Hi Ladies
I havent posted in a long time but some of you will remember me
I stopped posting because i felt I was letting the meno become the focus of my life so i made a decsion to turn things around ( see embracing the meno thread for details)
Since then like most ive tried every herbal under the sun, done the no alcohol, no chocolate, no caffeine bit, had hypnotherapy and been on a Trial to see if paced breathing and CBT would help which it did ...a bit
Flushes..well dripping sweats really day and night almost hourly have plaqued me now for 2 1/2 years.
However at last progress has been made, a colleauque of mine who was suffering similarly, was trying Citalopram with remarkable effect.
So i hot footed of to my GP to see what he would say....as its an 'off licence' use for hot flushes he needed to check it out first. Anyway to cut a long story short, i started Fluoxetine 20mg on wednesday, and already they are almost gone, they are mild flushes, with a slight sweat across the brow. And joy of joys i have just had a nights sleep where i woke up once with a mild flush and was soon back to sleep
long may this last, if i have to be on them the rest of my life i will.
love to all my friends in mad meno land
poppinsxxx