always happens in the evening. I have no medical conditions that are known- I see a doctor for regular checkups. This has been going on for over 50 years. Sometimes I may splash a little cool water on them; this helps. Another thing that used to happen when I was a kid, but doesn't any more, is that my knee joints would feel sore at the same time my ears felt hot. Possibly some kind of inflammatory thing triggered by "sleep toxins?" - those substances that build up in the blood when someone is sleep deprived to one degree or another? Who knows. I'm not worried that this is an indication of some dreadful ailment, I'll just keep my glass of icewater handy..... ;-)
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It's totally sleep toxins. It makes sense. People who have ADHD get it because we run around so manically. And it seems that most people have the ear flush in the PM...when they are tired! Or if they are stressed (which causes exhaustion/yawning)...
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Ever since I was a child, when I reach a certain level of physical fatigue or sleep-need tiredness, one or the other, or both, my ears will seem to me to be HOT. Sometimes they actually are redened and warm to the touch; other times I experience a sensation of heat but they are cool / normal to the touch. This will happen if I stay awake too long, or if I just haven't had as much sleep as I need; always happens in the evening. I have no medical conditions that are known- I see a doctor for regular checkups. This has been going on for over 50 years. Sometimes I may splash a little cool water on them; this helps. Another thing that used to happen when I was a kid, but doesn't any more, is that my knee joints would feel sore at the same time my ears felt hot. Possibly some kind of inflammatory thing triggered by "sleep toxins?" - those substances that build up in the blood when someone is sleep deprived to one degree or another? Who knows. I'm not worried that this is an indication of some dreadful ailment, I'll just keep my glass of icewater handy..... ;-)