https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:55:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376253 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:16:43 +0000 Queen Mum 376253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love that Julie! I'm gonna remember that one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376251 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:13:26 +0000 Julie 376251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To Kim and all the other YLFers going through or who have gone through menopause.</p> <p>They are NOT hot flashes. YLfers are too cool for that. Therefore, they must be POWER SURGES!!</p> <p>Julie </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376224 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:54:18 +0000 Barbara 376224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kim, I began perimenopause at 45 with horrible night sweats - I would wake up with soaked sheets and not be able to get back to sleep. The insomnia was brutal. </p> <p>For years, I tried every reasonable and safe herbal and homeopathic method to reduce my symptoms, but low-dose HRT worked best for me...AND sufficient sleep, fun/regular exercise and a good eating plan. I also take fish oil and calcium supplements.</p> <p>Hang in there, menopause is just a life stage! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376152 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:50:19 +0000 ButterflyLady 376152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great in that outfit! </p> <p>I agree with dianthus - this is the perimenopause. I'm 47 and so far *touches wood* I haven't had any tropical moments, but I've read a lot (I like to be prepared) and it seems sage tea can really help, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376119 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:54:19 +0000 Queen Mum 376119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>haha Sarah- just tell your students you planned it as an object lesson </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376072 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:10:04 +0000 Aunty 376072@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look stunning in that combo.</p> <p>I started the hot flashes when I was about 47. I so know that sudden rush of heat and your make up sliding off you face. I am doing the natural herbal treatments. Primrose oil and a product called Menocool. They don't stop it but they do help a little. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376054 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:14:38 +0000 Reneeb 376054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so sorry but you are not alone. I was completely through at 41. I thought I was pregnant and the doctor informed me that I had gone thru menopause. I started having hot flashes after that and they have not let up yet. But on the bright side you look fabulous in your blue top. You are so funny tropical vacation. I have not heard that one before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376017 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:06:03 +0000 sarah 376017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ack, Kim, hang in there. What a pain. I must say, I'm not looking forward to the day when I'm in the middle of a lecture having a hot flash. Ah well, biology students should be able to deal, right?! You look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-376012 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:01:10 +0000 Isabel 376012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sex change operation ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes/page/2#post-375999 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:26:49 +0000 Queen Mum 375999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thanks everyone. The day continued without any more little "tropical vacations"<br /> Janet~ that was the first thing I started noticing. I'd wake up and my nightgown and sheets would be soaked. I thought I was just using too many blankets... I finally clued in :-)<br /> Sparky- I'll have to try the primrose oil too. </p> <p>I guess this too shall pass.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375968 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:32:03 +0000 Lisa 375968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Aida, I can only offer fashion input. And your outfit is super on you, you look lovely in blues. I hope you find some relief soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375963 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:14:10 +0000 Sparky 375963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>QM, we are the same age, and I only recently learned about all the joys of peri-menopause. I haven't reached the point of hot flashes yet but I am taking the evening primrose oil that Khris mentions and think it's helpful. Khris, you're a fount of great info! I plan to look into all your suggestions.</p> <p>QM, you look AMAZING in that outfit. One of your best ever, and I mean that. I want that blouse so I can look that good!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375946 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:30:57 +0000 modgrl 375946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no suggestions but at least you looked beautiful through it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375944 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:29:18 +0000 Janet 375944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you look cool and stylish! </p> <p>I think I've had one hot flash -- woke up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat, and it was not warm in the room at all. I'm so not looking forward to more of that. Things are starting to change, and I'm turning 46 in a month, so I guess this is the very beginning of it all for me. My sister was done before she turned 44. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375868 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:26:16 +0000 Barbara 375868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the outfit, QM. You always look fab!