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[melsbabes]

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[lady57]

My hot flushes have become milder in the past year and my low dose of oestrogen has certainly helped, but they used to make me feel very faint and ill.  They are ridiculous things and serve no purpose that I can see.  Mine were/are worse if I drink coffee (which I love) or alcohol (which I also love) or eat curry (which I love too). I don't think I coped with them all that well as they wound me up and make me even hotter.

[Taz2]

I didn't find that any food or alcohol actually made them worse. They settled into a pattern of every twenty minutes, night and day, no matter what I ate or drank. They were really debilitating and made me feel dreadful. I had to take spare clothes into work as I dripped from the end of my nose to my toes. Not nice and not something I want to return to when I hit 60 in fifteen months time and am supposed to be coming off HRT. When I could retire at 60 then this may not have been such a problem but I have to work to 65 which changes things!

Taz x

[Anne B]

Taz2. My neighbour is in her 70s and still taking HRT.

[Taz2]

It depends on your GP's views on it. My GP is ok with me still taking it but the menopause clinic likes their ladies off by the time they are 60. They do a slow withdrawal over 18 months but I had to give up the half patches and go back on full ones, courtesy of my GP. I have been referred back to the GP now so hopefully I will be able to continue.

Taz x

[Anne B]

Hope so Taz. No point in being miserable. Here's hoping . Xxx

[Taz2]

Thanks Anne!!

Taz x

[mac]

Hi Ladies

Need some advice.

I had hot flushes and night sweats about 3/4 years ago but they stopped and i thought that would be that.  Yes, you guessed it they're back!!!!
Today I've had about 5, so far they're tolerable.  Is it normal to get hot flushes and stop and then start again.

Thanks

mac

[Bette]

Are you still having periods, mac?
Bette x

[mac]

Hi Bette

Yes the last one was 3-4 months late and lasted about 12 days which is very unusual for me.

xxx

[Bette]

Some ladies find that their flushes go when a period is approaching and then return afterwards. It could be that as you get further into meno, your flushes will increase as your periods decrease.
Bette x

[mac]

Thanks Bette

Just as you think you deal with one symptom up it pops again with a few more added

Macxx

[Eve]

  Well, I was suffering hot flushes badly, then my doctor put me on hrt but unfortunately this aggravated the endometriosis that I had been suffering with for many years.. although it did stop the flushes! Then my doctor took me off the hrt and the flushes were horrendous.. between 2 and 5 per hour every hour and sometimes 6 or more at night.. I have now been prescribed Clonidine Hydrochloride tablets and I have been on them for 12 days with no effect whatsoever.. I was wondering if anyone else has been prescribed the same treatment and if it has had any good effects? Thanks for any input 

[Anne B]

I have constant flushing followed by chills. My legs and feet are burning hot then instantly have waves of chills. Don't have a lot of sweating but face and neck clammy and feel nauseous and dizzy.
I'm on HRT but obviously not quite got it right yet!
This is very draining and just wondered if any ladies have experienced flushing like this.

[lady57]

Mac, yes, mine went away for several weeks, then came back but were milder than they were. They still come and go and i wondered if they were winding down especially as i don't drip with sweat as i used to. Still feel horrid and wake me up sometimes but on the whole better than this time last year. 

Anne B, no, sorry, it doesn't sound right does it? What does your GP say?