Hello Ladies

I am 40 years YOUNG and I started having hot flashes when I was about 32. They have gotten progressivly worse every year. I'm guessing this is Perimenopause.

My question is, is it normal to sweat like a pig ( I mean sweat drippng down you face) when you are just vaccuming? If I just do a little house work, nothing strenuos, I get the worst hot falses and just sweat really bad.

I started using a progesterone cream a few years ago and that really helped. But I have not been on it for a year or more and they have come back with a vengence.

I had a partial hysto a few years back but still have my overies. How long wil this last and do you get the flashes when you actually go thru menopause. How can you tell when you are in menopause when you do not have menstral cycles anymore.

Any help would be great

Thanks
Wendy in Utah

Hi Wendy,

Welcome to Power-Surge!!

Yes, it is common for some people to have horrid sweating with hot flashing - they talk about driplets of sweat falling off their faces.

Although I don't have this problem, my sense is that with peri, my internal "thermostat" has stopped working well. If I get hot, it takes a long time to get myself comfortable even if laying right before a fan! And a number of people on this website have been talking about having way less tolerance for heat these days.

No one can really say how long the hot flashing will continue. It was bad for me last year, and is hardly happening in the past few months (haven't had a period since last November). This seems to be different for everyone.

Hang in there! You might want to do a search of the older threads on this topic.


Jacquie