No hot flushes- is it possible?

[Mimimayhem18]

Hi, I am 45 and have been confirmed by my GP as in menopause, which came as quite a surprise! I knew things weren’t quite right and I have had memory issues, sleep issues, burning mouth, migraine, intense skin itching etc but no one single hot flush. Has anyone gone through menopause without having them? I was under the impression that you couldn’t avoid them? I have a follow up appointment with my GP next week so I am going to ask her, but I just wanted to know if it’s unusual.

I only had a couple, symptoms vary for all. It’s not compulsory to have them!

I just felt a bit warm now and then that was all. Little did I know that the lack of estrogen would hit me like a steam train in the form of vaginal atrophy. Easily sorted with estriol cream on prescription but my God it was utterly debilitating so keep an eye on any urinary changes x

I looked forward to the hot flushes (I am a generally cold person) and never got any. My menopause was almost totally symptomless - except, as for a pp, vaginal atrophy. I now have Oestrodol pessaries which seem to have sorted that out, so I have mostly cruised through the whole thing.

I think menopause is much like many other things, parenting, men, children, money - people really only shout if they are having a bad time and you don't get to hear about all those who are just bumbling along more or less all right.

My mum always said she felt somehow jealous of colleagues as she never once got a hot flush and believes her menopause was 'done' during a time of great stress so a horrid 6 months of bereavement, grief and bang, menopause.

I've suffered like a bitch (2 frozen shoulders, night sweats, utterly debilitating brain fog, mood swings, depression, insomnia, all over 5 years and the hot sweats hit me like a brick last November. Fortunately managed by HRT now.

I’m 63 and had a symptomless menopause, as did a couple friends. Just increasingly irregular periods until they stopped. No brain fog, no aches or pains, no irritability and no hot flushes! I know I’m very lucky - my mother had an awful time and I was dreading it.

Pretty symptomless here too
need to eat less sugar to avoid poor sleep and that’s about it really

the symptoms that people do get vary quite widely

about ? 25% get no symptoms at all

I've had no hot flushes as such. Night sweats were a thing for a while but theve calmed down (fingers crossed)

I had one, and it is debatable that that wasn't caused by alcohol.

So yes it can.

Yes, entirely possible. My only menopausal symptom was heavy periods for a while then suddenly no periods. It's important to remember that it is only complications of the menopause, not the menopause itself, that creates problems for some women.

I've been in peri for 5-6 years and have never had a hot flush or night sweat. I've had many, many other symptoms to make up for it though!

I didn’t have any symptoms at all. Am now post menopause.

I didn’t get hot flushes but suffered more psychologically. I had terrible anxiety and felt as if I wasn’t me. I started to hate being around people and ended up with a divorce, left my job (of 20 years) and lost friends. Totally different person to what I was. Never offered HRT. Now almost 54, periods stopped abruptly at 45.

Hot flushes were the only symptom I had (same as my mother). Pretty awful at the time, but gone now thankfully. Also I discovered eating wheat made them far worse so I'm gluten free now.

I never had hot flushes or night sweats - but I did have awful incredibly heavy periods for a while - tranexamic acid sorted that out. My mother was the same - no problems at all - so it certainly can be a thing.

I’ve had zero symptoms; periods stopped a year ago. I feel fantastic. I know I’m very lucky.

Totally possible. I never had a hot flush - only symptom was cessation of periods (hurrah!).

I never had hot flushes nor many other of the usual symptoms.

I have all the symptoms….except hot flushes. Never had one of those, despite very clearly being peri. Am fucked off today because my period had buggered off for 3 months….thought that might be the beginning of the end but she’s made a very painful reappearance today 🤬

Loads of women don’t get hot flushes.

I had no symptoms at all. The only reason I knew I'd hit menopause was through a blood test. I was 36 at the time, I'm 60 now and I've never had a hot flush.

My mum didn’t have any symptoms at all. Her periods just became irregular and stopped.

My mother said she didn't get one hot flush. I get them a lot but have found menopace as a supplement helps, along with cutting down on caffeine, watching what I eat and drink and sometimes zi find stress makes them worse.

I am jealous, but this is good.

No hot flushes or night sweats for me. Before hrt or during. I'm through peri now.

In exchange, my digestive system has gone to hell instead. Easily my worse symptom 😕

I had no symptoms of the menopause as all. So yes, it is possible.