Hi all, I am 51 and well, last winter I *thought* maybe the end of this bloody madness was in sight... I went about 120 days with no period... but then they returned with a vengeance, some very short cycles, long periods, the works-- but the one nice part of all this was the hot flashes (which for me are mostly just night sweats and a few in the very end of the day) were pretty mild the whole time... Anyway, the cycles are now getting a bit longer again (like 35 days) and suddenly the flashes/sweats are back... The night ones in particular seem lengthier and more intense than before. AND my tinnitus is going crazy... I had a loud noise exposure about a year ago, but had been gradually getting better... Now it's going nuts again and I don't know if it's the hormonal shifts or just the fact that I watched too much TV news during the hearings last week?? (The TV really sets it off, something about the tinniness of TV speakers. Normally I watch very quietly w. closed captioning.) Anyway-- anyone have this experience where hot flashes came, went, and came again? Does this mean MAYBE I am finally getting toward the end of all this? And has anyone found tinnitus spikes correlated with increased hot flashes? May I say, grrrr.
Hi, my first year of hot flushes they went away for 3 months. The second year for a month, This year - they get worse, they get better, seemingly randomly. I also have tinnitus, I take V
it b12 1000ug, sublingual, twice a day; it really seems to help.
Jen - I am realizing that, unfortunately, the journey is really unknown.
My cousin, who is 56, had her last period at 48 and started with the hot flashes and night sweats at 48. She said they come and go off an on for her since she was 48. And yet, other women will have them just for a year or two and be done, etc.
My mom remembered just having them off and on for a year.
I started having them this year when my periods went wacky. I've been having them since June as well as night sweats. I'm 49. I also get the ringing in the ears along with 40+ menopause symptoms. It is so hard to get used to the flashes and night sweats and all of the other "fun" - I'm grrrr along with you!
Yes. The first time I had them about a year ago, (I’m 51 btw), they were very mild and few. Then they stopped after having them for about 3 to 4 months. They came back with a vengeance 2 months ago. It seemed like they came every hour. I would start to sweat like crazy even when I’m driving with my A/C on full blast. Everybody would be freezing at work and my armpits would all be sweaty as well as my neck and back. It’s driving me nuts. I get bad night sweats too waking up all drenched. In about 3 weeks in of the ordeal, my anxiety kicked in. It was so bad that I decided to see a therapist and started to take anti-anxiety meds even if it was as needed basis only. I’m looking forward to that day when I go back to my old self. Take care.