Hot flashes

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:39 am

Hi all,

I have a problem. Have hot flashes whenever I do any exertion which I have to do often -- lots of physical stuff to do with my mother's care.

Also, have 'em to the point that I can't drink a cup of hot tea or take a warm bath with out having them afterwards.

Haven't changed the type of patch I wear, so do you think I could have some other type of inflammatory process going on? Also, I've never checked my body temperature during one of these spells. Sometimes they last quite a while.
I don't feel sick, but maybe a little bit more tired lately.

Guess I'll get a reprieve soon if and when the cooler months begin. Actually, sometimes when I get these spells, a nearby room thermometer will register in the mid-70's, so shouldn't feel THAT hot at that temperature.

Do any of you experience increases in your not flashes like this that don't seem to be temperally (is the the word I'm looking for??) related to any hormone you're on? These things are beginning to really wear me down these days.

Thanks.
Yours, Luce

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:25 am

Lucy,

I'm sorry you are going through this. I'm sorry I can't offer anything but sympathy (or is that empathy). However, for me, mid-70s would be a starting point. But then I'm not acclimated to Texas weather. We've been in the 60s so much lately. Its actually been a wee chilly (haven't checked the house temp but mornings have been in the 40s up here so I'm sure the house drops into the 50s over night).

Is there a stage of menopause where the patch isn't enough hormone and you've stopped producing any of your own (or are at that low low) and that is triggering the hot flashes?

Hang in there. If you are having them at night, that is probably leading you to be more tired.

Katy

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:19 am

I'm not on any hormones now,Luce, but used to be and even then I'd get overheated with any exertion and any stress. I did/do sweat a lot. The problem is still with me after all these years. Absolutely hate it.

Good Luck,
Love, Shirley

hazel · Post by **hazel** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:35 am

Not on HRT, never was. Hot flashes seemed to diminish for a few years but now they're quite frequent again. Oh well. It's just annoying. What's worse is that they never come around in the winter, when I could use them.

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:13 pm

Hi friends,

Welp, haven't had ovaries in two decades now, so can't be the production slowing down. Also, have been on these same patches for a while, and staying on them to help with the bone situation.
But, along the same lines, it could be that I failed to change the patches as frequently as I was supposed to, and maybe now I'm just playing catch-up.

Just a worry wort, I guess, because it makes me think maybe there's some inflammation going on and a new AI disease might show up on my doorstep. I remember who I had all hose weird temperature control things before my thyroid had to come out.

OK, guess i'll just try to stay on track with the patches, and see if that doesn't help, and also, keep the thermostat a bit lower if Mom can tolerate it. Actually, she's complained lots less about it being too cold lately, so when she does, it's usually also ok with me to turn it down.

I do best when it's in the 50's outside. That's when I like to get out and do lots of hard labor in the yard in the springtime. This year, we may go straight from summer into winter, but it was actually pretty nice up until this week.

At least the majority of the days aren't anywhere near the high for the day in the afternoon, so it's easier to avoid the heat. However, for some reason, the outdoor heat doesn't bother me as much as indoors.

Today, it was 75 at 11:30 AM -- not bad.

Thanks for commiserating with me!
Yours, Luce

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:46 pm

Luce,

You mention your thyroid issues. Any chance you need an adjustment in thyroid meds?

Katy

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:54 pm

Hi Luce....My Primary care Doctor tells me I am going thru a 2nd bout of Menopase.....Yippee!!!!!! She said it can happen to some women. I can get hot flashes just moving my chair at work. Not on ant Hormones, don't like them and I have taken to sleeping under an A/C Vent. Loce Oma

Jean · Post by **Jean** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:41 pm

Luce,

Hot flashes are the pits!

What I thought were hot flashes a few years ago completely went away when I found all of my intolerances. They could last for hours.

Now my hot flashes are just menopause, and not a bit fun. It was cold at work today (57) but I was only cold half of the time, LOL.

Love, Jean

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:50 am

Hi all,

You know, even though I haven't had diarrhea in a long time now,
I'm a bit concerned that some food protein may be causing the flashes -- wouldn't THAT be something!

Also, had thought of moving up the endocrinologist appointment just a tad to recheck the blood levels.
Have a strong feeling that something is causing inflammation somewhere.

Sure hope that Enterolab will come out with the rest of that test panel they've been researching for so long.

I'm almost certain that my levels will be high on alot of other foods, even though they don't cause me diarrhea.

Just think there's so much damage already there, that the gut will still allow certain proteins through, even if I don't get symptoms like I used to.

Have been eating gf soy sauce/tamari in anticipation of collecting the soy test specimen, but having a hard time following up on the collecting part of it. That means I keep ingesting it, and don't follow through afterwards.

Sis already has her results back and was positive, and I had a bad reaction to those delicious gf frozen waffles back when I was first free of symptoms because they contained LOTS of soy flour.

We have all the other allergens in common, so that's why I'll betcha I'm positive. Funny that I don't have a reaction to soy sauce though, isn't it?

Actually, the eating of the soy sauce has been spread far enough apart that it's probably not been cumulative, like gluten would be, but then I don't know how long the antibodies stick around.

Guess if the patches aren't done just right, even without ovaries, it would seem like menopause, anyway.

Thanks for the input.
Yours, Luce

Post by **tex** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:55 am

Luce,

I know nothing about soy sauce - never touch the stuff. Therefore, I don't have any idea what form of soy might be in the sauce. If it's in the form of oil, that's why you don't react to it - theoretically oils shouldn't contain any significant amounts of protein.

Tex