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Post by crazy4scraps on May 21, 2016 12:31:07 GMT
Marking my place. My cycles have slowed way down in the last nine months. Every time I don't get one, I think YAY! One step closer! Warm flushes at night describes pretty well what I've been dealing with lately. That, and when did I grow this fuzzy blonde mustache? Ugh. I wasn't even a teenager yet when my mom went through it, so I have no clue what it was like for her. One of my older sisters had a hysterectomy, and I don't really know what was going on with my other sister because she kind of flipped out during that phase. I'm so hoping it ends up not being too horrible. I already won the c-section lottery so I could do without winning the menopause one too!
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 21, 2016 12:38:55 GMT
There is a genetic component but even if you know your family history you can deviate from your mom several years. Or, she may not recall precisely when she went through it. It is the peri-menopause stage that is the boogabear. Menopause is AFTER you have been period free for 12 months........ Even after you are period free you may still have random hot flashes. My mom does and she is mid 70s.So for most people, are they worse in perimenopause or worse in full on menopause? I'm solidly in the first camp and so far it hasn't been too bad. Yet.
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Post by PEAcan pie on May 21, 2016 14:16:27 GMT
Would love to know this... I am going to start counting how many I get a day/night and ask the Dr. if this is normal.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 15:52:03 GMT
There is a genetic component but even if you know your family history you can deviate from your mom several years. Or, she may not recall precisely when she went through it. It is the peri-menopause stage that is the boogabear. Menopause is AFTER you have been period free for 12 months........ Even after you are period free you may still have random hot flashes. My mom does and she is mid 70s.So for most people, are they worse in perimenopause or worse in full on menopause? I'm solidly in the first camp and so far it hasn't been too bad. Yet. Worse during the peri-menopause by a long shot. They DO get better after you are in full menopause. The frequency, length and intensity does decrease significantly and continues to decrease but they just don't seem to go completely away although I've not asked my grandmother who is 95 if she still has them.
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Post by pjaye on May 21, 2016 16:59:15 GMT
Worse during the peri-menopause by a long shot. They DO get better after you are in full menopause Your terminology all wrong. When you are "in full menopause" as you put it, IS when the symptoms are at their worse. AFTER you have completed menopause, that's when they get better. You seem to keep commenting on medical conditions and you are pretty much always wrong. I suggest you at least google before you post. Firstly "perimenopause" is a term that has become more popular in the last few years, but it isn't actually a thing, it's just the time before menopause starts. You can be said to be in "perimenopause" from the time your period starts until menopause stars. As women get older gradually their hormones will fluctuate and lesson, that's just normal and it isn't a defined condition, but it seems to have become trendy lately to want to give it a name. Menopause, is the time of transition, when your ovaries gradually make less oestrogen and your periods get irregular and eventually stop...that whole time while it is happening *is* the menopause and that's why it used to be called "the change"...this is the time where you change from being able to reproduce to not being able to. Menopause is the time when the periods become irregular, hot flashes occur etc. That's when you have all of the symptoms. Once you have not had a period for 12 months, then it is considered that you have finished menopause. Then you are considered to be post-menopausal...which lasts for the rest of your life, and for the most part the symptoms settle down again. There are other conditions that can give you the same sorts of symptoms, for example in menopause hot flashes are related to the lack of oestrogen, but that doesn't mean that if you get a hot flash at age 90 it's still menopause - it isn't. The oestrogen is well and truly gone, at that age you are getting it for some other reason.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 17:22:36 GMT
My hot flashes haven't been overwhelming during the day but have been a pain at night. What about lack of desire? My sex drive has completely, totally vanished. Neither DH nor I are thrilled with this part.
