How long do hot flashes last?

I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night for
about 6-8 weeks now. I am wondering how long does it last? I am 48, will I
still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I hope not), or do
they just happen when going through menopause?

Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to reduce
them? Can certain foods make them worse? They are driving me up a wall.

Thanks for any advice.
Sandi

Five to ten minutes.

Eva

"Sandi" <sandi149@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night for
>about 6-8 weeks now. I am wondering how long does it last? I am 48, will
>I still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I hope not), or
>do they just happen when going through menopause?

Hi. I think it varies a lot from person to person. IME: I started getting
hot flashes at 46, when I was 2 months post-meno. At their zenith, about
2 - 3 years after that, they were showing up at least 20x/day, & were a
major nuisance. Plus many, if not most, of those flashes were of the
jittery/"can't concentrate while the heat's building up" type. Arghh; I
hated that phase. In general, except for one year - maybe 5 - 6 years
post-meno? - when they were around on an ongoing basis (but less intense &
often/day), I generally have had them in bouts: they show up for 2 - 3
months, then go away for 2 - 3 months, then return, etc. I'm now 57 &
occasionally still get them. (Although I don't get night sweats. At least
not yet. Fingers crossed.)

I've heard of women getting them into their 70's & 80's. If that happens, I
hope that they're not intense, & that they're infrequent!

> Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to
> reduce them? Can certain foods make them worse? They are driving me up a
> wall.

I think it's all pretty individual, & can also vary from time frame to time
frame. For years mine were all apparently spontaneous - no triggers (other
than hormonal shifts) that I could discern, at all. But in the last few
years I've noticed that sometimes they can be triggered by an "OMG, I need
to still do that!" sort of thought. And sometimes I think alcohol can be a
trigger. Otherwise, I still have some hormonal ups & downs (IMO, it's time
that I plateau-ed out already in that dep't! - I *thought* I had, only to
find I hadn't) & they show up or disappear acc. to those shifts, too.

Other women here have mentioned that spicy foods can be a trigger for them.

Of course, dress in layers, but I think that comes naturally to women who're
having hot flashes. You want to be able to peel off whatever you can in the
middle of one, as much as is legally possible. ;-) The summer presents
problems when you're already down to a non-sleeved top, & you have to resort
to fanning at the neckline & hem, & can't just whip the thing off. At least
not in public. ;-)

Oh - & there *is* the freezer deal. Stick your head into the fridge's
freezer (although a bottom freezer could be awkward!), & at the grocery
store, you can pretend to look for ice cream/frozen foods even if you relaly
don't want any... it does feel really good if you're flashing while grocery
shopping. Another poster had mentioned putting a soft ice pack on the back
of the neck during a flash.

Cathy


>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Sandi
>

Cathy F. wrote:
> "Sandi" <sandi149@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:13p27bednf13ife@corp.supernews.com...
>> I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night for
>> about 6-8 weeks now. I am wondering how long does it last? I am 48, will
>> I still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I hope not), or
>> do they just happen when going through menopause?

Hi, Sandi - piggybacking on Cathy's answer: The worst phase for
me lasted 2-3 years; I don't remember exactly. I tended to get
sweaty hot flashes. I still get one now and then, but they
greatly diminished over the last 8 years.

>> Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to
>> reduce them? Can certain foods make them worse? They are driving me up a
>> wall.

Some triggers for me: Alcohol, especially red wine, were really
good at setting off hot flashes at night, a few hours after I'd
gone to bed. Using a blow dryer (unless set on low heat). Hot
showers. A hot room. Rushing to get things done. Synthetic
clothing (nylon, polyester) seemed to make them worse.

> Other women here have mentioned that spicy foods can be a trigger for them.

Mercifully, I could eat spicy food without a problem, but I know
a man whose face turns bright red and sweats profusely when he
eats hot chiles

> Of course, dress in layers, but I think that comes naturally to women who're
> having hot flashes. You want to be able to peel off whatever you can in the
> middle of one, as much as is legally possible. ;-) The summer presents
> problems when you're already down to a non-sleeved top, & you have to resort
> to fanning at the neckline & hem, & can't just whip the thing off. At least
> not in public. ;-)
>
> Oh - & there *is* the freezer deal. Stick your head into the fridge's
> freezer (although a bottom freezer could be awkward!), & at the grocery
> store, you can pretend to look for ice cream/frozen foods even if you relaly
> don't want any... it does feel really good if you're flashing while grocery
> shopping. Another poster had mentioned putting a soft ice pack on the back
> of the neck during a flash.

