I'm 44, have thought I am peri for a while now, periods come every 23 days instead of every 28 days and last 2 days instead of my usual 4. Have had a few other very mild symptoms over the last year or so including a recent spate of ectopic beats which (until further investigation) has been put down to anxiety and peri. I am also 6 weeks into a course of antidepressants for bad anxiety, which had really been helping.
Woke up this morning and couldn't get back off to sleep and then anxiety started building - unusual as it has been a good 3 weeks or so since I have had any serious anxiety or panic but I ignored it and assumed antidepressants can't completely eliminate my anxiety disorder! However, it built and built so I had to get up and come downstairs. On my way downstairs I got this absolute intense rush of complete panic and then a really strange sensation in my entire body, like a creeping explosive prickly heat that started in my back and spread everywhere and was then gone within 2 minutes, along with the sudden anxiety. Bizarre!
Have I just experienced a hot flash?!! Sorry for the long post - :-)