Hot Flash Forum!

Craisydaisy-------------If we knew,  we wouldn't be here, we 'd be dry and asleep-----------

I just found this topic....lots to read and catch up on but I wanted to respond to susieq88 from page 1.....yes, I do find that having to pee and hot flashes go hand in hand.  The onset wakes me up so I have to suffer while I pee. During the day if I need to go I also have a flash.

I forgot who mentioned the fan...I also have a little white fan on a plant stand blowing on my body all night.  It would be lots harder to make it though the night without the fan. I also have one on my vanity, in the kitchen, at work...I have paper fans everywhere.

I could not take effexor so my doc put me on low dose BP meds called Clondine.  I think all it does is keep my heart from racing away when I am flashing.

I have found that if I eat a very healthy diet then I have an easy day but if I eat junk food or something with perservatives then it is gonna be a bad day.  Anyone else think this?

Thanks for starting this topic.  Good to share with others who are suffering.  A woman who has never experienced a flash don't have a clue what we go through. It is not like just getting hot from the temperature....it is a heat from our core...like the oven was turned up to 500 degrees.

I will read the other responses when I have time.

Hillck-----I'm even more bummed that article was published in DEC 2006. It should have been a Public Health Warning issued from some agency. You noticed that at the end of the article they said they were going to lay low. It was fascinating that the Mongolians to empirically figure this out and have been doing it for 2 thousand years. That's HUGE.

TO ALL---read the above hyperlink.-----How it affects us is-----what if on days we drink milk that is estrogen loaded and it's fighting with the antiestrogenic drugs we take, would that have any impact on flashing. We have pretty much agreed that alcohol has an impact and sugary drinks. Now we may have to make choices about milk.

I'm going to add the hyperlink here and re-post it on a couple of threads. i added some moore thoughts so it will look like a double post, but it's not

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/12.07/11-dairy.html

Hillck--------well look at the Reticular Activating system in the medulla--google. Then look at what brain area the drug effects. Also, you say you sweat so much i'm guessing you have wet sheets >>>yes or no>>>. So dry sheets/ deep sleep/ suggest no flashing

Hillck just wiped out my response by looking at Omaz's link before submit-------boo hoo

Go back to our discussion a page ago and look for the post about The RAS. That I said was an interesting clue. It will make more sense now that you know more about the RAS. It was in our discussion about Freedmans article.

The medulla/hypothalamus/thalamus/pituitary are so connected. Then add in the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and blood vessels it's mind boggling (pun intended). Temperature regulating mechanism is in the medulla too

sas - GOAT MILK???

I love goat yogurt!!!

sas - Redwood Hill Farm LInk this is my favorite!

Omaz super -------sounds good.

I'm not happy at all about this milk issue . It should have been page one-----------For children , it could be the major contributor to precocious puberty and leading to hormonal problems in boys. AS well as what it means to women of all ages.-------Bummer. Well time for meds too sleep , but they won't work for awhile.

I've been taking Ambien CR for almost 2 years now. If I take it alone I always wake up several times a night from hot flashes. If I take painkillers in the evening a few hours beforehand, I sleep through the night. Which I've started doing these past few weeks. And the funny thing is, these days I'm only getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night, but I feel so much more well rested than before - waking up every few hours really does leave you exhausted the next day. OK, painkillers and sleep aids are probably not the best combination, but after a lifetime of insomnia, this is bliss.

The milk study is very interesting and very discouraging.  I like hillck just switched to organic milk thinking it was a better option even though I only use it in my coffee.  I've had an aversion to goat milk products since my first pregnancy so that's not an option.  Even the thought of it in my coffee yuck.  Seems like no matter what you do, you can't win even when you try really really hard.

Hot Flashes have gone away for me with increases in my Prozac. I increased 10mg and experienced half as many flashes daily (20), and recently just increased another 10mg and haven't had a single hot flash in 2 days. 

My friend is on Effexor and has been for years. Her Hot Flashes are hourly and killing her. She's ready to take estrogen. Not a BC survivor like us.  

I say prayers to God that they don't come back.

 Hugs,

Kat 

Just stopping in to say the hot flashes continue with a VENGENCE! OY



Mary Jo

Wen I'm  not cooking  much, But I did use home made rice milk, when I made it for my mom in 1996. Basically, high number of eggs custard. Trying to keep her cholesterol up b/c of questran. Iatrogenic induced diarrhea post hospital acquired c-diff Cdiff eradicated but they destroyed her bowel took months to heal.. I used to boil Uncle ben's till it was mush, blenderized it till liquid with cooking water. Therefore, there were no persatives. Did it every couple of days. I forget everything I used it in, but everything I cooked for her, it was used in.

Ren----thank goodness we have you as our resident drug person!!!!!!  Let me re-phrase that person knowledgeable about drugs!!!!!!!

I am so tired of hot flashes.  sigh.