Hot Flash Forum!

I think the cooler weather is cooling my flashes a bit, especially at night they seem shorter and less intense though the frequency is the same.  I wonder if anyone has ever done functional MRI studies of the brain during a hot flash and compared it to not during a hot flash - is there an area of the brain that lights up during a hot flash?

I can honestly say, and I'm sorry about this, that before I started having them, I didn't think hot flashes would be that bad.

My APOLOGIES Ladies!  OMFG!  And from reading about everyones, mine aren't even as bad as they could be.  The itching afterward is just miserable!  

Hot Purrs,

Jenn

Is it the heat or is it the humidity that makes them worse?

I know the diet theory was popular on here for awhile.  Many of you are experiencing a decrease in hot flashes.  Do you all have different diets now?  My diet has not changed one bit, nor did it last year when I had a decline in flashes from about Nov. thru' Mar. 

Keep the theories coming.  I'm sure someone will figure it out sooner or later.

I HATE hot flashes!! I'm am 29 and they r the WORST!!!!!!

Sugar and dairy have been my triggers. And I'm not even taking any of the meds. Oh, and wine too. It's like there are no vices left. Sucks

lulubee .....having to pee and having a HF at the same time is not a weird trigger. I do this also and have read where this happens to other women.

hillck ....mine are worse in the evenings if I have not followed a healthy diet for the day.  It never fails as soon as I get in bed and get all comfy I have one and have to throw off the covers LOL

I have been absent for a while - had BMX at the beginning of Oct, lots of complications, and just this week finally feeling like I am coming out of my fog.  I tried to catch up, but have missed a few pages of posts. 

 SAS, did you get in touch with Dr. Freedman, and will he think about that survey?

Elimar, Linda, hilck, ren, wenweb, omaz, Flwarrior, and all, just sending you cooling breeze wishes for tonight.  My HFs have changed so much throughout the year - first just horrible flushing face with palpitations and syncopal feelilng, then they decreased, and since surgery have had drenching sweats without the flushing and nearly passing out feeling.  They still occur about once an hour - ugh - and I do get shivers afterward sometimes, but I can totally relate to the waiting to get out of bed in the morning, waiting for that personal sauna to kick in and motivate me to head for the shower! 

You know, I just read that blurb at the top of this thread, about how hot flashes occur due to a drop in estrogen. When I was having hot flashes like the plague the last two years (pre-DX), I had upped my intake of soy (edamame mostly and drinking some soymilk) when I revamped my diet. I also eliminated a lot of sugar and dairy as well. Along with 20 lbs, I lost my hot flashes and all was wonderful!

But then I got DX'd this past February, and I'm ER positive...

So I shouldn't eat soy, right? I'm not taking the Tamoxifen, and the HF came back on their own anyway (gee thanks). So what do I do now? Eat ice cream 'cause it doesn't matter anyway??

Sigh. I'm 49 and haven't had my cycle in close to a year, so I know I'm at the end of all this perimenopause nonsense. The BC just made it more of a nuisance, ya know? Oh, but since I'm not taking any hormone treatments, can I still stay here in this thread?

Sorry for the rant, and thanks for listening.

Ladies, after trying various hot flash remedies with minimal success, I started Efexor last week. My flashing has been minor for some time but the sweating on face, head, neck and back continues.



If you have used Efexor and successfully eliminated sweating, can you tell me a) what dose you take; and b) what time of day you take it.



Thanks ladies.