Hot flashes/menopause

mssue · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:52 am Post subject: Hot flashes/menopause

Okay,since I haven't had a period since February of 2005 but had one a few days ago, lasting 6 days. Started out with spotting but extremely painful cramps,the cramps remained through out and the spotting turned to a light flow.Am I still in menopause?

And as for the hot flashes...I have had them for years but awhile ago I started having a flash then getting a chill. Then a constant onslaught of extreme heat. I started looking for some releif, I found Black Cohosh.
As far as the Black Cohosh is concerned, I did research and cross referenced it with other meds I'm taking but you know what,in thinking about it, the way ovarian cancer-along with other cancers run in my family my chances of reoccurance are pretty far up there.I think the biggest thing I was looking at was the fact that my BC hormone receptors were negative. So my cancer was not spurred along by hormones but by something else.The hot flashes I was having weren't flashes anymore, more like a ravenous forest fire burning out of control,they would start about 3 in the morning and last until 10 or 11 at night, seeming to get hotter as the days went by. This went on for several weeks,I tried to talk to all of my doctors,reg Doctor,Onocologist,Gynocologist,even told my Orthopedic-EVERYONE shrugged it off as if it were nothing and here I am getting to my breaking point-I had already asked all of them about the Black Cohosh,nobody seemed to care one way or the other or didn't know anything about it -then shrugged it off. It really did give me some releif for awhile, but since having a period I have slacked off and am maybe only taking one a day and actually skipping somedays. Now they are back to 'almost' regular flashes,2 or 3 spells a day.LOL - I can deal with that!!!I can't take the all day ones though,if they come back - I don't know what I'm going to do.

What does everyone else do-please tell me I'm not the only one having them like this(the allday ones),please....
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Vee Smith · Moderator Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 817 Location: UK

Hi Sue - If you haven't had a period since early 2005, and have now had one, I would consult with your doctor, particularly if you had sever cramping.

You could also have a look at Red Clover as an alternative to Black Cohosh.

melissasd50 · Regular Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 21

My 22 year old daughter refers to my hot flashes as POWER SURGES! Makes you feel kinda special, eh?!!? Thought a moment of humor might be needed...
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Cindy · Senior User Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 171

I've had extreme hot flashes 24/7, every 20-40 minutes...for over 9 years. I am wondering if they are EVER going to stop. They are so bad that I even have auras and know when one is coming. I have even had them so bad that sweat would drip off of my face, though they don't do that as bad, anymore. The aura will come and then I feel weak and sick. Once it is over, I am back to normal...for another 20-40 minutes.

I was taking black cohosh before I got bc. It helped but did not eliminate. I stopped taking it after bc, even though I, too, have negative receptors (triple neg). I never wanted to take hormones because when the flashes came, I researched them and found that after taking them for 5 years, one is at risk for bc, and I was trying to avoid that. Well...I got bc anyway. I should have taken the hormones and saved myself some misery.
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