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Post by PNWMom on May 21, 2016 18:30:42 GMT
I went into chemical menopause when I was on chemo, and had awful hot flashes. My oncologist put me on very low dose Effexor--25mg once daily and it worked wonderfully! I went from having dozens of hot flashes each day to maybe only 2 or 3. The meds kicked in the first day I took them, and you can stop whenever without worrying about weaning off, since it is such a low dose (1/3 the recommended starting dose for people who take it for depression/anxiety--you can safely go up to over 300mg a day, so there is a ton of room to increase if needed). Here is info on a study they did that looks at Effexor as well as other antidepressant medications being used for hot flashes. Study
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Post by birukitty on May 21, 2016 20:34:42 GMT
Worse during the peri-menopause by a long shot. They DO get better after you are in full menopause Your terminology all wrong. When you are "in full menopause" as you put it, IS when the symptoms are at their worse. AFTER you have completed menopause, that's when they get better. You seem to keep commenting on medical conditions and you are pretty much always wrong. I suggest you at least google before you post. Firstly "perimenopause" is a term that has become more popular in the last few years, but it isn't actually a thing, it's just the time before menopause starts. You can be said to be in "perimenopause" from the time your period starts until menopause stars. As women get older gradually their hormones will fluctuate and lesson, that's just normal and it isn't a defined condition, but it seems to have become trendy lately to want to give it a name. Menopause, is the time of transition, when your ovaries gradually make less oestrogen and your periods get irregular and eventually stop...that whole time while it is happening *is* the menopause and that's why it used to be called "the change"...this is the time where you change from being able to reproduce to not being able to. Menopause is the time when the periods become irregular, hot flashes occur etc. That's when you have all of the symptoms. Once you have not had a period for 12 months, then it is considered that you have finished menopause. Then you are considered to be post-menopausal...which lasts for the rest of your life, and for the most part the symptoms settle down again. There are other conditions that can give you the same sorts of symptoms, for example in menopause hot flashes are related to the lack of oestrogen, but that doesn't mean that if you get a hot flash at age 90 it's still menopause - it isn't. The oestrogen is well and truly gone, at that age you are getting it for some other reason. I agree with you as far as peri menopause is considered, but when you say that once you've had not had a period for 12 months that you are then considered post menopausal I disagree. I've always heard and read that you aren't really considered in the actual menopausal state until you've not had a period for 12 months. Once that happens you are in menopause and that can last for a different degree of time depending on the person-it is different for everyone. Some women can go for 10 years in this state of menopause, some women go through it in 2 years. During this state-menopause-is when all of the symptoms occur, the most common being hot flashes. I've been in menopause for 4 years. I stopped having a regular period for one year 4 years ago. Hopefully our OB/GYN Pea can come in and clear this up for us. Melissa, are you available? Am I remembering your name right? I had a migraine yesterday and it always seems to kill a few brain cells the next day. Debbie in MD.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 20:48:00 GMT
I've always heard and read that you aren't really considered in the actual menopausal state until you've not had a period for 12 months. Once that happens you are in menopause and that can last for a different degree of time depending on the person-it is different for everyone. Some women can go for 10 years in this state of menopause, some women go through it in 2 years. I think that's almost totally wrong. Post menopause is 12 months after you've had your last period for all women as far as my understanding goes (probably not very far granted).
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Post by birukitty on May 21, 2016 21:34:52 GMT
I just Googled and it is confusing. I stand corrected on the terminology. WebMd says that once a woman hasn't had a period for at last 1 year she is considered post menopausal, but then it goes on to list several symptoms to expect during menopause including hot flashes which I've been having for the past 4 years.
This makes no sense. If every woman is considered to be postmenopausal one year after her period ends, then what do you call all of the symptoms I and numerous other women are experiencing for 4+ years? Postmenopausal symptoms? No, they aren't listed as that. They are listed under Menopause symptoms.
Irregardless these are just semantics. But it would be good to know the correct terminology and clear up the confusion one way or the other.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 21:41:56 GMT
It is all very confusing not to mention terrifying!!
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Post by Zee on May 21, 2016 21:46:10 GMT
I guess I won't know until the hot flashes hit. I had a hyst at 39 but I still have my ovaries. I'm 44 now, and my mom wasn't finished until she was 54, so I could theoretically have quite a bit longer.
I had hot flashes for a little while after giving birth. That was miserable.
