What do your hot flushes feel like?

[ParisUSM]

Mine have moved up a gear over the past couple of weeks (hurrah, I must be closer to the end!), probably having one every hour or so now, so not bad compared to others.

For ages, I've been regularly waking up every 90 minutes or so overnight with what feels like an adrenaline rush. Now when I wake up I immediately have a hot flush and was wondering if that's other people's experiences too?

Night sweats have gone, and I don't sweat during a hot flush (to be honest I very rarely sweat at all compared to other people, no idea why). My glasses do fog up though which is a new one on me, haha.

Aw LittleCandle, you're sounding low - we should make this thread a support thread. I've only had a few snatches of 15 minutes sleep overnight so feeling officially crap. I unrolled a bag on the bus just in case I was going to throw up :(

For me, walking outside helps (when the weather's not too hot)- I remember my mum taking herself off for a walk round the block in the dead of winter when she was going through it. I remind myself her symptoms were only bad for a few months, not 15 years!

I've been trying the CBT advice too

www.womens-health-concern.org/help-and-advice/factsheets/cognitive-behaviour-therapy-cbt-menopausal-symptoms/

We will all get through it, I just have to get over feeling a bit annoyed at going through 5 years of really bad symptoms with peri and then this. Take care

Ragged I think that it is not only the sudden drop of estrogen the problem, it is the complete loss of estrogen especially at younger ages. There is no natural supplements that can give to our body the estrogen we lose, unfortunately. They give us only a relief of symptoms.