A fan is your friend. Find a pretty folding one and show it off
when you're fanning yourself.

Some people use neck coolers that are filled with a gel crystal
that absorbs water, and then cools by evaporation - google on
'neck cooler'.

If you flash at night and wake up in a puddle of sweat, wear
cotton t-shirts to bed. Keep a spare and a towel next to you, so
that you can change and lay down the towel on top of the wet
sheet and not disrupt your sleep so much. Some people keep a
small picnic cooler next to the bed, with a pack of frozen peas
or a baggie filled with water + Rubbing alcohol to apply as needed.

And there's a product called a "chillow" (again, google, I have
no commercial interest) that's a cooling pillow that some people
have found very helpful.

HTH -

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

Cathy F. wrote the following on 1/18/2008 6:48 PM:
> Another poster had mentioned putting a soft ice pack on the back
> of the neck during a flash.

Or on your chest. When things are critical a hard one works fine also.

Karen R.

My Daughter In-Law got me a menopause emergency kit for Christmas...it had a
fan in it and suggestion to help you through menopause symptoms
Jacquie
"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
news:qKGdnay0c6BQ3gzanZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Cathy F. wrote:
>> "Sandi" <sandi149@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
>> news:13p27bednf13ife@corp.supernews.com...
>>> I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night
>>> for about 6-8 weeks now. I am wondering how long does it last? I am
>>> 48, will I still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I
>>> hope not), or do they just happen when going through menopause?
>
> Hi, Sandi - piggybacking on Cathy's answer: The worst phase for me lasted
> 2-3 years; I don't remember exactly. I tended to get sweaty hot flashes.
> I still get one now and then, but they greatly diminished over the last 8
> years.
>
>>> Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to
>>> reduce them? Can certain foods make them worse? They are driving me up
>>> a wall.
>
> Some triggers for me: Alcohol, especially red wine, were really good at
> setting off hot flashes at night, a few hours after I'd gone to bed.
> Using a blow dryer (unless set on low heat). Hot showers. A hot room.
> Rushing to get things done. Synthetic clothing (nylon, polyester) seemed
> to make them worse.
>
>> Other women here have mentioned that spicy foods can be a trigger for
>> them.
>
> Mercifully, I could eat spicy food without a problem, but I know a man
> whose face turns bright red and sweats profusely when he eats hot chiles
>
>
>> Of course, dress in layers, but I think that comes naturally to women
>> who're having hot flashes. You want to be able to peel off whatever you
>> can in the middle of one, as much as is legally possible. ;-) The summer
>> presents problems when you're already down to a non-sleeved top, & you
>> have to resort to fanning at the neckline & hem, & can't just whip the
>> thing off. At least not in public. ;-)
>>
>> Oh - & there *is* the freezer deal. Stick your head into the fridge's
>> freezer (although a bottom freezer could be awkward!), & at the grocery
>> store, you can pretend to look for ice cream/frozen foods even if you
>> relaly don't want any... it does feel really good if you're flashing
>> while grocery shopping. Another poster had mentioned putting a soft ice
>> pack on the back of the neck during a flash.
>
> A fan is your friend. Find a pretty folding one and show it off when
> you're fanning yourself.
>
> Some people use neck coolers that are filled with a gel crystal that
> absorbs water, and then cools by evaporation - google on 'neck cooler'.
>
> If you flash at night and wake up in a puddle of sweat, wear cotton
> t-shirts to bed. Keep a spare and a towel next to you, so that you can
> change and lay down the towel on top of the wet sheet and not disrupt your
> sleep so much. Some people keep a small picnic cooler next to the bed,
> with a pack of frozen peas or a baggie filled with water + Rubbing alcohol
> to apply as needed.
>
> And there's a product called a "chillow" (again, google, I have no
> commercial interest) that's a cooling pillow that some people have found
> very helpful.
>
> HTH -
>
> FurPaw
>
> --
> "Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
> every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
> a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
> those who are cold and are not clothed."
> - Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
> To reply, unleash the dogs.

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:25:00 GMT, "Eva"
<EvaDStructionNOT@NOTverizon.net> wrote:

>Five to ten minutes.


LOL. I think she meant how many years....