</p> <p>Hot flashes can be SO disruptive. Thank goodness for hormone replacement therapy. Properly administered and monitored, HRT can really improve your life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375858 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:07:38 +0000 Aida 375858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can only offer fashion input Love the outfit, especially the soft painterly pattern! Very cute addition of the silver belt and sandals, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375854 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:01:31 +0000 Angie 375854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look cool as a cucumber to me, pretty lady! Fabulous outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375850 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:55:02 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 375850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here is how my doctor described it to me. Average age of menopause may be 51 but most women experience symptoms starting in the early to mid-40s and go through perimenopause for years before the final cessation of the menstrual cycle. I think I started PMB (the b is for bull****) about 5 years ago and I am now 48. I don't have the flashing but do wake up in a sweat about once every three months. </p> <p>As to the outfit, I really like the blue top tucked in jeans. Very nice look for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375836 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:35:59 +0000 taylor 375836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>aww..poor Kim, honestly that blow dryer makes you feel like you are just going to explode doesn't it!!</p> <p>I have a girlfriend who is my age exactly and her doctor told her she is nowhere near starting meno...I thought" Oh goodness you are still dealing with all that!!!</p> <p>So my point being...be glad to be free of it as soon as possible...no more mood swings...and the other not so pleasant symptoms....to me the hot flashes were the worst part...the rest was a cake walk:) Women were so full of horror stories...don't buy into the hysteria. I feel the normal monthly cycle is WAY worse than the mono symptoms could ever be...glad to be on the other side...and you will too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375830 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:10:22 +0000 Queen Mum 375830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Taylor- okay, so I'm not a freak thanks!<br /> yes, I was drying my hair and I honestly was feeling like I was going to pass out and was almost a bit nauseous.. and I'm reading that those are symptoms. I am looking forward to being on the other side </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375826 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:06:03 +0000 Queen Mum 375826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all the input ladies. I'm going to look into some of those suggestions Khris.<br /> I'm reading that the "average" age for the onset of menopause is 51. I'm 45... so yes, it's young, but I'm sure not unheard of. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375825 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:04:43 +0000 taylor 375825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I was too young too...not so apparently. I was completely through at 47 and have been happily DONE with it all for 6 1/2 yrs.<br /> I still get hot flashes , but nothing like when I first began...they used to actually make me momentarily nauseous, and I had 30 a day at first. I went the natural route and I am no worse for the wear. I feel great .<br /> The worst was in the salon holding a blasting hot blow dryer and sweat dripping down my face...ugh...that was awful:(<br /> Hang in there Kim...there is a wonderful payoff at the end of it all:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375821 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:56:38 +0000 chewyspaghetti 375821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HERBS!!!<br /> I am serious- I was having extreme pre menopausal symptoms (and I am only 38)- including periods so heavy they were causing anemia (sorry if that's TMI). I am now taking not only black cohosh, but Vitex (chaste berry), evening primrose oil, and wild yam root. It's a lot- and it takes time for herbs to get into your system and really make changes, but I am now having normal periods and almost none of the other symptoms that I was having. You can also try topical progesterone cream from a natural grocery store. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375811 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:38:40 +0000 Debora 375811@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aaaah, I know that feeling....hotter than Georgia asphalt in August. :(</p> <p>Exercise helps. Also dressing in loose, breathable fabrics. Hang in there, Kim. If it's any consolation, you look fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375808 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:34:07 +0000 MNsara 375808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aww, absolutely no fun and does make you wonder if there are any triggers you can (happily) avoid. I have no wisdom or ideas (other than the layers and avoiding synthetics fibers on your top half), but I'll keep my ears open for you.</p> <p>On the bright side, you look fab in your jeans and layered top </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375789 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:07:22 +0000 Girl X 375789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hot flashes? Seriously? Aren't you still packing school lunches and stuff? I think Jonesy might have it right - it was totally an 'I'm so hot' flash. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375788 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:06:42 +0000 yellowgirl 375788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At least you looked really good during that hot flash! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375787 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:04:36 +0000 biscuitsmom 375787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SO sorry! I had this problem for about 2 yrs...needed to change shirts halfway thru my shift at work and was literally drenched by the time I could change Sometimes had sweat running down my face and back so bad I felt like I was in the shower! Needed to have a Dr. note to allow me water at my register (which helped somewhat) My Dr. said many women experience this for a few yrs before going thru menopause (perimenopausal) and lots of water, Black Cohosh, and lots of tissues helped! Best of luck to you.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375781 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:54:25 +0000 Anonymous 375781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ice water! Drinking really cold drinks. Dressing in layers that can be peeled off is a must. They also seem at their worst (as is everything) when you are under stress, maybe stress you don't even realize you are feeling. Many hugs and know that you are certainly not alone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-hot-flashes#post-375780 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:52:38 +0000 Erin 375780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love that top, the colours are great. As for the hot flashes I have done some reading that eating soy products can help by balancing out the lowering hormone levels. (Tofu, soy milk, edemame etc...) </p>