Perimenopause, Hot Flashes and Night Sweats; At Least I Hope It’s Sweat!

I share with you many items. Very useful insight you shared with us. Enjoyed the family dynamics and conversations. Thank you!

I was going to vote this hub "funny", but then I decided on "interesting" instead, because although your story sounds funny I'm sure the experience itself wasn't amusing! I wish you the best of luck for the future - fifteen years is a long time to experience hot flashes.

I have gone through menopause after my hysterectomy - still going through it - and the night sweats are horrible! I am glad that you could give your hubby a hard time about his comment!

I was hooked right from the beginning with the title! Great way to bring some fun to a topic that most of us hate to think about - loved it!

A great anecdote to bring up an important topic. Some good-natured ribbing strengthens a relationship. Voted up.

I can't stop laughing. Marriage is the same all over. Thanks for an intimate peek into your life. I worked at a mental health hospital. I overheard some nurses talking on their break. They said a lot of sex helps to alleviate the symptoms.

I am experiencing Men-o-pause. I will wonder why I walked into a room with such a sense of purpose only to draw a blank! I will have to go do something else before it comes back to me.

I feel your pain! I have been having night sweats for almost 5 years now - darn those hormones! It got so bad that I actually developed a line of fun & flirty night sweat sleepwear that works by absorbing moisture directly from the skin - no more pools of water, no more feeling cold, wet, and clammy. Let me know if you want to try it with the view toward possibly doing a review - www.drybabe.com - I wish you an uninterrupted night's sleep - Wendy.

I needed one, thanks!

Most women in my family went through menopause in only a few months or less. I hope it will be fairly quickly for me when I reach that age.

What a horrible thing to have to go through... let alone for 15 years. There was a really good book that I can not remember the title of but it was by I. P. Freely.

ROLFLOL! I do care... it is a horrid thing to go through... being close to 300 years old myself... I am sure I went through this in a former life! But all kidding aside... My mom did not have a good time with this and my sisters are going through it now... It is not pleasant for anyone involved.

Oh...those were the days! When my mother was going through her menopause we kids were already gone from home and she told me that when she would soak one bed she would get up and crawl into another and so forth. Kept several beds going but at least she didn't have to sleep in wet sheets.

I experienced the same as you from the sounds of it but thankfully it is now over. The grouchiness comes from lack of sleep. Some women get weepy but most that I knew and compared notes with got grouchy or had spurts of anger. Not fun for the men in our lives!

Sooner or later it ends. Then we just have to contend with the sprouting whiskers growing on our chin and thinning hair on our heads and wrinkles. Oh well...at least no night sweats! Something to look forward to! Ha!

Best wishes from one who has walked in your shoes and survived to tell the tale.

whack your elbow please... and find your funny bone... it is impossible to be in a grouchy mood and laugh...

This was such a funny and great hub. This is something many women have gone through..Thank you for sharing and making me laugh out loud..but sorry for your night sweats too..:) The joys of being a woman.lol

Sunnie

I find you so funny! My period was over 23 years ago when I had my early menopausal. There are lots of griefs it brought me -- no kids, high BP, and hormonal imbalance. I liked the way you wrote because it is actually real life and informative and I know it will lessen the fear for women who dread menopausal period. Good job, HSB :)

homesteadbound I bet it took a minute to press that publish button.lol This is a great hub and one that shows the humor in spite of the uncomfortableness. I can identify wit this hub.

Awesome Hub! I found it really amazing on Hub Pages. Thanks to share. Voted up

Hi Cindy, I love the lighthearted funny way you have written this - but oh! I so sympathise, these hot sweats at night time are just horrible! fortunately I seem to be over the worse of it now, but our men folk do need to be briefed on the subject!!!

A BIG vote up!

Though I admit I laughed when reading this, because it was very funny, it is not so funny for you I’m sure to be going through this for so long.

The herb sage is very useful for controlling hot sweats, you can drink it as a tea or a tincture is stronger so will have more effect. Also natural progesterone helps balance hormones both during menopause and with PMS. (This is a cream made from plant extracts, which you rub on your body and it does not contain the synthetic hormones in HRT.)

I am sorry to see that you haven’t been able to have children and feel grief. I had problems with infertility, so I can imagine how you feel. I was, however, very fortunate to have two children, if somewhat later that I would have preferred.

I'm glad you decided to publish this hub. I can relate to what you said, especially the stuff at the beginning when you were talking about being peri-menopausal for the last 15 years.

I think this has been happening to me for the last few years. Doctors try to reassure me that it can't be peri-menopause as they say I'm too young (at 38), and a blood test I had last year showed my hormones to be fine, (although I've heard that this test is not so reliable).

But you have described what I'm going through to a tee! Especially the part where you say "get hot, sweat a little, and remove the covers only to find myself freezing a few minutes later".

While I don't really want to be menopausal for a long time yet, thanks for reassuring me that I'm not going crazy!!

So true! Night sweats are a pain. I found Sage tablets helped a lot. Seem to be easing now though. Thanks for a fun hub!

Men, a hopeless species, but you have to forgive him because they do not know any better! Try beetroot and carrot juice, it's been known to relieve menopausal symptoms.

Very interesting. I will make sure I do watch the videos. It's all very strange. Thanks again.

Great information homesteadbound about menopause. It's such a pity that our husbands can be so naive to some of the growing pains of their wives. vote up and useful. Thank you for sharing.

Hi Cindy,

Great hub ~ loved the information and the humor. I'm afraid that my "misery" has just begun and I'm not looking forward to the future. It's winter and I am still wearing shorts (inside) and probably will the entire season. Things are changing . . .

Sharyn

I've been in peri for a couple of years. I don't have sweats because I swear by ground flax seed. Try it and get back to me! :)

Haha I loved the ending! Very interesting topic. I couldn't stop reading :-) Great job. Very very entertaining while still being informative!

Excellent and funny. I get the occasional hot flash, but I dread menopause. My kids have already started my menopause cage in the back yard.. LOL. I love your sense of humor!