Dana
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

> I've heard of women getting them into their 70's & 80's. If that happens, I
> hope that they're not intense, & that they're infrequent!


wow, that really depressed me. it even depresses me to hear of all
the post meno symptoms. so tired. don't know how i can keep this
up.....

just a rant. just ignore.

going to look for chocolate.

ellen

"ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I've heard of women getting them into their 70's & 80's. If that
>> happens, I
>> hope that they're not intense, & that they're infrequent!
>
>
> wow, that really depressed me. it even depresses me to hear of all
> the post meno symptoms. so tired. don't know how i can keep this
> up.....

I can sympathize, at least to some extent. I *thought* once I hit menopause
itself, that post-meno would be a piece of cake. I kept reading about
post-meno zest. Instead of which I wound up w/post-meno insomnia, & want to
know just where the hell that elusive zest is!?! And had also naively
assumed that hormone levels would be stabilized by post-meno. Ha. (IME, at
any rate.) Bah. Boo, hiss. Etc.

> just a rant. just ignore.
>
> going to look for chocolate.

I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).

Cathy


>
> ellen

On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
wrote:
> "ellen" <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:db929e25-ebb6-47c7-a2b8-664cea6b1158@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> I've heard of women getting them into their 70's & 80's. If that
> >> happens, I
> >> hope that they're not intense, & that they're infrequent!
>
> > wow, that really depressed me. it even depresses me to hear of all
> > the post meno symptoms. so tired. don't know how i can keep this
> > up.....
>
> I can sympathize, at least to some extent. I *thought* once I hit menopause
> itself, that post-meno would be a piece of cake. I kept reading about
> post-meno zest. Instead of which I wound up w/post-meno insomnia, & want to
> know just where the hell that elusive zest is!?! And had also naively
> assumed that hormone levels would be stabilized by post-meno. Ha. (IME, at
> any rate.) Bah. Boo, hiss. Etc.
>
> > just a rant. just ignore.
>
> > going to look for chocolate.
>
> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
> > ellen

pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
the hell's in store.

"ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
> wrote:

>> > just a rant. just ignore.
>>
>> > going to look for chocolate.
>>
>> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>>
>>
>> > ellen
>
> pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
> the hell's in store.

Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)

Cathy

On Jan 18, 10:18 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
wrote:
> "ellen" <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:0cb9e752-ddfb-471b-91fe-38b81ff82198@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
> > wrote:
> >> > just a rant. just ignore.
>
> >> > going to look for chocolate.
>
> >> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).
>
> >> Cathy
>
> >> > ellen
>
> > pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
> > the hell's in store.
>
> Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)
>
> Cathy

i'll drink to that :-)

"ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:db929e25-ebb6-47c7-a2b8-664cea6b1158@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>> I've heard of women getting them into their 70's & 80's. If that
>> happens, I
>> hope that they're not intense, & that they're infrequent!
>
>
> wow, that really depressed me. it even depresses me to hear of all
> the post meno symptoms. so tired. don't know how i can keep this
> up.....
>
> just a rant. just ignore.
>
> going to look for chocolate.
>
> ellen

That doesn't depress me nearly as much as the poster here who was (is
still?) having regular periods in her 60's. Give me the hot flashes please!

"Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
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>
> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0cb9e752-ddfb-471b-91fe-38b81ff82198@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
>> wrote:
>
>>> > just a rant. just ignore.
>>>
>>> > going to look for chocolate.
>>>
>>> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > ellen
>>
>> pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
>> the hell's in store.
>
> Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)
>
> Cathy


Have you tried the Woodchuck Granny Smith hard cider? Yum! Put it in a
champagne flute and it seems special LOL.

WWWSC #4 wrote:
> Cathy F. wrote the following on 1/18/2008 6:48 PM:
>> Another poster had mentioned putting a soft ice pack on the back of
>> the neck during a flash.
>
> Or on your chest. When things are critical a hard one works fine also.
>
>

I have seen me going to bed cuddling a sports ice-pack in the way I
used to hug a hot water bottle.

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"dejablues" <dejablues@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
> news:nJ-dna2on9Bk9gza4p2dnAA@giganews.com...
>>
>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:0cb9e752-ddfb-471b-91fe-38b81ff82198@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> > just a rant. just ignore.
>>>>
>>>> > going to look for chocolate.
>>>>
>>>> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).
>>>>
>>>> Cathy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > ellen
>>>
>>> pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
>>> the hell's in store.
>>
>> Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)
>>
>> Cathy
>
>
> Have you tried the Woodchuck Granny Smith hard cider? Yum! Put it in a
> champagne flute and it seems special LOL.

