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Posted by azdeb (My Page) on Fri, Feb 25, 05 at 14:16
| I have gone almost two years without a period. The flashes and sweats have been terrible. How long do they usually last? What do you do for them? |
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Hi azdeb,
I didn't have hot flashes. I had cold flashes! Anyhow....I think it can really vary among women, how long their hot flashes last. I don't want to depress you, but I've heard of women in their late 60's who are still having them! I've never tried it, but I've heard that black cohosh is really good for hot flashes. Estroven is a product that has black cohosh in it. That's an over-the-counter drug that you could try. Good luck! |
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| I went thru forced menopause 12 years ago and I still get hot flashes and night sweats. They are not as bad as they use to be and I don't get as many but I still get the odd one, usually when I lay down to sleep. I have a neighbour who is 59 and still gets them. Wish I had something positive to say to make you feel better. Try some of the over the counter remedies and see if they work. Good Luck. Linda |
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| Had them for around six years. Only now and then currently and it seems to hinge on what I eat. Seemed to be a pattern with certain items, would eat, and within a half an hour or so start having hot flashes. |
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| I've had mine for 18 years now. Had a hysterectomy at 29 then the change started at 35. I'm now 53. Doctor says that they should quit in another couple of years! Can't wait!!!!! |
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| I'm 54 and began having menopausal symptoms at 50 (I had a hysterectomy when I was 37 but kept my ovaries). I have never taken hormones but do take soy isoflavones. I have a couple of light hot flashes each day - over quickly - no night sweats - the "heat" has lessoned quite a bit over the last 6 months. |
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Soy pills with isoflavones have kept the flashes at bay for me for the past 4 or 5 years. I have cut them down from twice a day to once now. They really work for me. I just got the ones that had the highest amount and were the cheapest (none are cheap!) It has made menopause a breeze for me.
Kathy |
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| So glad to find this thread! I am 51 and haven't had a period (other than very light spotting, sometimes) for a year. I am doing fine except for the hot flashes and cold flashes. All thru the day I am either too cold or too hot. I know I don't have hot flashes to the degree that some women have described, but I do wake up at least twice in the night and have to get up and then go back to bed without any cover (it's about 10 minutes, then I am too cold...) They don't last very long, for which I am grateful, but it sure is annoying! I do take black cohosh daily, but is there any other natural supplement that might help? I really don't want to take hormones and do take extra calcium and other than the hot and cold flashes am doing quite well, no moodiness anymore, etc. |
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| Even with the airconditioning on during the night, I'll wake up with a hot flash. It lasts a few minutes. I just turned 50 and am in perimenopause. Can hardly wait to see what else mother nature has in store! |
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| My Mother is 84 and she still gets them! She had a hysterectomy when she was 39 and has had hot flashes ever since. My DH has instructions to shoot me if they last more that 10 years............LOL! Laurel |
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| I sailed right through menopause at the age of 56 with nary a hotflash. Now 2 years later I am getting them all day and all night. I also had a very light period last month. I know, I know, I need to call a gynecologist. I am 58 and this can't be normal. I put it down to my being on a low carb diet - which is actually a high fat diet. I think it is affecting my hormones. Well, actually that is the point. I am trying to keep my blood sugar under control and of course, insulin is one of the hormones. |
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| I am 54 and still have regular periods that are now lasting about 1 week each. The last 3-4 days are light. I have hardly ever had hot flashes although I am constantly cold (probably low iron). I hope I don't follow gandbb and start having hot flashes after menopause. Somehow it doesn't seem fair, to have a period well into one's 50's and then have hot flashes until who knows when. By the way, I had my tubes tied 22 years ago. |
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| I am still not in menopause. I thought I was but have had 2 periods in a row. A couple of weeks ago, I think I've started having hot flashes. I can feel cold one minute and all of a sudden, I fell clammy and hot and it's unbearable. I have not gone on hormones because I still have my periods at age 58. Any advice for me? |
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I had breast cancer when I was 50, with chemotherapy, radiation and then Tamoxifen. At this time the hot and cold flashes started (and with a vengence). I won't bore you with the details of the first three years - until I went to my doctor and begged to be put on something other than Tamoxifen. The flashes started to lessen at that point and have been decreasing ever since. But I still get them about every 35 - 40 minutes although not so violent - except for the odd few during the 24 hr cycle. Usually have to get up very early in the morning with a major one.
How long? 11 yrs and counting. |
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| "...Can hardly wait to see what else mother nature has in store!" I posted this back in 2005. My GYN gave me hormone replacement in 2007, which stopped the hot flashes. Last November, she lowered the dosage, which is bringing them back. This stuff gets old, fast. |
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| I had perimenopausal symptoms for almost 10 years before my last period in 12/06. During that time I tried all sorts of HRT; my body would acclimate to whatever med I was taking so then I'd have to try a new one. Finally I stopped meds altogether since the only enduring "result" I could see was weight gain! After my last period the hot flashes and night sweats finally went away--fabulous! Now all of a sudden they're back again, out of the blue, after 2+ years. What's up with that!? What do I do? (Soy is not a good option for me because it interacts with my thyroid medicine.) Is this normal, or could something else be wrong? |
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| the night sweats are the worst because my husband is a freaking furnace! then i wake up covers thrown off freezing cold and hes gone! I dont have many hot flashes per se but i do get hot / cold action. its june and im wearing three sweaters. i will sleep in two. |
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| I'm so glad I found this forum! I've had terrible hot and cold flashes for a year now. They've become so difficult, I decided not to go back to work until they'd passed. I drench my clothes, sweat dribbles down my face and then a few minutes later I'm freezing and piling on the sweaters! I work in a highly visible job and it's embarrassing. My doctor said they'd last 'a little while'. Liar. Obviously I'm going to have to come up with a solution. I can't stop working for a decade! Are there side effects to the soy capsules? I've heard warnings about heart attacks due to hormone treatments, so I don't want that. |
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| I have been having hot flashes, sweats and chills for well over twelve years and the sweats only seem to have gotten worse. I can't take prescribed HRT as I get weepy and my ovaries hurt. This can't be normal. I take OTC Estroven which seems to help with the moodiness but I have yet to find a thing that helps with the sweats and/or chills. If anyone has a solution, please pass it on. This site does not give me a great deal of hope as it seems you either get them, or you don't and if you do you are stuck for life. I don't have to be doing a thing to break out in a sweat and clothes are soaked. Please help. Renee |
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| I had a total hysterectomy when I was 27... I'm 44 now and the night sweats are a nightmare. I would love to find a solution to stop these as I'm at the end of my tether.. when will it end I often ask myself on a regular basis. Most nights have to change the sheets much to the annoyance of my hubby!! |
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| I have just joined the perimenopause club. I am happy the monthly visitor seems to be gone, but not so happy about the hot flashes. They aren't severe, usually only last a minute or less. But they are uncomfortable. I am a Holistic Health Practitioner and I am trying the soy flavones and black cohosh tea. I will keep you posted if it works; for me. But I think what works for one woman may or may not work for another. That is the real reason I became a HHP, we are all individuals, and should be treated as such. |
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