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Hi everyone. My name is Chris. I'm 52 and have been suffering from hot flashes and night sweats and unpredictable mood swings for 4 years now. Sometimes it would get to the point that I would have to take prescriptions sleeping pills for a week to regulate my sleep after getting only 2-3 hours of sleep a night due to night sweats every hour on the hour. Now I may get up to 3 hours of constant sleep a night. My biggest problem is any kind on hormone therapy as I suffer from estrogen triggered migraines. So although this has been a nightmare for me, not having nearly as many debilitaing migraines has actually been a blessing. I recently tried (foolinsh me) a very low dose estrogen .3 cut in half and taken every other night along with the prometrium I have been on (which is what got me up to 3 hours of rest) Unfortunately even that low dose gave me a migraine the whole time I was on it. So I stopped after 4 days. I have tried Black cohosh and soy and a product Effisoy. I have also tried flush diet changes to rid my body of toxins hoping that would help. The hot flashed and night sweats remain. My gyn doesn't seem to have any more answers but to suggest antidepresants. No thanks to that one. the less chemicals the better. Any suggestions??? I need sleep more than anything else.
Thanks Chris