Has anyone been taking estrogen for hot flashes-?

Question

how long did you take it before hot flashes, sweating subsided?
Did your period start again and if so, how long were you taking it before you started your period again? was it immediately like days or weeks?
Were you in full menopause..i.e.was it more than one year since your last period?

thanks everyone for the warnings and am sorry about your hear attacks...

I am just consudering this and have read extensively on the literature...however nothing I read addresses how long it takes to see improvement....and how long you are on it before your period may kick in ..
that is what I was curious about...sorry if I didn't make myself clear

also yes I agree their are downsides...however I have been using soy for over 3 years, exercise, thin and am currently taking Black cohosh , and a myriad of other herbal remedies for sometime..yet I still have over 15-20 hot flashes each day with sweating and night sweats too..this is debiltating..when you drench your clothes in meetings

Answer 1

Hello -- I did. But if I had to do all over again, would I take
estrogen? The answer is no. The reason I say that now is
because I've had 2 heart attacks and now have 3 stents. So I think this was possible from the estrogen.

Answer 2

I had a hystrorectoy in 200 and was placed on estrogen. I had a heart attack in 2004 and was taken off. Did I have the heart attack from the estrogen? I don't know, but I would think twice about estrogen.