Hot flushes at night...how do you cope? (Peri menapausal)

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Baking....red hot...quilt is on then off!! Driving me crazy. Not in the day though thank goodness.

Any suggestions??

Linen nightshirt, feet out when baking, feet in when not. It does pass. Lying flat on a tiled bathroom floor helps too.

I find they come in waves, I was utterly deranged with it a few weeks ago, lying on top of all the covers, naked, spread-eagled
dripping with sweat, and tossing and turning all night. Horrid.

It seems to have abated somewhat now to just a bit of gentle insomnia which, as I work from home and have older children and an excellent husband is manageable though annoying!

No suggestions but I feel your pain as I'd be lying outside the covers boiling to death, finally drop off and then wake up hypothermic. Ugh.

I have a sheet under my 4.5 tog duvet. Sometimes I'm under just the sheet, other times I need the duvet as well. My days of sleeping comfortably under a nice heavy duvet are long over, but I've got used to it.

I'm not on HRT but take Menopace Plus vitamins. I swear they stopped my day time overheating and I they seem to help with night time sweats as well.

HRT, op. It's just silly to suffer like this when you don't have to. It's also important for your heart and bone health.

HRT stopped nine within a couple of weeks! I found the e booklet The Truth About HRT by Liz Earle a very relevant and informative read when I had exactly the same night sweats from peri menopause .

Honestly, I put up with it for a good 18 months along with increasing weepiness and anxiety. HRT sorted me within about a week. I wish I’d done it sooner.

HRT. But if that was my only symptom I’d be prepared to try those special nighties my Facebook feed thinks I need....

Fan on bedside table and a light soft blanket to swap with duvet as and when during the night.

I had a sheet under the duvet too. Can pull and push the duvet up and down to the right temperature and sheet means I never get too cold

No heating in the bedroom after 10. My bedroom is very cool

Cotton nightshirt, wool duvet, sheet by headboard ad sage tablets.

Water spray, small water bottle on bedside table and used to hug it when bad😁
Agree with wool duvet, linen or 100% cotton sheets, lighter cover used when necessary. It does pass!

I was getting hot flushes every hour day and night. As it was my only symptom I was nervous about taking HRT. My Dr prescribed Clonidine which stopped the hot flushes in 3 days. Fabulous.

I'm not going through menopause but I've just had a baby and I'm getting terrible night sweats and hot flushes. I read online that a quick cold shower just before bed is meant to help and it really does work. It doesn't stop them completely but I don't seem to get quite as sweaty as usual.

HRT. Amazing stuff.

HRT, stopped them almost completely. Have one every so often, every couple of months, usually if I’ve overdone on red wine.

Wool duvet really helped while finding right HRT.

I realise how debilitating it had become till it stopped.

Those who are on HRT, did it/does it cause weight gain?

I have both the little window and the big window open every night. Without that I would die.

HRT.

In my case, no weight gain, in fact quite the reverse. Once I was no longer knackered and completely lacking in willpower (due to chronic sleep deprivation) I stopped comfort eating shit without even having to think about it.

100% natural fibres, bed linen and nightwear help a bit. Polyester makes me much worse, even a tiny %.

If you have a partner who's willing to tolerate it, open the window in your bedroom wide before you go to sleep. I feel "normal" cold during the day but at night if I leave the window shut I wake up feeling boiling. I'm single so I don't have to consider anyone else! Also a cotton top sheet. It feels cooler than a duvet against your skin and also means you can throw the duvet off and have just the sheet over you if necessary. I ditched my quilt entirely and got a gravity blanket (as I do need weight on me).

Dog cooking mat, fiver in b and m. By your feet in a pillowcase.

Cooling mat! Good grief!

Hrt.

Sage tablets stopped mine.