@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON We have a friend who lives in Alaska that was the opposite. With her hot flashes she’d stand on her balcony topless as the snow fell! Toward the end my wife also experienced the cold flashes also. I would throw twin sheets into the dryer to warm them for her.
I’m so glad the days of hot flashes and night sweats are over. I could be up two-three times a night, drenched like I’d run a marathon. Showering and changing sheets a couple of times a night was common. It was awful, and I was exhausted most days.
@Stillwaiting yes I do. I have adenomyosis and my doctor is keeping me on birth control until the end of January to help ease the heavy bleeding. She said when I go off the birth control I will go into menopause because I will be 53
I’m good during the day but I found lowering my heat to 65 and blowing the fan directly on me and freezing my husband to death works wonders during the night.
@Keepitsimple oh it's not completely off the table, just spontaneous in places and at times where it probably never has been before! Come bed time, that's when she's "too hot". But that's OK, it's only a small part of relationships anyway. ❤
@bijouxbroussard It the strangest thing. I 'll be cold, to the bone, blankets are irrelevant somehow. I am not shivering. The heat can be up high. And it lasts like for half an hour, more, so I am in the shower for that now. Wow. I had no idea about THIS effect.
I did not get that stuff. Maybe because in the geographic area of my house there wasn't any bad news about menopause as such, and I never paid attention to missed periods before. My relatives who did get the symptoms took estrogen pills and feel much better. It's risky but people think it's worth it. Doctors prescribe those.
@666Maggotz I didn't get any of that and I'm pretty sure I passed it! I'm about sixty years old. I think I grew an inch at about the time of the change, but maybe I just stood up taller because we moved to Holland then, and I love how tall they are!
How about the sore boobs for 2 weeks? The irregular bleeding. The fatigue. The pressure in your head. Right now I have no in between temperature. I'm either hot or cold. Thankfully I still have my libido but i do have insane vaginal dryness