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Post by birukitty on May 21, 2016 21:50:44 GMT
It is all very confusing not to mention terrifying!! I don't consider it terrifying. Annoying as hell and frustrating, but not terrifying. Or maybe you said that in jest Lainey? It's hard to read tone on a message board. Debbie in MD.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 21:58:02 GMT
It is all very confusing not to mention terrifying!! I don't consider it terrifying. Annoying as hell and frustrating, but not terrifying. Or maybe you said that in jest Lainey? It's hard to read tone on a message board. Debbie in MD. Mostly in jest. I think it's one of those things, like childbirth that women enjoy scaring other women about. I've heard many horror stories about menopause. My Mums was a walk in the park so I'm fervently hoping mine will be too.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 22:21:42 GMT
I'm 47, will be 48 in December. I've been having hot flashes and night sweats for about 2 years. I take calcium at night, just before bed, and it has reduced them from 2 or more a night to one every couple of weeks. I do notice they are worse in the PMS week. My cycle is starting to become irregular - a few spots for a few months, then a huge mess of a flow, then back to spotting. My only is almost 17. I'm so ready to be done with the baby factory. Just so long as the playground still operates, I'm good.
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Post by birukitty on May 21, 2016 22:23:12 GMT
Oh, I'm sorry Lainey if you are fearing it that much. Ignore those women who are trying to scare the wits out of you. I don't know why women do that to each other. Seriously it isn't anything to be afraid of.
The symptoms are annoying, yes. But there are lots of options to help with those that you can turn to from conventional HRT (hormone replacement therapy) to bio-identical HRT (completely natural without any cancer risk.) Both of these therapies are reported to remove the symptoms completely ( I think, I wasn't able to use them). You can discuss this with your doctor when the time comes.
There are also other helpful things you can take. I myself take Evening Primrose Oil which is a supplement prescribed by my Integrative Medicine doctor like I mentioned. It really helps a lot to curb the number and intensity of my hot flashes. The company that makes the Evening Primrose Oil that I take is called bioTE Medical and I take 2 capsules a day which equal 2,600 mg.
You don't have to be afraid. I think some women like to embellish how horrible their own experiences were to get a pity vote and attention. Try not to listen to them.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by scrapmaven on May 21, 2016 22:43:04 GMT
I am so ready to be done. Welcome to hell. It's nothing to be afraid of, but it sure is annoying.
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Post by uksue on May 21, 2016 23:08:22 GMT
Ive been having symptoms about 4 years now, but the hit flashes got much worse last year after I had my dpradical hysterectomy and lost my ovaries. I started taking red clover about 5 weeks ago and I seem to be having fewer hot flashes at the moment.
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Post by chris on May 22, 2016 0:01:31 GMT
I have been having hot flashes at night, but so far they're tolerable. I have a big problem with just a general mind fog. I feel like I'm losing my marbles...I can't comprehend things like I used to and my memory is GONE. I have a strange rash on my neck/throat that 3 dermatologists and two allergists can't figure out. Can't get a good night's sleep, but fall asleep on the davenport before 8:00. The worst thing though is the irritability, which is hardest on my husband, who certainly feels as if he can't do anything right. Anybody else? Please tell me I'm normal! LOL!
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Post by carhoch on May 22, 2016 1:53:36 GMT
I had 40 hot flash a day it's was miserable, I take Premarin now and life is back to normal.
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Post by pjaye on May 22, 2016 3:58:57 GMT
I just Googled and it is confusing. I stand corrected on the terminology. WebMd says that once a woman hasn't had a period for at last 1 year she is considered post menopausal, but then it goes on to list several symptoms to expect during menopause including hot flashes which I've been having for the past 4 years. This makes no sense. If every woman is considered to be postmenopausal one year after her period ends, then what do you call all of the symptoms I and numerous other women are experiencing for 4+ years? Postmenopausal symptomsPostmenopausal symptoms? Yes.
