Menopause hot flushes have disappeared

[AmythestBangle]

I have been on HRT for several years, my main symptom being feeling hot/hot flushes/night sweats, which never fully resolved even with the HRT. Everyone knows me as someone who is always too hot, even in the depths of winter i am in shirt sleeves and I never wear a jumper even when everyone else is complaining of cold.

Since being on Mounjaro I have needed to wear warmer clothes and have had zero night sweats. I always slept in a short sleeved/sleeveless nightie no matter what the weather, or I would sweat all night, now I have had to buy some pyjamas and I am still cold. I am rather enjoying this as it is such a change from always being boiling and looking like a prat in a t shirt when everyone is in huge Aran jumpers. I am thinking of cutting down/stopping my HRT patches. Anyone else have this?

Well I've been thinking of starting Mounjaro, as an overweight 60yo. If this is a side effect then I'm in, as I still can't regulate my temperature from menopause. I sleep in the thinnest nightdress, in an unheated room with a fan on all night, but still wake up with hot flushes 🙁 (I've never done HRT btw).

Yup, me too! I can’t remember the last time I had a hot flush. I used to carry a fan with me at all times, sleep with a big fan on and the window open/summer duvet, be the only person in short sleeves whilst everyone around me is jumpered up. It’s wonderful!
This cold malarkey is taking some getting used to though, thick winter duvet and a weighted blanket, constantly on the look out for thick jumpers and socks. Supermarket shopping down the fridge aisles is definitely an experience 😆

I am 61, and this has been me since I was 51! It's not just weight loss itself that is causing me to be colder now as I have been all kinds of weight over the last 10 years including the weight I am now. Also this coldness already started in my first week on Mounjaro when I had lost less than 2lb.

I had forgotten what it was like to enjoy putting on a snuggly woolly jumper!

I have been stealing DH's jumpers much to his amusement, as I was always the one saying how can you wear that woolly thing, aren't you boiling?

Yes, me too. I’m not quite in hot flush stage but was getting very pink and hot in warm rooms. Coping badly with hot weather. Loving my ice baths. From my first dose I’ve been cool as a cucumber.

I have had the opposite experience. 🙈

56, 2 years post menopause (no HRT), using MJ for 7 months, lost 5.5st.

Before starting MJ I hadn't had a night sweat for years. The hot flashes during the night returned as I lost weight - no sweating this time, but waking up extremely hot several times a night, so hot I need to get up to cool down. When they passed I was freezing, this would repeat throughout the night. I was getting around 4 hours sleep a night for the last 3-4 months and at breaking point.

I started continuous HRT 4 weeks ago and the hot flashes have settled down, I now get one perhaps every 4th-5th night. Once asleep I mostly stay asleep (still wake too early), the problem is now getting to sleep as brain is in overdrive and I struggle to switch off.

I did read somewhere that fat cells store estrogen so assumed the weight loss and drop in estrogen triggered the hot flashes returning.

That is interesting @WeAllHaveWings I guess it is another example of how the side effects of this drug seem to vary widely from person to person.

I have now found this

The Surprising Benefits of GLP-1s for Hot Flashes: A Game Changer in Women’s Health