Yes, I bought a 6-pack of it last fall. I don't like Granny Smith apples,
but figured I might like the cider. Nope; tasted just like Granny Smiths,
not just slightly. I couldn't even finish one bottle, & gave the rest of
the pack away.

Cathy


>
>

Cathy F. wrote:
> "dejablues" <dejablues@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:Jkokj.45$uB6.10@trndny05...
>> "Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
>> news:nJ-dna2on9Bk9gza4p2dnAA@giganews.com...
>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0cb9e752-ddfb-471b-91fe-38b81ff82198@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> just a rant. just ignore.
>>>>>> going to look for chocolate.
>>>>> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic kind).
>>>>>
>>>>> Cathy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ellen
>>>> pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
>>>> the hell's in store.
>>> Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>
>> Have you tried the Woodchuck Granny Smith hard cider? Yum! Put it in a
>> champagne flute and it seems special LOL.
>
> Yes, I bought a 6-pack of it last fall. I don't like Granny Smith apples,
> but figured I might like the cider. Nope; tasted just like Granny Smiths,
> not just slightly. I couldn't even finish one bottle, & gave the rest of
> the pack away.
>

We are talking American definition of cider, aren't we?



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"Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
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>
> "dejablues" <dejablues@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:Jkokj.45$uB6.10@trndny05...
>>
>> "Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
>> news:nJ-dna2on9Bk9gza4p2dnAA@giganews.com...
>>>
>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0cb9e752-ddfb-471b-91fe-38b81ff82198@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> > just a rant. just ignore.
>>>>>
>>>>> > going to look for chocolate.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic
>>>>> kind).
>>>>>
>>>>> Cathy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > ellen
>>>>
>>>> pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
>>>> the hell's in store.
>>>
>>> Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>
>>
>> Have you tried the Woodchuck Granny Smith hard cider? Yum! Put it in a
>> champagne flute and it seems special LOL.
>
> Yes, I bought a 6-pack of it last fall. I don't like Granny Smith apples,
> but figured I might like the cider. Nope; tasted just like Granny Smiths,
> not just slightly. I couldn't even finish one bottle, & gave the rest of
> the pack away.
>
> Cathy

Now, I LOVE Granny Smith apples, and yes, it tastes just like them.

Jette wrote:

> We are talking American definition of cider, aren't we?

There is hard cider and soft cider. The soft cider is a stronger,
usually unfiltered, variation of apple juice. Hard cider is cider that
has been filtered and fermented, resulting in a (IMHO) delicious
alcoholic beverage with a similar alcohol content to beer. I'm not a big
drinker -- no tolerance for alcohol -- but I do love an occasional hard
cider. Along similar lines, hard lemonade is a wonderful thing.

Karen R.

"Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
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> Cathy F. wrote:
>> "dejablues" <dejablues@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:Jkokj.45$uB6.10@trndny05...
>>> "Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
>>> news:nJ-dna2on9Bk9gza4p2dnAA@giganews.com...
>>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:0cb9e752-ddfb-471b-91fe-38b81ff82198@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> On Jan 18, 10:03 pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> just a rant. just ignore.
>>>>>>> going to look for chocolate.
>>>>>> I think I'll go check out the fridge for cider... (the alcoholic
>>>>>> kind).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cathy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ellen
>>>>> pour me one, too, please. i'm so beat up at 44 with who knows what
>>>>> the hell's in store.
>>>> Here it is - nice & cold & tasty. ("Woodchuck Amber") Enjoy. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Cathy
>>>
>>> Have you tried the Woodchuck Granny Smith hard cider? Yum! Put it in a
>>> champagne flute and it seems special LOL.
>>
>> Yes, I bought a 6-pack of it last fall. I don't like Granny Smith
>> apples, but figured I might like the cider. Nope; tasted just like Granny
>> Smiths, not just slightly. I couldn't even finish one bottle, & gave the
>> rest of the pack away.
>>
>
> We are talking American definition of cider, aren't we?

