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these night sweats are going to drive me insane

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mrsjay · 27/05/2013 09:34

I am now getting the regular night sweats it used to be just the odd one now and again but it is now most night, I am so bloody tired , I wake 3 of 4 times a night like I am in the sahara covers off covers on sweat dripping hair matted Angry . Is there ANYthing i can do to ease them , been to the drs and I am not quite menopausal yet , YET DOES IT GET WORSE

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LIttleMissTickles · 27/05/2013 09:37

Did your GP do blood tests? Night sweats are not always hormonal, there are other causes too, and they should be checked carefully.

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mrsjay · 27/05/2013 09:38

yes I have had hormone blood tests and I get regular kidney tests I think it is hormonal results of tests were hormone depletion but not full menopause .

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Nehru · 27/05/2013 09:44

i bloody sympathise. I had them really badly when bf. That is how I found mn tbh
i remember my calves dripping with sweat and the sheets having to be chnaged daily which is just what you want with a new baby...

I think you need to see your Dr, but you know that!

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mrsjay · 27/05/2013 09:46

I think you need to see your Dr, but you know that!

yeah I suppose I do , oh that must have been hellish new baby and flushing poor you

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edlyu · 27/05/2013 09:48

Have you tried one of these .Its a great and tested way of always having a cool pillow at night.
Also a cold 'hot' water bottle is a good way to help the feet in and out of covers malarky.

Light cotton nightdresses also help.

But do gio back to the GP and ask for a checkup. I know of one person who always had this problem and was told it was just their body regulating itself.
Turned out after several years to be something more serious and unexpected at their age.

cocolepew · 27/05/2013 09:50

Black Cohoosh, Sage or something like Menopace might give you relief. I found Sage and a Ladycare magnet to be great.

deste · 27/05/2013 10:28

Someone was telling me about something involving Amber. I will have a look. They swore by it.

Silvercatowner · 27/05/2013 10:30

I tried everything - nothing worked apart from the HRT. I would've had to stop working if I hadn't been prescribed it.

deste · 27/05/2013 11:43

Yes the only thing that worked for me was HRT.

soaccidentprone · 27/05/2013 11:53

Yes, try sage tea. 3 cups a day. And also evening primrose oil.

Keep your bedroom well ventilated, and try using a wool duvet and a wool under blanket for regulating temperature.

A cold water bottle is a good idea, and maybe something like this would help?

MandyWatkins · 27/05/2013 21:42

I read somewhere that everyone's temperature changes all the time, but when you're younger there's a magic switch in your brain that stops you being aware of the changes. But as you become menopausal the switch stops working so efficiently and you physically experience the changes of temperature.

After I'd read that explanation about the sweats I was able to cope better emotionally with them - they still came, but they didn't seem to last too long as I didn't get upset about them. Like everything else, they passed.

MrsMorton · 27/05/2013 21:50

I have these. No kids, no menopause. It's a fucking nightmare. Every time I book a drs appointment they stop so I cancel it.

Kiwiinkits · 27/05/2013 22:00

I get night sweats for a night two nights before my period starts and for a night at the end of my period. Like clockwork. I sympathise, OP, I hate waking up wet and mank.

Ilikethebreeze · 27/05/2013 22:00

At my worse, it was about 35 hot flushes a day, about 7 of them at night.
It got really silly.
I am in about year 4 of them, year 2 was the worst fwiw.
I dont like taking pills.
Only thing I do, is to react, as soon as I think something is happening, not wait until they are in fill flow before I peel off some clothing, or stop drinking a hot drink.
I also try not to let them bother me. I think that in itself helps.

hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman · 27/05/2013 22:04

Mine have been much better since I started taking Black Cohosh, it took about 3-4 weeks to work but it has. I now get one or two a week instead of five or six a night.

Wolfiefan · 27/05/2013 22:09

My periods have been haywire. Saw GP for blood tests. Now on the pill. Night sweats occurring too. I find they are affected by diet. Worth making any changes re salt, sugar or fat? Worth a try?
And if you find a cure please PM me! Grin

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mrsjay · 28/05/2013 13:28

thanks for all the suggestions and support i do appreciate it I just needed to vent my annoyance about them I will try the black cohosh I have seen it, I dont think i could cope with a cold water bottle because i go to bed with a normal temp, sigh i once heard somebody calling flushes personal summers I did want to say oh do piss off dear Grin

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YouStayClassySanDiego · 28/05/2013 13:32

I use Higher Nature True Food supplement after my hysterectomy as I'm not using HRT, I get the odd burn up but never dripping in sweat and no mood swings.

I also keep a can of Vichy water spray by the side of the bed and spray myself when I feel the heat start to rise.

Dahlialover · 28/05/2013 14:11

I had hot sweats at night for about ten years or more and went through 3 duvets of various sorts. Some nights I have had to change my nightdress and get back into a wet bed, rather than wake OH.

My latest is a microfibre (10.5 tog) one that cost £45 from Sainsbury's, and has been the best. I use this with bedsocks and a blanket over the bottom for cold weather. Then I slip the bedsocks off if I am a bit warm (can do this in my sleep now). Getting thirsty adds to the problem.

I found it best to have a constantly warmish room (16+ C), not too thick bedding, absorbant night dress and a glass of water for cooling/restocking.

Bizarrely, night sweats have stopped since I stopped taking COC. They stopped when I went onto POP for a short while and have not come back. I do not understand this as I would have thought they would mask the effect, like HRT and I am now in the full throes of peri/meno and need oestrogen for other bits. Strange.

Ilikethebreeze · 28/05/2013 14:53

Just reread the last post.
10 years Shock 10 years Shock

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mrsjay · 28/05/2013 15:52

Just reread the last post.
10 years 10 years

my auntie said she was still getting them in her late 60s

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Dahlialover · 28/05/2013 15:59

Grin Actually, I think it may be quite a bit more than 10 years but I have no real idea of when it started.......... it just became a way of life. I was talking to someone in her sixties who said her mother still had them occasionally..........

Ilikethebreeze · 28/05/2013 16:00

[shock Shock Shock...
Not written enough ot them yet..
I thought I was paying my dues to womanhood or summat, if I did about 6?

My health has always followed my mother's.
But my mum had a hysterectomy at 49, so I feel I am somewhat on my own now as regards this particular health subject.

mrsjay, your health doesnt follow your auntie's does it?

Ilikethebreeze · 28/05/2013 16:01

Shock to Dahlialover's post
and leaves this particular thread!

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mrsjay · 28/05/2013 16:03

it just became a way of life. I was talking to someone in her sixties who said her mother still had them occasionally..........

what her 80ish yr old mother still flushes we are all bloody doomed

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