i battle with menopause.i am 55 and had a hysterectomy in 1998. i do have my ovaries. but i get a hot flush every hour almost on the hour day and night. i wake up every hour due to this. i go red in the face and neck and my ears glow like a heater has gone on inside me. i do not want to take hrt. what herbal medication works well. i have an underactive thyroid and takes 75mg thyroxene daily. i also use 5htp 100 mg daily for anxiety, insomnia, moodswings, depression.
2007-03-07 20:18:01 · 7 answers · asked by bibberbrak 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I am 50 and have been only experiencing the hot flashes for a few months. They can be very uncomfortable. I am taking the mini pill right now to control some very, very heavy bleeding and it is only made of progestin so now I have the hot flashes. But I would suggest that you take a plant based or what they call a bio-identical hormone. Soy suppliments are the best. Estroven is the one I was taking through the last few years and works well. Since during peri and menopause your hormones go up and down, it would be good to speak to your doctor about it. There are more options than just going on HRT these days. I am including a couple of sites that can help you:
http://www.fbhc.org/Patients/Modules/menopause.cfm#understanding
http://www.project-aware.org/Experience/symptoms.shtml
http://www.power-surge.com/educate/naturalhormones.htm
2007-03-07 20:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have my sympathy. I'm 50 this year, hysterectomy 15 years ago, and I've just had the same symptoms. I couldn't sleep at night, awake every hour almost, flushes through the day.... oh how it drives you crazy.... and I noticed the dreadful headaches I was getting - migraine types that made me really ill. Good news is..... in January they stopped as quickly as they started and I've felt on top of the world ever since. No hot flushes, not a single headache and best of all, my sex drive is on the up again! Let's hope it passes soon enough and you're feeling much better again. Good luck.
2007-03-07 20:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try eating a handful of red skinned peanuts every day,they provide you with Phyto Oestrogen's also Black Cohosh in liquid or tablet form can help with flushes...eat some soya beans as well...you can now buy them frozen...and try and introduce tofu...white rice and if you like it...sushi into your diet...Japanese women don't seem to suffer from distressing menopausal symptoms ...studies suggest that it's due to their diet....good luck.
2007-03-08 02:38:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't waste you money buying so called remedies over the counter i have been there and wasted so much money
Go and talk to your GP they can give you something just to stop the flushes its not hrt
2007-03-08 08:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Black Orchid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney stones or UTI visit the wellbeing care provider in case you fall unwell and sense such as you will throw up Kidney stones will try this. examine with mom or Dad and see if this has been a kin concern.
2016-09-30 09:20:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this cake recipe one slice a day provides natural oestrogens which should help. Tasty too, like malt loaf
http://www.aromacaring.co.uk/hrt_cake.htm
2007-03-07 20:21:40 · answer #6 · answered by deepee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
drink 3 litres of water a day
and exercise more
take ginko biloba if its still there in a weeks time
2007-03-07 20:20:49 · answer #7 · answered by q6656303 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