Help For Drenching Night Sweats! Posted: 02-28-07 12:00pm
this has been going on for years, i'm in
periomenopause. tried everything, cannot
use hrt. anyone going thru this, it's
making me panicky and i simply don't feel
normal, getting depressed. the only time i
get some sleep, is if i knock myself out
with a high end sleeping pill. i'm sick
of my body temp. going from sweating
(soaked) then freezing when the air hits
my wet body. thanks for listening
everyone!
any help on this would save my sanity, i
swear!
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amorocco
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Florida
Hot Flashes Posted: 03-01-07 23:33pm
OMG I just started them in the day too,
and I am going crazy. I am getting so
frustrated. I can't even get ready to go
somewhere without sweating my makeup off.
I literally walk aound most days looking
like I just ran a marathon! I also soak my
bed a few times each night. I am a little
hesitant about starting Hormone
Replacement because I don't want to gain
weight and that seems to be what I'm
hearing happens. I am 44 years old and
the only one in my group of friends that
is going thru this nightmare. I, too am
getting depressed- I cry at the drop of a
hat when I never ever used too. I would
appreciate any feedback or input on this.
Also, does anyone know if its the
progesterone or estrogen that stops or
lessons these hot flashes and night
sweats. Thanks
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amorocco
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Florida
Hot Flashes Posted: 03-01-07 23:43pm
OMG I just started them in the day too,
and I am going crazy. I am getting so
frustrated. I can't even get ready to go
somewhere without sweating my makeup off.
I literally walk aound most days looking
like I just ran a marathon! I also soak my
bed a few times each night. I am a little
hesitant about starting Hormone
Replacement because I don't want to gain
weight and that seems to be what I'm
hearing happens. I am 44 years old and
the only one in my group of friends that
is going thru this nightmare. I, too am
getting depressed- I cry at the drop of a
hat when I never ever used too. I would
appreciate any feedback or input on this.
Also, does anyone know if its the
progesterone or estrogen that stops or
lessons these hot flashes and night
sweats. Thanks
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tawny111
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 16 Location: usa
Sooo True Posted: 03-06-07 09:12am
amo...i feel for you, i dread going to bed
at night, covers on then covers off,
soaked and freezing. don't know what to
do. taking black cohosh root extract,
don't think it's working but afraid to go
off of them. then when i get these sweats,
i tend to panic and it makes them worse. i
can't take it anymore, it's taken over my
life. don't have alot of money, so i
can't afford any high end herbal
treatments. stuck! if i find anything
out, i'll post ya! hang in there, we're
not the only ones, but it's truly a
nightmare.
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jaquie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Berkshire UK
Hot Flushes Posted: 03-06-07 09:42am
Amo,hi i have been getting these for about
a month and have just missed my first
period, at the moment the night is'nt any
worse than the day,they come at night but
i'm not drenching the bed, and my moods
are all over the place,and feel
depressed,it has'nt been confirmed yet,i
only had a blood test yesterday. i know
how you feel tho,you do your hair,Y? you
do your makeupY? it is very very
frustrating,we arn't alone. I am so glad i
found this site, i must be driving my kids
roung the bend, it feels good to talk.X
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tawny111
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 16 Location: usa
Mood Swings Too Posted: 03-07-07 11:01am
hi jaq, know how you feel. i think i'm
going crazy sometimes and it started when
my periods stopped. try to keep up a good
front, but inside i feel so whacked out.
went into a crying jag last evening, then
felt real hyper....then the dreadful
bedtime...ughhh! we have to try and keep
it together somehow and get thru it. when
i'm soaked in the morning, i try to say,
oh well, it's only sweat (yuck), some
people don't realize when it's super hot
out and they feel drained from being
overheated, or it's freezing out and
they're shivering, some of us go thru it
on a daily basis. yup, the other day, it
was 8 degrees in the morning, got a huge
hot flash in my car and was driving home
with my window open! nuts! keep in touch
with what's going on with you. yes, this
webpage saved me, like you say, it feels
good to talk!
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Rosebush
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1 Location: West Midlands
Hot Sweats Posted: 03-07-07 17:36pm
Been having hot sweats now for 5yrs, i am
57 and feel 90!! they are just soul
destroying, tried every herbal remedy that
has come out, some have worked for about
2wks, left me thinking i have got them
beat, but then bang they are back, only
sleep i get and then only max 3hrs is when
i take a sleeping pill
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tawny111
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 16 Location: usa
Omg! Posted: 03-08-07 08:21am
rose, can't believe your into 5 years of
this. i've been about 1 1/2 years and was
hoping may be the 2 year mark would be it
and the sweats would be over....wish in
one hand and......
yes, i also feel old and worn out and i'm
going on 49 in a few months. it's changed
the way i feel about myself. and sleep
deprivation is not good for the body, mind
and spirit. wish i had some good to say
about this, the only thing i think is that
when we are sweating, it's sweating out
all the toxins thru our pores?
lol....never know, only positive i can
think of.
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Cactusinthesun
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Montreal
Dry As a Bone In Montreal Posted: 03-11-07 09:08am
Hi Newbies to Menopause! Welcome to the
Club; the club you never wanted to
join...lol Well, I am 58 years old and
started menopause 6 years ago. Do I still
experience hot flashes...yes. Have I been
able to reduce their frequency and
intensity by A LOT?...yes. One just has
to eliminate ONE thing from the diet and
those annoying and embarrassing hot
flashes will almost disappear. THat is
sugar! Yes, sugar. I have banned all
foods from the kitchen that are made with
sugar...or else I eat them. My family can
eat fruit if they like...sugar is bad for
them too. Ice cream is the worst so if
you want to experiment, eat some ice cream
and within a half hour you will be having
the worst hot flashes ever. It makes sense
since sugars provide energy/heat to the
body and there is this overabundance of it
all at once and in menopausal women, the
reaction is for the body to sweat to cool
itself off. You can even go one step
further to be almost rid of the hot
flashes and that is to reduce white carbs
altogether. We have only whole wheat
bread, whole wheat pasta (and my husband
is Italian) and brown rice and we seldom
eat potatoes. Wew often just replace the
potato/rice/bready part of the meal with
another green veggie. There are no
crackers, cookies, chips, pop, fruit
juices which are high in sugar(...so only
100% pure cranberry which is sour) etc. in
our house. Of course as you can predict, I
am losing weight gradually, steadily and
painlessly. The painlessly part is because
carbs actually stimulate the pancreas to
shoot insullin into the blood stream which
carries carbs directly to the fat stores
(gut & butt) and leave the person
craving and craving for another sugar/carb
hit.
Which brings me to my theory as to why
Japanese women seem to sail through
menopause as reported and American women
are going through hell. Japanese women
eat far less in the way of carbs.
Another thing that I have found that will
make me break out in a sweat is if I am
even slightly stressed. I might just have
a thought that is stressful or be in an
uncomfortable situation and I will break
out in beads of sweat on my face...rather
embarrassing. But it sure helps if I have
not been eating carbs.
I would really love to hear from you if
you do eliminate the carbs to see if you
sleep through the night sweat free and
have far fewer, even no hot flashes during
the day.
I have trouble sleeping but I do take a
calm inducing calclum/magnesium supplement
after dinner and it does help...it also
helps with constipation in the morning
which is a bonus!
Good luck!