Depends on what you're thinking of re: "American". This is hard cider, like
British cider - just an American brand of it. There're Woodchuck &
Hornsby's brands; don't know if there are other brands of it, too. It's not
the still/non-fizzy, non-fermented apple cider one can get at cider mills in
the fall after the apples have been harvested.

Cathy


>
>
>
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"Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
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> "Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
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>> We are talking American definition of cider, aren't we?
>
> Depends on what you're thinking of re: "American". This is hard cider,

Hard cider = alcohol content, in case that wasn't clear.

Cathy


like
> British cider - just an American brand of it. There're Woodchuck &
> Hornsby's brands; don't know if there are other brands of it, too. It's
> not the still/non-fizzy, non-fermented apple cider one can get at cider
> mills in the fall after the apples have been harvested.
>
> Cathy
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jette Goldie
>> jette@blueyonder.co.uk
>> http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
>> http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
>> ("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)
>
>

On Jan 18, 1:42*pm, "Sandi" <sandi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night for
> about 6-8 weeks now. *I am wondering how long does it last? *I am 48, will I
> still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I hope not), or do
> they just happen when going through menopause?
>
> Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to reduce
> them? *Can certain foods make them worse? *They are driving me up a wall.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Sandi

Sandi, I tried many different herbal "remedies" for hot flashes, and
couldn't see that they helped much, if at all. I thought red clover
made a difference perimeno, but it couldn't damp down the postmeno
furnace. I finally resorted to a small dose of estradiol, which
reduces the flashes from 20 or 30 a day down to 4 or 5. Among the
postmeno women I know, none get hot flashes, but all are feeling much
warmer in general. That may be a more common symptom than active hot
flashes.
I started the big warm-up around age 48, several years before meno,
and at 55 it shows no sign of abating. I know one 78 year old woman
who's still taking estrogen--hopefully a rare case!
Les

WWWSC #4 wrote:
> Jette wrote:
>
>> We are talking American definition of cider, aren't we?
>
> There is hard cider and soft cider. The soft cider is a stronger,
> usually unfiltered, variation of apple juice. Hard cider is cider that
> has been filtered and fermented, resulting in a (IMHO) delicious
> alcoholic beverage with a similar alcohol content to beer. I'm not a big
> drinker -- no tolerance for alcohol -- but I do love an occasional hard
> cider. Along similar lines, hard lemonade is a wonderful thing.
>
>

In the UK it's only "cider" when it has been fermented. Unfermented
it's just apple juice. Filtered or unfiltered, pasturised or fresh,
still apple juice.

Then we get into grades of cider - the really strong stuff, made from
unfiltered apple juice and made mainly in the South West of England is
"scrumpy".


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On Jan 18, 1:42*pm, "Sandi" <sandi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night for
> about 6-8 weeks now. *I am wondering how long does it last? *I am 48, will I
> still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I hope not), or do
> they just happen when going through menopause?
>
> Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to reduce
> them? *Can certain foods make them worse? *They are driving me up a wall.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Sandi

Yes sandy, there is a natural way to reduce the hotflashes and
nightsweats, try herb teas twice a day! The one i like best is "black
sage tea" it cost a lot but it works and taste great. It does't get
rid of hotflashes , but drinking it regularly reduces the systoms.
Also try jasmine tea and any relaxing teas. Go to my website i sell
menopause humor to help you laugh through it www.freewebs.com/menopausehumor

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:04:00 -0800 (PST),
"denise_howard54@verizon.net" <denise_howard54@verizon.net> wrote:

>On Jan 18, 1:42*pm, "Sandi" <sandi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> I have been getting hot flashes several times a day and also at night for
>> about 6-8 weeks now. *I am wondering how long does it last? *I am 48, will I
>> still be having these flashes in another 20 years (ohhhh I hope not), or do
>> they just happen when going through menopause?
>>
>> Also, besides any sort of hormone therapy is there any natural way to reduce
>> them? *Can certain foods make them worse? *They are driving me up a wall.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>> Sandi
>
>Yes sandy, there is a natural way to reduce the hotflashes and
>nightsweats, try herb teas twice a day! The one i like best is "black
>sage tea" it cost a lot but it works and taste great. It does't get
>rid of hotflashes , but drinking it regularly reduces the systoms.
>Also try jasmine tea and any relaxing teas. Go to my website i sell
>menopause humor to help you laugh through it www.freewebs.com/menopausehumor

I don't think any herbal remedie has ever tested beter as a placebo.

R

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