I have been goin crazy this summer with hot flashes. I am 45 and have been having only about 8 cycles a year. This is making me nuts Can some of you older hippies share some of the menopause stories with me. I'd really apperciate it!!
my mum is just starting the menopause. It's driving ME nuts. She's got the hot flushes, the mood swings, the whole lot. I think love and lots of patience will get everyone through this. But overall, try natural products to control your syptoms intead of hormones and stuff like that. They tend to fuck up your balence even more. Peace
Hey now! I am 42 and started with hot flashes a few months ago. I get some nasty mood swings. My periods are actually closer together than they were before. I guess I am in "Peri-menopause." The sweating is driving me nuts. I don't normally sweat much and I wake up at night SOAKED from my neck and chest. Yuck. I don't plan on taking anything for it. Female hormones in pills and in shots make me nervous. I think hot flashes and sweating is better than breast or uterine cancer! I eat a lot of soy, but have read that the phytoestrogens in soy aren't even available for humans. I don't know. Womyn have been going through this for thousands of years. I am looking forward to not worrying about birth control anymore, but my OB said I may not stop menstruating for 10 years or more. sigh. I can't catch a break. I have a lot of really skimpy night gowns and keep a sleevless shirt and shorts at the foot of my bed, so I can change in the middle of the night, if I need to. One of the worst is the dinner sweating. I really don't like sweating like a pig when I am trying to eat dinner, then my kids are laughing at me. "Ma, it's cold in here!" My dh had better be ready for a BIG electric bill this summer, that air conditioner is going to be cranked all summer!
Hot flashes for the last 7 (you read that right) years and my last period was a year and a half ago. Flashes worse in the last year. I'm 49. I have been getting help from my tea mix (1 teabag each of oatstraw, sage, peppermint, and nettle) in 4 cups of water---drink it hot or cold. Also I drink soy milk and use a homeopathic remedy (check out your health food store). The very worst thing so far is when I can't sleep. I can tolerate almost no caffeine, and now chocolate keeps me up wired all night. There's something seriously wrong with the universe for that to happen....
