T2. Hot flushes. Menopause.

[Mama2many73]

Hi.
I'm not controlling my t2 diabetes as well as I should (have given self a kick up the arse tonight) and have been very lackadaisical about tablets etc .
Over the last few days I've had a couple of hot sweats, just head and with short hair it's running off!
This evening this happened about 1hr after I'd eaten and had walked the dog, but early in the week was a couple of hours after food.
I've done my bloods and they were high at 10. I feel perfectly OK except the sweating.

The sweats are very similar to ghe ones I got when hit menopause (about 3yrs now). I've just read that the menopause can make it even more difficult to regulate

Can you give me some advice on getting back on track? It annoys me that I'm an intelligent woman, who makes sure everyone else's health stuff is sorted but i don't look after myself!??

Are you on treatment? What kind? Are you taking it regularly as prescribed? If not, why not(do you forget, side effects etc)?

Have you made any changes at all to your diet?

What support are you getting with your weight ( if you are overweight)?

I have Hyperhidrosis on my face & scalp so intensely that I'm on medication for it, have had Botox on my scalp on the NHS and was offered surgery to have my sympathetic nerve(?) disconnected to stop any sweating from the shoulders up. I couldn't have the surgery due to other health issues but it does exist. The tricky part is convincing doctors to at first prescribe the pills (obviously dependant on existing meds) as they don't seem to like doing so. Then convincing them that it's so bad that you need further intervention. They then usually refer you to Dermatology - who in my area at least, do bugger all. The people who start offering surgery & Botox, are the Vascular team. Obviously Botox isn't available in every NHS Trust but you never know. Botox doesn't always work and sadly, it didn't for me, but for some it does!

Two other things you can look at is Miradry. It's expensive but essentially switches off your sweat glands. I don't know if it's offered on your scalp but I'm pretty sure they do it for the face. And I know from many, many years experience that the face is the absolute worst.

Slightly cheaper is getting an Iontophoresis machine that offers a face mask and a scalp mask. This needs to be done 2/3 times per week forevermore, but it bloody works!

Best of luck

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