OMG I just started them in the day too, and I am going crazy. I am getting so frustrated. I can't even get ready to go somewhere without sweating my makeup off. I literally walk aound most days looking like I just ran a marathon! I also soak my bed a few times each night. I am a little hesitant about starting Hormone Replacement because I don't want to gain weight and that seems to be what I'm hearing happens. I am 44 years old and the only one in my group of friends that is going thru this nightmare. I, too am getting depressed- I cry at the drop of a hat when I never ever used too. I would appreciate any feedback or input on this. Also, does anyone know if its the progesterone or estrogen that stops or lessons these hot flashes and night sweats. Thanks

OMG I just started them in the day too, and I am going crazy. I am getting so frustrated. I can't even get ready to go somewhere without sweating my makeup off. I literally walk aound most days looking like I just ran a marathon! I also soak my bed a few times each night. I am a little hesitant about starting Hormone Replacement because I don't want to gain weight and that seems to be what I'm hearing happens. I am 44 years old and the only one in my group of friends that is going thru this nightmare. I, too am getting depressed- I cry at the drop of a hat when I never ever used too. I would appreciate any feedback or input on this. Also, does anyone know if its the progesterone or estrogen that stops or lessons these hot flashes and night sweats. Thanks

amo...i feel for you, i dread going to bed at night, covers on then covers off, soaked and freezing. don't know what to do. taking black cohosh root extract, don't think it's working but afraid to go off of them. then when i get these sweats, i tend to panic and it makes them worse. i can't take it anymore, it's taken over my life. don't have alot of money, so i can't afford any high end herbal treatments. stuck! if i find anything out, i'll post ya! hang in there, we're not the only ones, but it's truly a nightmare.

Amo,hi i have been getting these for about a month and have just missed my first period, at the moment the night is'nt any worse than the day,they come at night but i'm not drenching the bed, and my moods are all over the place,and feel depressed,it has'nt been confirmed yet,i only had a blood test yesterday. i know how you feel tho,you do your hair,Y? you do your makeupY? it is very very frustrating,we arn't alone. I am so glad i found this site, i must be driving my kids roung the bend, it feels good to talk.X

hi jaq, know how you feel. i think i'm going crazy sometimes and it started when my periods stopped. try to keep up a good front, but inside i feel so whacked out. went into a crying jag last evening, then felt real hyper....then the dreadful bedtime...ughhh! we have to try and keep it together somehow and get thru it. when i'm soaked in the morning, i try to say, oh well, it's only sweat (yuck), some people don't realize when it's super hot out and they feel drained from being overheated, or it's freezing out and they're shivering, some of us go thru it on a daily basis. yup, the other day, it was 8 degrees in the morning, got a huge hot flash in my car and was driving home with my window open! nuts! keep in touch with what's going on with you. yes, this webpage saved me, like you say, it feels good to talk!

Been having hot sweats now for 5yrs, i am 57 and feel 90!! they are just soul destroying, tried every herbal remedy that has come out, some have worked for about 2wks, left me thinking i have got them beat, but then bang they are back, only sleep i get and then only max 3hrs is when i take a sleeping pill

rose, can't believe your into 5 years of this. i've been about 1 1/2 years and was hoping may be the 2 year mark would be it and the sweats would be over....wish in one hand and......
yes, i also feel old and worn out and i'm going on 49 in a few months. it's changed the way i feel about myself. and sleep deprivation is not good for the body, mind and spirit. wish i had some good to say about this, the only thing i think is that when we are sweating, it's sweating out all the toxins thru our pores? lol....never know, only positive i can think of.

Hi Newbies to Menopause! Welcome to the Club; the club you never wanted to join...lol Well, I am 58 years old and started menopause 6 years ago. Do I still experience hot flashes...yes. Have I been able to reduce their frequency and intensity by A LOT?...yes. One just has to eliminate ONE thing from the diet and those annoying and embarrassing hot flashes will almost disappear. THat is sugar! Yes, sugar. I have banned all foods from the kitchen that are made with sugar...or else I eat them. My family can eat fruit if they like...sugar is bad for them too. Ice cream is the worst so if you want to experiment, eat some ice cream and within a half hour you will be having the worst hot flashes ever. It makes sense since sugars provide energy/heat to the body and there is this overabundance of it all at once and in menopausal women, the reaction is for the body to sweat to cool itself off. You can even go one step further to be almost rid of the hot flashes and that is to reduce white carbs altogether. We have only whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta (and my husband is Italian) and brown rice and we seldom eat potatoes. Wew often just replace the potato/rice/bready part of the meal with another green veggie. There are no crackers, cookies, chips, pop, fruit juices which are high in sugar(...so only 100% pure cranberry which is sour) etc. in our house. Of course as you can predict, I am losing weight gradually, steadily and painlessly. The painlessly part is because carbs actually stimulate the pancreas to shoot insullin into the blood stream which carries carbs directly to the fat stores (gut & butt) and leave the person craving and craving for another sugar/carb hit.
Which brings me to my theory as to why Japanese women seem to sail through menopause as reported and American women are going through hell. Japanese women eat far less in the way of carbs.
Another thing that I have found that will make me break out in a sweat is if I am even slightly stressed. I might just have a thought that is stressful or be in an uncomfortable situation and I will break out in beads of sweat on my face...rather embarrassing. But it sure helps if I have not been eating carbs.
I would really love to hear from you if you do eliminate the carbs to see if you sleep through the night sweat free and have far fewer, even no hot flashes during the day.
I have trouble sleeping but I do take a calm inducing calclum/magnesium supplement after dinner and it does help...it also helps with constipation in the morning which is a bonus!
Good luck!