When you get menopause

[*crikey*mate*]

do your feet get hot too? or just your face?

Feet are so cold today that I reckon hot flashes in my feet sounds like a good thing.

[imastawka]

It's your whole body, crikey.

And yes, sometimes a hot flush is a good thing

(speshully when ya freezin')

[possums_place]

I take evening primrose oil with vitamin B6 tablets and found they help.

[annies_fancy_dress]

Funny how no matter how cold it is, when a hot flush comes on you just CAN'T stay under the blankee!!!!

BUT

A hot water bottle at the bottom corner of the bed is essential for before and after a flush to warm your feet up with.

It's a biological fact that it's almost impossible to go to sleep with cold feet.

[annies_fancy_dress]

I also take HARMONY menopause capsules, it's a herbal remedy. Works great, huuuge improvement.

[boris1gary]

i thought we would just throw out our earrings, how long do the hot flushes last?

[imastawka]

LOL

'when you get menopause'   sounds like a disease    haha

My flushes last 1 minute to five minutes, but seems like 1/2 hour

It's when you get them for maybe 2 minutes,   but they keep on

coming every 15 minutes.  Then they're a killer

I hope I'm past that now and only get them maybe 5 times a day/night now

[annies_fancy_dress]

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@boris1gary wrote:

i thought we would just throw out our earrings, how long do the hot flushes last?

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I've heard women say everything from 2 to 10 years. My Aunt still gets them and she's 17 years older than me! 

[*crikey*mate*]

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@imastawka wrote:

It's your whole body, crikey.

And yes, sometimes a hot flush is a good thing

(speshully when ya freezin')

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oh - I thought you just got flushed like in your face kind of thing and maybe spread down a bit - sort of like when you blush

didn't know it went everywhere

[purple_haize]

Hot flushes can last a few yrs, my girlfriend now in her late 60's still gets the odd one.

I didnt have many, infact I didnt have many symptons at all, and didnt take anything.