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[hotmomma]

hi Taz, I am on pills.....(continual.).
last night was as bad as ever......I am existing on about 2 or three hours sleep a night I think......the rest is spents fanning myself and drying myself......I could almost cope with that....but the way my whole body aches and'fizzes' when I have the sweats is so uncomfortable, I dont know what to with myself .
I suppose I just have to be patient
Any ideas how long i should give it, before I ask for a change of pills?
Also, I read up on my pills (Kliofem) and they seem to be quite a high doseage, (2mg)......is that normal? Or has the doc given me the higher dose because of the severity of my symptoms?
thanks again for all of your help, it really does make a difference being able to come on here and have a whinge

[Angel]

Hi Everyone

I haven't been around for a while, but I'm back!! 

Well, hot flushes.  I saw a Homeopathist last September.  After a LONG
consultation (they go into your past, as do most alternative therapies),
and a course of 'pills' prescribed and made up by her, I haven't had a single
hot flush since last October!!!  I stopped the 'pills' after gradually reducing
mid November, and have never looked back!

Whether it was the homeopathic treatment that worked, or whether the
flushes would have resolved anyway I will never know, but I recomend trying it.

I am still in the menopause, having a period between 6 and 9 weekly, varying in quantity.  I have also bought one of those magnetic thingies that you wear in your underwear to help symptoms, I'm not convinced by that yet, but I'll try a bit longer.
I still have a lot of nights when I don't sleep through, but no hot flushes!!

Angel 

[Taz2]

Hi Angel - its nice to see you back.

I'm pleased that you are flush-free at the moment and hope that you are over the worst but I am being a little cautious on the congratulations as, while I still had my periods every three months or so, my flushes also started then tailed off again. Once my periods became really far apart my flushes returned with a vengeance    So, what I am saying is, I hope that you continue in the same way but, if not, then enjoy the "now".

What preparation did your homeopathist make up for you? My now retired GP was a homeopathist and he gave me some wonderful help over the years - we always tried the homeopathic approach first if possible and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't but at least I knew that we had gone down the more natural route first.

Taz x

[Angel]

Hi Taz

I agree, it may be temporary, it may or may not be due to the homeopathy remedy, but whatever, I'm happy for now 

It was something called pulsatilla I think.

Nice to see you are still around here 

Angel 

[alison25]

Hi all, I'm new on here. Have read many of your replies, here's mine.
I'm not coping very well, have tried various herbal remedies which work for a limited time. Unable to take HRT, my GP is not interested in helping.
Have suffered for 4 years now since having an ovary removed and I am heartily sick of waking in the small hours in a puddle. Please, someone tell me when this will end!!!

[Kimbo]

Hi all,

I'm another of you that would kill for more than an hour and a half sleep at a time! I have always slept with fan on, it stops me hearing the llittle noises but now I need it to keep cool. My hubby says "oh, sleeping in a gale force wind again, are we? (LOL) We are having quite hot weather at the moment - 19 - 20 degrees c at night. YUK!! Never thought I'd wish for winter. On the funny side, last night my hubby had a hot flush, only for a few seconds (sympathy pains???) but later told me that being me would drive him nuts. Undersanding comes from the strangest places. Also, what is starflower oil, never heard of it.

take care everyone

Kim

[rower]

Hi Bluelily
Glad youve found what helps you, as mentioned many ladies have tried black cohosh, also it has been mentioned somewhere on here that one can only take it for 6months,also says it can damage the liver and something else not sure what,sorry i dont mean to alarm you. I took it for a while and i have to say it did the trick but only for awhile then it came back so im taking something else and that seems to have helped. Good luck with it and hope it keeps it at bay

[Rosebush]

Over the last 6yrs i have tried every herbal known for hot flushes, some made no difference at all, others helped for a few wks, at present i am trying sage & starflower, my day sweats are a little easier but night one's are dreadful.  I get the feeling of doom before one starts, which can make me feel sick, then i am soaking wet, this goes on all night, and i feel so exhausted, from Feb have gone into my 7th year now, and have said, i never ever thought it would last this long, this morning i was at my lowest ebb, just wanted to stay in bed, in the dark, and forget the world outside, even after getting up, everything i do takes great effort, thank heaven for my dear hubby..x

What ever anyone try's i hope it works for you..

