Hello,

I have to vent!

My husband and I just returned from a vacation to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons. First of all we should have flown as we spent as many days driving (over 4000 miles) as we did at our destinations.
NOTHING WAS AIR CONDITIONED OUT WEST! None of our rooms, no stores, nothing and the temperature was in the 90's up to 100 degrees. I would have to say I had at least 10-15 hot flashes a day and they had previously stopped. I had anxiety that was almost out of control mostly due to the fact it was so remote out there and my husband is diabetic so we were 40 miles from any town.
I did stumble upon a health food store that had some homeopathic medication for hot flashes (the homeopathic company name is Boiron). The medication came in a little case and had three separate ingredients, Belladonna for perspiration, Glonoinum for sudden flashes and Lachesis mutus for hot flashes. I also bought the Stress kit. The company has a web address ***This company has a lot of other homeopathic meds for other conditions. I felt it helped but ran out of the sudden flash ingredient.
I was so distraught I thought about going on hormones but I don't want to. I even felt a little short of breath but we were in a high altitude also ( I did have a stress test in 2003) but it does worries me (and my younger brother age 50 (I am 55) recently had a heart attack.

Glad I'm home and in air conditioning!

Pat


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Since it's my understanding that hot flushes/flashes result when adrenaline automatically steps in when estrogen levels become topsy-turvy, I think it's also safe to presume that doing just about anything out of the ordinary (even contemplating a happy vacation) is going to step up adrenaline 'rushes' too.

The more excited or nervous you became (become), the more you can expect spikes. Certainly you've described a very chaotic situation especially BECAUSE you were in a foreign environment where you didn't feel safe and secure all the way around, even while it was to be a vacation. Adding to the stress is the 'additional' stress you pressed upon yourself to find a remedy for the 'remedy' (vacation). You cycled yourself into an anxiety, panic cyclone.

Sometimes the best remedy is to do nothing at all. Somethimes it's better to eat foods that will quiet the spirit rather than trying to load up on a lot of herbs and combination of supplements. Foods richer in calcium such as milk and even icecream are soothing as well as healthy. Fruits are also restful, like grapes.

Benadryl at night, or even during the day when you get an excited rush that turns anxious. Sometimes it's best to keep things simple. It's also possible that after being home and relaxing, some of this will quiet on its own.