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[tillyb]

hi my name is tillyb i,m new to the site and really enjoying it. ( ???Is it wrong to be pleased that others are suffering as well as me.)I too am at my wits end with the flushes,i now sleep naked between two large towels it helps to keep me dry and i manage to sleep through the smaller flush,s anybody not tried  it give it a go.they are also the one part of the menapause that are driving me mad,crying at adverts,forgetting that i spent the money i was saving for my holiday,the list goes on.I also suffer from a condition called Fibromaialga (doe,s anybody else please get in touch) and take strong painkillers,and anti inflame,tabs,so trying to avoid going down the HRT route,i go to the gym five times a week,dont drink tea,coffee alcohol,or smoke,i eat healthy but still the flush,es come.Cant tell anymore what is the fibro,and what is the menapause.SO enjoying the site very much.

[juliamd]

Hi Tillyb
 
lovely to have you with us.
yes i know what you mean about the flushes, i did have them every 20 mins day and night, and it was this that finally drove me to hrt. unfortunately ive just managed to come of it as side effects were not to good for me. flushes are returning, not as bad yet as they were but getting worse day by day, and like you am begining to feel despairing. there are other medications which can help, certain antidepressants have been known to help as well as clonidine. ive yet to try them and will do if it gets as bad as before.
sound like you are doing all the right things otherwise, i too used to go to the gym regularly, but it didnt help, and now my joints and muscle ache so much a little swimming and pilates is all i can manage. alcohol certainly makes mine worse, and ive certainly cut down but loathe to give it up completely cos sometimes it feels as my only pleasure left.
we do have someone here who does have fibromyalgia and im sure shell be along later to welcome you, as will many others. do join in we do have great laughs.
for me without this forum the last year would have been impossible to get through.
love poppinsxx

[Taz2]

It is ME with the fibromyalgia - pleased to meet you Tillyb. 

I admire you for going to the gym five times a week - I found that it made my symptoms so much worse. I can cope with walking a two mile walk every day - am still to get back to the five miles I was doing before fibro hit - but it is whatever you find works for you.

Do you have a gym person who is knowledgeable about fibro? I found that very difficult here which is why I might have not got on so well with the gym stuff.

It is difficult to know where fibro ends and meno finishes. I would say just be kind on yourself and listen to your body. I am now back to working nearly full time but still have days when everything seems to shut down - do you know that feeling? It's like someone throws a switch and you just cant function.  I am on HRT now for the meno symptoms and do feel much better. I still get really painful trigger points and have to work at least 48 hours ahead in order not to wear myself out. It is so frustrating when you are a "do-er"

Love Taz x

[cookie]

Hi Ladies
I've been back on my HRT now for 11days. My flushes have greatly reduced already
I feel very emotional (crying at the drop of a hat) and quite touchy, almost pre menstral if that makes sense. I'm just putting that down to the hormones kicking in. Just wondering if any one else has found this when first going on HRT or going back on like I have.

cookiexx

[Taz2]

Hi Corky - I only become "premenstrual" feeling when I start the second half of the sequi one as it is the progesterone that causes such symptoms. When I was on the conti one I had these feelings all the time and it is not something I would want to try again!

I have forgotten which one you are on - I expect I knew at some point 

Taz x

[tweedy]

Hi Everyone, Sorry i haven't been in touch for a while I haven't been feeling too good.  The night sweats & the day flushes have been driving me mad, I haven't been getting much sleep, I am so tired I feel sick   I have been crying a lot aswell.  I am like a Zombie going into work, I haven't even been to the gym for the last week, I haven't got the energy to do any exercise  Last Monday I gave in and went to the Doctor, he has put me back on HRT, but it is a lower dose than what I was on before.  It is Saturday today and already the hot flushes are not quite so intense.  I tried 2000mg of starflower a day for some time but it didn't work. I just hope that now i am back on the HRT I will not put on any weight.

Love to you all
Tweedy

[rosie22]

I think I've started with the flushes now  a lot of the time it's just been my face and neck that feel like they are burning but this last week / ten days it's been all over and starting at night , I was hoping that I might be one of the lucky ones that missed this bit of the memo out 

[Taz2]

Sorry to hear that Rosie - it's a bummer when you think you might have missed a symptom then you get it after all. How long have you been in meno for? My flushes were flushes for about a year and then turned into full blown sweats - flushes I could cope with but the sweats really drove me into the ground - or onto the ground in the form of a puddle many times a day 

Taz x

[rosie22]

Hi Taz , been in memo for a good few years now from when I first started missing periods etc , they have been gradually getting further apart , I've had 1 in the last year , I had been getting the burning face for at least 2/3 years but this is completely different , I've never had as many as I've had today  , any idea's on how to cope , I can't have HRT my GP said because of fibroids .

[Taz2]

Sorry Rosie - I'm afraid that nothing worked for me apart from the HRT. I thought that there was someone on here with fibroids who is starting HRT. Have you done lots of research yourself to see if your GP is correct?

Hopefully, this will just be a "blip" and you will settle back down again.

Taz x 

[rosie22]

I did look into it when my GP first told me , the info I did find at the time did agree with what I had been told and that was that fibroids feed of hormones . I will be due to see her again soon , if these flushes are still causing problems then I will see what she suggests . Thanks

[Rosebush]

Oh Rosie, so sorry you are having a bad time with the sweats, i have had them for just over 7yrs, i have tried every herbal going, now trying Clonidine 4per, my daytime sweats have calmed down a lot, but night one's 8pm -8am are still on going, get around 1 every 50mins-1hr, so no depth of sleep at all...however...i have had the odd night, when i am sweat free for 2hrs + which is like winning the Lotto..! really hope you can get something to help, maybe get you Gp to look at clonidine for you..

x

[Jillymoo]

I know this connection has been mentioned before,but after a particularly booze-fuelled night last Friday,I decided to give my liver a rest this week.And after my first 'dry' seven days for ages,my flushes have almost disappeared!

I haven't had one at all in the day,and the night time ones have gone from almost constant all night to maybe 3/4 minor,short-lived ones.I've had a run of great night's sleep, so maybe it's time I bit the bullet and did the sensible thing.Been wanting to cut down for ages sooooo....

xx

[yogini]

Hi Jillymoo, I dont have hot flushes (yet?), but have cut out all wine, caffeine and fizzy drinks this week - my racing brain has calmed down, and the anxiety/panic attacks are few and far between!!  (shame - I shall miss the wine - will try and re-introduce the odd glass and see what happens).  I think my system was overloaded with stimulants that were stimulating the hormones and the adrenalin into overdrive!!

Love Yogini xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Rosebush]

Ladies soooo pleased you are both feeling better after cutting out booze, i have not had a drink since NY evening, but do find i can sometimes get away, with a vodka & coke, but only chance it on special occassions..still getting day time relief, but night sweats till rage on..

x