It's not confusing at all,. The terminology I listed is medically correct and I have tried to explain it in layman's terms. Menopause is the time of change from ovaries winding down and producing less oestrogen, periods stopping and the related symptoms; hot flashes, heart palpitations etc. How long it lasts can be different for each woman one might have mild symptoms for 18 months, another might have bad symptoms for 4 years. That part is variable. Once you haven't had a period for 12 months in medical terms you have finished menopause. This basically means for the most part your ovaries have stopped functioning as they did when you were younger and have stopped releasing regular amounts of oestrogen. Post-menopausal, means that you are now dealing with the that lack of oestrogen on an ongoing basis and the lack of it can cause symptoms, such as vaginal dryness etc. But this doesn't change the fact that you are now post-menopausal, these symptoms are then no longer considered to be a part of menopause. You now have symptoms that are annoying and may or may not require treatment and they may or may not be due to the fact that you don't have as much oestrogen as you used to...or they could be from something else. But if menopause was completed several years earlier then they are no longer considered to be menopausal symptoms. As I said in a previous post a 90yo woman can still get hot flashes from a variety of conditions/medications etc...but it's no longer menopause.
It's just like puberty is the time when hormones kick in and periods start, but every time you have a period after you aren't going through puberty. Menopause is exactly the same, it's the time hormones wind down and periods stop...but once they've stopped for good, menopause ends, you aren't "in menopause" for the rest of your life.
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Post by dealsamongus on May 22, 2016 4:47:21 GMT
I'm early 40's and starting.. So sad..
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Post by Patter on May 22, 2016 10:50:08 GMT
I have been having hot flashes at night, but so far they're tolerable. I have a big problem with just a general mind fog. I feel like I'm losing my marbles...I can't comprehend things like I used to and my memory is GONE. I have a strange rash on my neck/throat that 3 dermatologists and two allergists can't figure out. Can't get a good night's sleep, but fall asleep on the davenport before 8:00. The worst thing though is the irritability, which is hardest on my husband, who certainly feels as if he can't do anything right. Anybody else? Please tell me I'm normal! LOL! Chris (Houston) Chris, the irritability was the worst for me. HORRIBLE, and yes, hubby got the brunt of it. I didn't like who I was. I started taking Estroven, and I am my happy self again. Whew!!!!
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Post by birukitty on May 23, 2016 0:43:40 GMT
I just Googled and it is confusing. I stand corrected on the terminology. WebMd says that once a woman hasn't had a period for at last 1 year she is considered post menopausal, but then it goes on to list several symptoms to expect during menopause including hot flashes which I've been having for the past 4 years. This makes no sense. If every woman is considered to be postmenopausal one year after her period ends, then what do you call all of the symptoms I and numerous other women are experiencing for 4+ years? Postmenopausal symptomsPostmenopausal symptoms? Yes.
It's not confusing at all,. The terminology I listed is medically correct and I have tried to explain it in layman's terms. Menopause is the time of change from ovaries winding down and producing less oestrogen, periods stopping and the related symptoms; hot flashes, heart palpitations etc. How long it lasts can be different for each woman one might have mild symptoms for 18 months, another might have bad symptoms for 4 years. That part is variable. Once you haven't had a period for 12 months in medical terms you have finished menopause. This basically means for the most part your ovaries have stopped functioning as they did when you were younger and have stopped releasing regular amounts of oestrogen. Post-menopausal, means that you are now dealing with the that lack of oestrogen on an ongoing basis and the lack of it can cause symptoms, such as vaginal dryness etc. But this doesn't change the fact that you are now post-menopausal, these symptoms are then no longer considered to be a part of menopause. You now have symptoms that are annoying and may or may not require treatment and they may or may not be due to the fact that you don't have as much oestrogen as you used to...or they could be from something else. But if menopause was completed several years earlier then they are no longer considered to be menopausal symptoms. As I said in a previous post a 90yo woman can still get hot flashes from a variety of conditions/medications etc...but it's no longer menopause.
It's just like puberty is the time when hormones kick in and periods start, but every time you have a period after you aren't going through puberty. Menopause is exactly the same, it's the time hormones wind down and periods stop...but once they've stopped for good, menopause ends, you aren't "in menopause" for the rest of your life. Pjaye I really respect you and your opinion, but this is opposite what I've always thought. Are you are nurse or in the medical field? I'm not so I could be totally wrong. I do admit I'm very late for my regular GYN checkup-like two years late, and that is very unlike me. I made an appointment with a great new doctor and then missed it due to a horrid migraine day. I've got to reschedule that ASAP. Anyway, you may very well be right. I want to very much discuss this with my doctor. In the meantime I'll believe you, but it really doesn't make sense to me because if that were true it would mean I didn't even have a period of menopause. My symptoms didn't start at all until after my period had ended-then they started. I don't want to get into a debate about semantics. I know that I've had symptoms for the past 4 years, and continue to have a few hot flashes every day-taking the Evening Primrose Oil has really cut down on the number of them and their severity. Debbie in MD.
