Hot flushes

busiscoming2

Just wondering if hot flushes associated with menopause are cyclical or whether once they start, they happen regularly?

chrisaj

Welcome to the menopause They can happen anytime anywhere. I take the menopace suppliments, they help me alot, can't take hrt, plus I don't want to either. If you're into essential oils, try geranium, clary sage and rose. It's not funny when you do get hot flushes. HTH:)

Always_Harassed

Try cutting out sugar and alcohol and you will find that you hardly get any. Might seem a bit drastic but really works.

Citygirl1

Hi, I get hot flushes, they do come and go. I went on HRT for a while and they stopped but the HRT didn't suit me so I came off it and back to the hot flushes but I find them more bearable than the effects of the HRT. I have heard that evening primrose is good but the pharmacist told me it doesn't go with Prozac which I also take but am going to check with my doctor.

joyfull

I've had them for 4 years & really have suffered, particularly with regard to sleeping (or NOT sleeping!). At their worst they have happened every hour or so for 24 hours at peak intensity - dripping, feeling like a furnace. Then I can have a few weeks when they get milder and less frequent - maybe around 10 in a 24hr period. I had relief for a few months when wearing a ladycare magnet. Oh bliss! then they returned & now the magnet doesn't work.

I'm resigned to see them through now as I don't want HRT especially as I've heard many times that when you stop it the flushes are back with a vengeance & I figure I'd rather go through them now than when I'm older.