to any ladies who

[tigerlily11]

have gone through the menopause.
I'm 44 right now and heading for 45 next month, what I would like to know from those who have gone through it What exactly do hot flush feel like?
I get moments when my temperature rockets suddenly, but thats all. I sweat a lot at night and often, even in the cold weather end up out of the quilt.
I remember my sister saying her face went bright red when she went through it but my is not.
Is it very different for each woman?
Thanks for your time.

[funnygirl]

Hi Tiger, it sounds like you already are fgoing through it!!

I get very hot flushes, mostly at night, like you said.

I cannot bear the quilt on me one minute and the next minute I am cold.
I don't go red though!! Mine mostly bothers me at night.

In the beginning I tried all kinds of remedies, black cohosh, yam tablets you name it and they did not work for me.

But I am taking evening primrose on the advice of my doctor and I have switched to soya milk, but the flushes are still coming. I would love to know when they stop..

[shaneystar2]

It varies from person to person tigerlily. I still get the odd hot flush yet went through an early menopause due to a hysterectomy and I am 60 . Of course they are not as frequent as they used to be but now and again I get one .My mother got the odd one when she was over seventy ! I can see her now flinging the back door open on freezing day and fanning herself with a teatowel:)
I used to get a feeling of heat sort of rising up into my chest ,throat and face and would then go beetroot and start to sweat. I used to take Menopace at the time and found it very good .
Some women sail through the bloomin' thing and others have a hard time . They reckon that lots of women have the flushes for between 5 to 10 years after menopause.

[tigerlily11]

Thank you both for your replies. It's interesting to see how differently it varies from woman to woman. I wonder if there is a pattern involving those who have had say things like hysterectomy or sterilization.
Or between those who have had children and those who didn't or how many children the individual had.
I didn't suffer from depression until after I was sterlized.
I had 4 children. I didn't have anti natal depression or PMT until after that time.
I had hot moments for on and off last year for about a month and then they stopped and started over winter.
I take Agnus Castus to combat PMT and it works well.
But not as well as it used to.
I haven't had regular periods either for nearly 4 years so It sounds like this is going to be a long drawn out affair.
Well I'm going to lock myself up til the whole thing blows over.:-) Don't come knocking unless your up-armoured.

[shaneystar2]

Just a thought here tigerlily but have you had your thyroid function checked? .Because ....hot flushes and sweating are a sign of that too. Since being diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and being on medication for it the flushes are now few and far between .
And after thinking about it ....with my mother ,at the time, she had a goitre ,which they removed . So her flushes at the time could have been down to her underactive thyroid and not neccessarily menopausel flushes .
If I do get one I put it down to much Gin .....haha :))
I would get it checked out just put your mind at rest that it isn't anything other than the menopause .

[tigerlily11]

TY for asking Shaney. I have had that checked out and DR recons thats not it. I did also have a check for the menopause and thats was a no go as well. Mind you they were both about 2 years ago now.

[shaneystar2]

Things can change over 2 years ...I would go back to your GP and have another check up .
Hope you soon feel well .Take care .
I am coming back as a man :)

[ethandron]

tigerlily, check out 'healthboards.com' and look at their menopause section - lots of information there for you.
mine started like an adrenalin rush in the middle of my body, like when someone says 'boo', and then the feeling would become hotter and spread upwards. they changed over the years, went away, came back, and now, 2 years post menopause, i get an occasional one but now they start at the front of my chest and mainly just affect my neck and face, which now go red - never used to. my hot flushes started 5 years ago and i started taking taking boot's own menopause 'bomb' about 3 years ago. it contains lots of stuff recommended for 'ladies of a certain age', including soya isoflavins, magnesium and calcium. you do get used to them, and learn to dress slightly differently. stress is a big factor in making them worse.

[ethandron]

p.s. the menopause blood test is very unreliable in that your hormones fluctuate wildly from hour to hour during menopause, so if you have blood taken while your hormones are behaving, it won't show you as being in menopause. then an hour later they start jangling again and you start getting loads of symptoms. so you could be in menopause, or peri menopause, and the blood test wouldn't show it.

[beejaybee]

When I get a flush, which can happen at anytime of day or night, my face & body are soaking with sweat. not so bad if I`m in the house, but I get funny looks in Tesco lol.

[tigerlily11]

TY ladies. I have a few things to think on here.
My sister complained about hot flushes all over the place. I'm waiting for it but I'm lucky they seem to be confined to night time.
Ty again.