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Post by angel97701 on May 23, 2016 4:20:00 GMT
One here that had early menopause with horrible hot flashes and absolutely no REM cycle sleep for 4 months. Since I adopted my 2 boys (ages 4 and 10 at the time) just before my 50th birthday, not being well rested was not an option!
I am bio-identical HRT through my naturopath. My hormones are made specifically for me by a pharmacy, and I am tested every year to see where my levels are at. My naturopath has patients who have been on HRT for 20 plus years.
I tried weaning myself off, but the quality of life issue was huge! Estrogen is a "natural lubricant" for muscles and other connective tissue. For me the hot flashes and the really deep muscle aches were horrible. My massage therapist said my muscles were "crunchy"! I had to go off everything when I had surgery 2 years ago and everything started to resurface. The GYN who did my surgery (ovarectomy due to large ovarian cysts at age 53) wanted me totally off, and sent me to a website to calculate my breast cancer/cancer risks. Taking the HRT upped my risk by about 1%, so for me the better quality of life won out.
Each woman is different and may not even be like your mother. My menopause was totally different from my mom's experience.
Do what is right for you!
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Post by pjaye on May 23, 2016 8:41:17 GMT
In the meantime I'll believe you, but it really doesn't make sense to me because if that were true it would mean I didn't even have a period of menopause. My symptoms didn't start at all until after my period had ended-then they started. I don't want to get into a debate about semantics.
Yes I am a nurse. however it kind of is semantics that I am talking about - the correct use of the medical terminology.
Menopause is the transition time from having periods to not having periods. Once you have not had a period for 12 months, you are considered to have completed menopause.
What I was correcting was the idea that some people posting seem to have that "peri-menopause" is the time when you have all of the symptoms and when your periods get irregular and then menopause is everything that happens after that for the rest of your life - that is incorrect. Menopause is the time of the symptoms and then your periods stopping - and post-menopause is the time after that has occurred and persists until you die.
I'm not denying you have symptoms, and I believe you when you say they started after your periods stopped...I have no reason to disbelieve you, but I'm correcting the semantics of the terminology used. If you are over 50 and your periods stopped naturally and you haven't had another one for 12 consecutive months or more, then you *did* go through menopause. The symptoms you are having now are considered (medically) to be post-menopausal symptoms
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 23, 2016 15:32:09 GMT
I have been having hot flashes at night, but so far they're tolerable. I have a big problem with just a general mind fog. I feel like I'm losing my marbles...I can't comprehend things like I used to and my memory is GONE. I have a strange rash on my neck/throat that 3 dermatologists and two allergists can't figure out. Can't get a good night's sleep, but fall asleep on the davenport before 8:00. The worst thing though is the irritability, which is hardest on my husband, who certainly feels as if he can't do anything right. Anybody else? Please tell me I'm normal! LOL! Chris (Houston) ^^^ just wanted to say that I was having really bad problems with the mind fog and memory issues, too, and figured it was a menopause thing that I would just have to live with. I was also eating a LOT of sugary snacks and empty calorie carbs; last December I started a medically-supervised weight loss plan (very low calorie diet) and told the bariatric specialist about the memory issues and brain fog. She said, "oh, that's the sugar; once you get off all the sugar, those issues will go away." I was really skeptical but she was right; now that I've greatly reduced my intake of refined sugar and carbs I don't have nearly the amount of memory lapses that I used to.
