Premature menopause: Hot flushes and night sweats

I have to say, I haven't found anything that significantly works...Im heading to 12 months post Chemo, I tried to take Effexor twice and it was horrific, I was so ill on it! Uuugh! But I have noticed symptoms have halved in this time, so I really think its a time thing and just have to find these little tricks that work! xo

Just wanted to add that since September I have cut out coffee and now my hot flushes have significantly reduced. 

One leg out singlet and undies only and the air con on!! That's what I do. My power bill will be huge this quarter but it helps heaps with the night flushes xx 

Hi InkPetal
I suffered with the same issues as you describe, extreme night sweats and hot flushes so bad I thought I would black out! I was also so totally fed up with taking and being prescribed more and more medications that I went on a serious hunt for a more natural approach to the problem as I didn't want to end up with extra side effects. Through a lot of research and with the help of my integrative GP I found a combination that works wonders for me. I take Sage capsules (I use Hilda Hemmes Herbals brand 1000mg) and take Fusion brand Menopause tablets, one of each morning and night. I also drink plenty of sage tea throughout the day, you can make it into iced tea if you prefer to drink something cold. It took a little while to really start helping but my hot flushes are now almost non-existent and I don't get the sweats anymore at all. I don't even carry my little fold out fan around with me now LOL!
Good luck hun, hope it helps.
Holly :)

I always carry a water bottle now and wear layers which are easy to peel off fast. I find the prickling sensation on the skin to be particularly irksome but to date I haven't had any rashes. During summer I carry a wet washer in a little plastic bag and hold it on the back of my neck at the base of the skull where I think the malfunctioning gland is.

I had an early menopause so had my fair share of hot flushes before taking a progesterone troche for a couple of years. Bliss!  Of course this went straight into the bin with my breast cancer diagnosis. I had an E100%, P95% receptive cancer. Even though I am taking Arimidex, I expect that I would have been getting the flushes anyway now my natural lack of hormones have kicked in!
Foot/leg and arms out of the quilt is what works for me too.  I have now reassured my husband that when he comes back from the bathroom at 2am and sees me exposed to the elements, do not cover me up :)
Luckily I only get a couple of hot flushes during the day, leaving me with a nice sweaty sheen all over my face!  Heaven help me when summer kicks in up here.
So far the night sweats are not affecting my sleep too much.  Somehow I am managing to flip the covers off, fall back asleep, wake up freezing and recover myself about 5 times a night.   Back to work in a week so all that may change!
Look after yourselves, wishing you all cooler nights.   Jane xx

Hello team, I have had the hot flushes now for 2 years.High humidity upsets my system as much as high temperature.
Brought a thermometer as have been sick twice but could not tell because of hot flushes.
i worked an 8 hour shift with a temp of 38.2 and to tell the truth felt a little dizzy and tired but that didnt seem unusual from regular post chem problems and I wasn,t getting the chills after hot flush so that much felt good.
Ended up this time having Shingles when the rash appeared I worried. Other time had sinus infection.
So have followed every suggestion offered, I work on a combination too. A Shower will lower your core temp in 2hours.
Effexor, I went off did not work great and the side effect of forgetting was annoying me.Gave up on magnesium and menopause tablets.
I also take clonodine, currents are said to help and I put this in my cereal,did not have tea, coffee alcohol or hot drinks for 6 months then gave up on that,tried sage tea, white tea, other teas problem is you have to drink so much I end up waking to go to the toilet every few hours.only go at 4am and 6am hot flush now.
I do sleep on the towel I dried myself with it stays cool a few hous, have Bamboo ,gel pillow that i still have to turn when hot.a little breeze,water by bed,no high carbohydrate foods hours before bed,stay away from all polyester put cotton towel on chair,couch.wet flannel all the time even when out for back of neck. have hand fan in handbag.
I can still have a hot flush every 20 mins for a couple of hours a day. So this is less than all the time.
I also have Lymphoedema of the right arm so wearing easy put on take off tops with cardigan works.The flush always stars at neck and down bad arm then across chest.sometimes just feel I am sunburnt all over in bed
At present trying high fibre diet reading a science mag said this worked well for other problems and it seems to help.
the quicker food goes through your system and bacteria dosent sit in your bowel ,the better.
hope this helps we need more research into this- too many of us have it and its not JUST UNCOMFORTABLE.

I too have had a huge problem with hot flushes and sleepless nights. I know what has worked for me and finally I have got my sleep pattern into a great routine and my hot flushes nearly gone. Firstly the hot flushes were making me miserable so intense. A friend told me to go on organic maca powder and organic ginger tea and cut all caffeine etc WOW it made a huge difference almost straight away then I made my bedroom into a only cotton affair with all sheets etc and doona being total cotton and slept in cotton only pjs. Then I went to sleep with one leg out of the bedding (do not laugh this really helps)   But the funniest thing of all was how I got my sleep into a pattern.. I bought a fitbit and no not to trace steps but sleep.  So off I went to bed with my fitbit and traced my sleep. I then read the fitbit information and it told me to go to bed and sleep at 9.30 pm and wake at 6.30 am sharp regardless of how much sleep I got. I was strict with this for 10 days and loved looking up the fitbit sleep tracer every morning. An alarm on the watch tells me at 8.45  to wind down and get ready for bed and I did this every night.  Then I got into a routine and obviously so did my body because its been a long time since I could sleep and no I still wake a couple of times a night but can now go back to sleep again.. this may have been mind over matter but it sure worked for me.........Each week my sleep length has got longer and longer and finally I do not feel sleep deprived anymore.... $149 well worth spending.

Wow! I haven't but I'm willing to give it a chance. Thank you @Nadi.