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[Lynda07]

I do have dreadful hot flushes and in fact took my first dose of HRT tonight to combat them.

I have never been a person to feel the cold. But just recently as well as hot flushes I am having periods of being freezing, almost to the point of shivering. Not just during the night when I might expect it (hot flush/wet bedclothes/clammynthen cold) but out of the blue during the day.

Is this normal? Sitting here with the fire on whilst hubby burns, it's normally the way around. Health anxiety is sitting on my shoulder, waiting to spring into action!

Lynda

[CLKD]

HORMONES 

[Lynda07]

Thank you both, I really needed that reassurance xx

[cubagirl]

I used to spend my time wishing for a flush when I had the chills & vice versa. Blooming exhausting.

[AstroCat]

I've been experiencing similar symptoms to this too over the last couple of weeks. I'm generally prone to feeling on the cold side so often wear a few layers to keep warm, but then all of sudden I'll get a hot wave which has me stripping layers off. It usually doesn't last long and I'm feeling chilly again so have to layer back up!
I also occasionally have moments where even though I am wrapped up and generally feeling warm I'll start feeling a chill on my back, it's most odd. 

[nearly50]

Haha, I'm having this today, though what's weird is that at the moment I'm shivering with freezing hands and legs, but my face and neck are burning hot. What on earth - are hormones just fighting with each other at the moment? 

[cubagirl]

Every sympathy nearly50! Talk about our bodies being indecisive! 

[nearly50]

Every sympathy nearly50! Talk about our bodies being indecisive! 

Mine just needs to give up on trying to be fertile - it's like it is refusing to give up at the moment. 

[babyjane]

me too, we aren't so odd, quite normal I think, for this time of life 

[dangermouse]

I get the cold flushes when my oestrogen goes too high. I assumed hot happened when oestrogen plummets but I've not experienced this yet.

However, I'm sure I've read that some women have the cold flushes straight after hot ones as the brain tries to rebalance so I suspect it's oestrogen volatility up and down and ERT might initially cause them.