[hotmomma]

Oh poor you! I do so sympathise......i stopped my hrt 3 weeks ago (after only a few weeks on them) and had my first period for 7 months.....and now, the sweats are starting again.....and the flushes......
am going back to doc this week for patch.......ho hum.....this is certainly a rollercoaster.......

[Rosebush]

Hi Girls,

Well i had to resort to sleeping tab last night, even with them, the hot sweats break through normally every 1hr BUT i must have been so exhausted, i sleep from midnight until 5am !!!!! then had really bad hot sweat BUT fell back to sleep for a further 2,5hrs just getting some sleep made the world of difference, it was hubby's birthday today & we have been out to dinner...had a great time...this just goes to prove how damaging sleep deprevation can be   Feel really tired now so off to to bed and just praying for some sleep....

Sleep tight.xx

[Micki]

Hi Rosebush
Just wanted to send you  and hope you get a good night's sleep again tonight

Michelle x

[barking sands]

Newbie here, and today I learned that at least I'm not the only one who assumed hot flashes and other symptoms would disappear after a year with no period.

I guess I'll wait another year before debating quality vs quantity of life and HRT... I was briefly on Livial (tibolone) which stopped the sweats within 24 hrs but the breakthrough bleeding was a deal breaker. At least with a period, I knew when and how long.

At any rate, I have a suggestion for night sweats... it may seem counter-intuitive, but I keep a hair dryer next to my bed and --half-asleep-- switch it on high and dry myself after an attack. It's been my experience that the hot flash is over quickly but the sweat and sodden clothes linger and it is the clamminess which is so uncomfortable.

I hope this helps.

[Taz2]

Hi Barking sands and welcome to the forum from me 

Thanks for the tip about the hairdryer - at the moment, due to HRT, I have the luxury of dry, sleepfull nights but I well remember the waking up every half hour or so. Luckily I always woke up about a minute before the sweat hit so I could actually get out of bed and stand there dripping without getting the bedclothes soggy but you are right in that it is the clammy "afterness" that is so unpleasant.

The general medical opinion seems to be that meno symptoms such as hot flushes reach their peak two years after the last period.

Good to hear from you.

Love Taz x

[barking sands]

thank you Taz.

Also, my doctor who is Thai advised me to eat more soy. I don't see it mentioned here as often as other remedies. I admit that I don't eat it as much as other food, ie, pasta. Soy pasta? Is there such a thing?

[lillybee]

I have not had a period for 3 years but the flushes and night sweats have been terrible for 4 years. I have 18-20 a day. I tried black cohosh, sage, soya,every combination in the health shops and whatever I could find on the internet. Nothing has worked. I wear cotton clothes and have cotton bedding. I have fans all over the house and on my desk at work, it is awful. I am so tired and bad tempered and I am constantly weepy and fed up. I come home at night and have to change into a cotton nightie, my clothes are constantly wet at work and my hair curls and frizzes from being damp. My GP refused HRT because of the risks of breast cancer, she said it doubles your chances. I argued I had read everything I could finbd and knew the risks. She told me they don't prescribe HRT, no one ever died of a hot flush but breast cancer kills. I left the suregery in tears with a prescription for vanlaflaxine and one for migraine tablets. I took the anti depressants for 12 months but came off as I was still flushing and still weepy and bad tempered. I am not on anyhting now, I worry myself silly about the risks of cancer, my family are all telling me to try HRT as I am so bad. My husband says I have no quality of life and he hates seeing me like this, plus it worries my kids. I can't believe it is this bad but keep thinking it is 4 years so surely it must finish soon. Thanks for letting me get it off my chest, sorry I went on so long