Health question for women...

The Arimidex medication they put you on was just like menopause again. So it wasn’t gone for good after all for me. For a while though it was. I have two more years on the medication hopefully that will be it.

It gave me hot flashes the whole time I was on it, but now that I’ve been off it about 5 years they seem to have gone away.

However, now I’m like many of the other ladies here when I say I get miserably hot at the drop of a hat or other times I’m cold and just can’t warm up. I find hot weather especially miserable.

This time of year, If I’m sitting still and reading, I’m cold and need a blanket. But I do some house cleaning for 5 minutes and I’m a ball of sweat. In other words, I go from one extreme to the other.

At least when I’m cold a sweater or blanket does the trick. Not much you can do when it’s 90 degrees outside and your hubby is too cold when the a/c is set below 78 ….

But do check with your GYN for a treatment option right for you. I was on Effexor XR in a generic form for 12 years after my total hysterectomy in 2007. I called it my Happy Pill. If I went a day without a hot flash, I was happy.

My body doesn't regulate temperature like when I as younger.
Sometimes I cannot get warm.
Other times I am flashing hot.

Got genetically lucky, I guess; my mother was the same.

I had wicked hot flashes in the day and night sweats too. I’m 58 and the daytime for years. They’re gone now but I’ll still get an occasional heat blast at night. My body in general doesn’t regulate itself well in terms of temperature these days. That’s annoying.

Wishing you the best!

I had to sleep on towels and change them during the night, my hair would be soaked. After, they have gone away but return once in a while and are far less extreme. Evening Primrose is said to be helpful.

I find that stress and sometimes diet are factors.

When I realized how brief they are I decided that I can just wait them out and they're not that bad. Dress in layers you can easily vent or remove.

Also there are Hot Girl Pearls and other freezable jewelry options. I also keep extra sleepwear in the bed with me in case I get sweaty and need to change. Then I don't have to get up looking for clothes in the middle of the night. Keep small battery powered fans around the house, in my handbag and in the car. And I decided to call them power surges, feels empowering.



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then they got a lot less frequent and not so bad. Now, almost 69 years old, they come and go now and then. I just sweat it out and move along.

Fortunately, that wasn't one of my frequent issues. But, eventually, it all goes away and old age sets in!

They went away for me. Diet plays a role.
If you are bothered by hot flashes, try modifying your diet. Alcohol, coffee, and red meat can aggravate the problem.

When I do get them, they're less intense than they were at the height of perimenopause.

I've been having Fun with Night Sweats(tm) lately. Just enough that I wake up during the night and have to change my nightgown because it's damp and clammy around my neck and shoulders.

He asked me how long my mother was in menopause and I said..forever! Luckily, I don’t have that problem but ever once in a while I have a power surge..not bad at all now.

Have never come back.

I'm 74, went through menopause 20 years ago.

I would think that if they persist for more than a few years, you should see if there is anything you can do about them.

if, indeed, related to reproductive hormone changes. Were you ever prescribed or considered medical HRT or bioavailable hormone adjustments during or post peri-menopause/menopause? I'm guessing that hot flashes could also be otherwise metabolically related, so ask your doctor, gynecologist, endocrinologist, or a naturopathic women's specialist (usually not covered by insurance) what might be right for you based on your history and/or testing.

I took prempro for a long time, for hot flashes, but mainly for osteoporosis. I quit taking it a couple years ago and they came back, off and on. I quit taking prempro because I started Prolia for osteoporosis, now I have taken my limit for Prolia and had to get an infusion of another drug to take the place of it. I can’t take those drugs for osteoporosis by mouth because they cause extreme stomach pain.

But I had enough other stress going on at the time, they may have just blended in.