I'm new to the board...62 years old...have had these horrible flashes, sweats, chills, insomnia, for 10 years, doctors say it goes away...has anyone's symptoms decreased? I've tried HRT it worked...but not wild about it...tried natural methods...no luck...hopeing to find new natural remedies here.

Have you tried bio identical hormones. I believe there is some information on this site about it. I have read that they are treating hot flashed with small doses of effexor, but that is an antidepressant and I don't know how you feel about that. Some people cannot tolerate them and others have no problem. I don't know what the dosage would be. I guess you could ask you physician. Best of luck

Hi Bckaroolady,
Welcome. Boy 10 years of this stuff? My heart goes out to you. Have you asked your doctor about Bio-Identical Hormones? If you are looking to go natural and like your Dr (I'm not a dr lover) that is where I would start since you have already been on the HRT. There is all kinds of info here about it and lots of other help, start on the main page. There is also a board discussion on Bio Identical Hormones and don't forget to look back on some of the older posts, they are vast wealth of information plus personal experiences.