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Post by Lexica on May 23, 2016 16:00:46 GMT
I didn't stop having periods until I was 59 years old. That is way too long in my opinion. I honestly don't recall any symptoms in the years building up to the final period. After I stopped, I did experience a total of about two dozen hot flashes that were horrible, but that was all that happened to me. I went 11 months with no period, then on the 12th month, I had one. I was peeved because I had already used all of my tampons making fire starters for gifts and had to go buy more. But that was the last hurrah. And although the intensity of the hot flashes was horrible and very embarrassing when I was out shopping and began dripping from my scalp on down with no way to cool it off, there were not that many of them, and most didn't last too long. I ended up carrying a small face cloth with me to mop up as soon as I was by myself. There were three or four memorable episodes while in public that were so embarrassing. The worst one I had was while picking up some craft dies that had been advertised on Craigslist. I think I scared the woman who was selling them, because she said she had a few more boxes to get down and was going to have a yard sale with the rest. She took my information to let me know when the sale was going to happen, but never ended up contacting me. My hot flash began after I had been there about 5 minutes and was kneeling down in the garage looking through her boxes. The next thing I know, I am dripping, and I probably dripped into her boxes and grossed her out.
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Post by birukitty on May 23, 2016 21:43:27 GMT
In the meantime I'll believe you, but it really doesn't make sense to me because if that were true it would mean I didn't even have a period of menopause. My symptoms didn't start at all until after my period had ended-then they started. I don't want to get into a debate about semantics.
Yes I am a nurse. however it kind of is semantics that I am talking about - the correct use of the medical terminology.
Menopause is the transition time from having periods to not having periods. Once you have not had a period for 12 months, you are considered to have completed menopause.
What I was correcting was the idea that some people posting seem to have that "peri-menopause" is the time when you have all of the symptoms and when your periods get irregular and then menopause is everything that happens after that for the rest of your life - that is incorrect. Menopause is the time of the symptoms and then your periods stopping - and post-menopause is the time after that has occurred and persists until you die.
I'm not denying you have symptoms, and I believe you when you say they started after your periods stopped...I have no reason to disbelieve you, but I'm correcting the semantics of the terminology used. If you are over 50 and your periods stopped naturally and you haven't had another one for 12 consecutive months or more, then you *did* go through menopause. The symptoms you are having now are considered (medically) to be post-menopausal symptoms
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First of all I'm sorry I had to quote this in it's entirety but I haven't figured out yet how to quote a single portion of a post and since I'm on day 3 of a migraine, now isn't the day to do it. So please forgive me. Pjaye, thank you ever so much for taking the time to write all of this out and provide the links. I really appreciate it. You were right and I was wrong. It explains everything. I couldn't figure out how I could be postmenopausal and still be having hot flashes and what really scared the daylights out of me was why I was still having migraines if I was postmenopausal. After having migraines for 36 years (got my first when I was 20) I know mine are mostly triggered by hormonal fluctuations, but if I was postmenopausal in my mind that meant I had 0 hormonal fluctuations and then that meant these migraines wouldn't stop after menopause like my German grandmother had assured me they would. Reading your links I discovered that women in postmenopause can still have hormonal fluctuations. Whew! There is still hope these wretched migraines will cease sometime soon once the hormones stop fluctuating. Do they do that? Do they eventually stop all together? Of they symptoms listed above I only have hot flashes and I did have a UTI last year. The weight gain wasn't a problem only because I really worked on changing my diet to a much healthier one and adopted the Forks over Knives whole foods plant based diet. Without that I think weight gain would have been a problem because I am also hypothyroid which makes my metabolism very slow. I guess that was good timing for that as it turned out to be, luckily. Thanks again so much! Debbie in MD.
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Post by k8smom on May 23, 2016 22:35:37 GMT
I swear I almost became a recluse for a few years. When I say dripping I mean I looked like someone hosed me down. It was just so embarrassing. Nothing but time stopped it. Sorry I can't be more positive but then not everyone has it that bad. I know a few people who never had one hot flash. This happened to my best friend too, it really was like someone hosed her down or she ran through the sprinklers. Her bangs would be dripping wet and plastered to her forehead, like she'd just run 5 miles! Her process was quick though, she went through the hot flash stage in approx a year, and has been happily hot flash free since! I am a year older than my bff and I have not had a period since Labor Day 2015, but other than that have not had any hot flashes or symptoms. I'm told that's normal too, not everyone has hot flashes.
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