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[smudgy14]

Hi ladies got a wee query about flushes I am still getting some really strong ones and when I get those I sometimes get a weird kinda feeling as they start it like I am going to have a panic attack and feel bit sick,small flushes I am okay with,this funny feelings is not all the time bit sporadic anyone else feel like this ?  Also weirdest thing with flushes are at night in bed reading no problems just odd wee flush but every time every night I turn light out within 5 mins I have a flush how can that be ? And each morning within 5 mins of weakening same thing ,how can your body do these things how do flushes know I put the light out at night and want to sleep ,I really sure that what ever marbles I have left are leaving me at an alarming rate aargh help me !!!!.if anyone the same be glad to hear from you it may just save my sanity

[Joyce]

Oh I know what you mean. For about a year I got really weird feelings too, some quite scary in fact. GP had me referred for psychiatric assessment - panic attacks. However, after joining on here, it would appear they were in fact very strong flushes. Floored me every time I had a bad one, to the point where if I didn't lie or sit down I'd have collapsed. Never knew when it would happen, occasionally when driving the car. However, suffice to say I've only had the odd one since & I force myself to concentrate on my breathing until it subsides.

[Taz2]

Mine are all like that - horrible things - I have always thought that it's the increased adrenaline just before a flush hits. I feel edgy and sometimes have a horrible feeling of doom and also weak and I have to sit down although the times I'm not able to sit down I am still ok and get through it.  My heart rate increases. I feel a bit sick and tummy feels funny. Sometimes it feels as if I can't get enough air and then the flush starts. It takes around five minutes from start to sweaty finish (sounds like some men I have known  ) and I get them every twenty minutes. I can hear HRT calling me back....

The one on waking is very common.

Taz x

[Joyce]

When I was getting them I was on HRT, which is why I didn't put two & two together, mind you neither did my GP, who at one point gave prescription for Prozac! Psychiatric nurse was horrified! I never filled out the prescription though, thank goodness. It appears to have been hormonal all along. Fat lot some GPs know!

[smudgy14]

Hi girls thanks for your replies my sanity restored again ,I thought it was just me overreacting so didn't mention it to my doctor so now I will hopefully manage it better when it does happen and be bit calmer.Taz2 you lucky girl 5 sweaty mins you were getting spoiled haha  .I think we should all be showered with chocky,flowers and wine (unless it makes flushes worse lets face it what doesn't ) for all we go through.It my birthday on 29th this month so hopefully I get at least cake ! .Take care and hope you are all keeping well
Love smudgy14 xxxxxxxxx

[mags]

Hi Smudgy- I get those weird hot flush feelings too-for me it starts with a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach-then a rush of adrenaline with feelings of dread and panic, then palpitations before the rush of heat. It really is horrible and leaves me feeling very drained.  Magsx

[Gypsy]

I've never experienced the 'weird feeling' before a flush, but when the night sweats started this summer I always had one within moments of switching off the light. It was as if the sweat was triggered by the darkened room! Goodness knows why.
Fortunately the flushes and sweats have stopped since I started my regime of starflower oil and evening primrose oil.

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies, just wanted to say me too regarding these type of flushes. They've been pretty intense this week but I haven't had any of the sweating and feeling hot with them so maybe it's just another version of a flush. Also I've noticed that feelings of dread fractionally precede these particular flushes, making me think that it's my emotional state that's causing them, then again who knows?
Take care everyone.
K.