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Premature menopause: Hot flushes and night sweats
Please share your tips, tricks, and most effective methods for managing persistent hot flushes and night sweats? I've taken to rinsing my (thankfully bald) head under cold water, fanning myself for...
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
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