Continuous hotflashes!

DianaB · 04-25-2009, 05:36 PM

I'm sorry, Janet, but I really don't have a recommendation for you. I think that the best thing you can do is go to your GYN and have them run a test to find out where your hormones are at. Then you can decide whether to go back on HT or not.

I have some problems with hot flashes but not enough that I'm going to go back on HT. I do run a little warmer than I used to but that's a good thing because I've always been so cold.

Janet · 04-26-2009, 03:20 AM

Thanks Diana. I guess I'll go back to the GYN even though I don't want to. Not sure how much longer I can stand this. Like now. I walked from the bedroom to this chair and I'm perspiring so bad. I would love to run a little cooler for a change.

gja1000 · 04-26-2009, 05:52 AM

It is really miserable to have hot flashes, especially to run continually hot. Since you've tried the over the counter things, I agree, it's time to go back to the doc. You just may need a couple more years of hrt to get you past this. I don't have hot flashes anymore, finally, and I am 10 years post menopause. It took a long time!

judy · 04-26-2009, 07:59 AM

I take 3 low dose prempro every week. It keeps my hot flashes to a very livable level. I only have very mild ones when I drink coffee or something. Nothing to even notice. I agree with you Diana. I like being a bit warmer all of the time, but that's not hot flashes. They are so awful.

I honestly do not trust a lot of the health food store products. They aren't required to list the ingredients and they are not regulated by the FDA. They really could put anything they want into pill form and call it Black Cohosh.

I met a woman in her 80's at the doctor's last week. She is still getting night sweats!!! Does it ever end?

Janet · 04-26-2009, 01:20 PM

Is that prescription Judy? If I go back to the Premarin, it's one every day.

judy · 04-26-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Janet

Is that prescription Judy? If I go back to the Premarin, it's one every day.

It is prescription. You don't have to take one every day. I only take 3/week. My doctor suggested that I cut back slowly to as few as possible, so it has been over a two year period that I went from 7/week to 3.

Blueyes · 04-26-2009, 03:58 PM

I take .5 mg of estrogen every day. No hot flashes for me

04-25-2009, 05:36 PM	#1
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I'm sorry, Janet, but I really don't have a recommendation for you. I think that the best thing you can do is go to your GYN and have them run a test to find out where your hormones are at. Then you can decide whether to go back on HT or not. I have some problems with hot flashes but not enough that I'm going to go back on HT. I do run a little warmer than I used to but that's a good thing because I've always been so cold. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-26-2009, 03:20 AM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	Thanks Diana. I guess I'll go back to the GYN even though I don't want to. Not sure how much longer I can stand this. Like now. I walked from the bedroom to this chair and I'm perspiring so bad. I would love to run a little cooler for a change. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-26-2009, 05:52 AM	#3
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	It is really miserable to have hot flashes, especially to run continually hot. Since you've tried the over the counter things, I agree, it's time to go back to the doc. You just may need a couple more years of hrt to get you past this. I don't have hot flashes anymore, finally, and I am 10 years post menopause. It took a long time! __________________ Gayle

04-26-2009, 07:59 AM	#4
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	I take 3 low dose prempro every week. It keeps my hot flashes to a very livable level. I only have very mild ones when I drink coffee or something. Nothing to even notice. I agree with you Diana. I like being a bit warmer all of the time, but that's not hot flashes. They are so awful. I honestly do not trust a lot of the health food store products. They aren't required to list the ingredients and they are not regulated by the FDA. They really could put anything they want into pill form and call it Black Cohosh. I met a woman in her 80's at the doctor's last week. She is still getting night sweats!!! Does it ever end? __________________ *Judy*

04-26-2009, 01:20 PM	#5
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	Is that prescription Judy? If I go back to the Premarin, it's one every day. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-26-2009, 03:58 PM	#7
Blueyes Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,119	I take .5 mg of estrogen every day. No hot flashes for me __________________ Betsi

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