Dealing with night sweats...Help!?

I am 40 years old and going through peri-menopause, arrrghh! How do you deal with unbelievable night sweats? I wake up soaked every night, at least 2-3 times. I have to get those light weight tee-shirts off and try not to wake up my husband. IT IS TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dealing with night sweats...Help!?
My sister went through this at age 37, and my 40 year old wife is beginning to show signs of peripause as well... My mother had menopause 30 years ago but still gets hot flashes and the occasional night sweats too...





Try having a light carb snack just before bed. Night sweats are often associated with a drop in blood sugar (I get them all the time as a diabetic) and peripause can mess with your endocrine system, which in turn can give you passing episodes of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).





Also, avoid using oils or lotions in the hours before bedtime. These trap enormous amounts of body heat and can contribute to night sweats.





Try getting a small fan (like those 6" clip-on models) to keep the air in the bedroom circulating without freezing you. This helps my mom quite a bit...





I have been told by a couple women that lots of good healthy orgasms will lessen peripause symptoms. I have never investigated this so don't know if there is a scientific basis for it, although i do intend to do extensive experiments with the wife here in the coming months! Thought I'd throw it out there anyway, since it can't hurt after all...


Best,


Ed, RN
Dealing with night sweats...Help!?
you get wet, huh? ha, "i wake up soaked every night" - thats wat she said %26lt;:-)
Reply:I'm 45 and have this problem, too. I recently started taking a woman's multivitamin and noticed that they are happening less frequent. A ceiling fan helps too!
Reply:Wow! I know just how you feel!


I suffer with hot flashes and get completely sweaty. I have tried everything the doctors recommended and have found that while there really isn't a cure there are some things that can help. I found a source for pj's that evaporate the sweat really quickly. I can even wear the tank tops to exercise class and am much drier than the others there. On top of everything else, I live in a sweltering climate and wear the tank top out. I used to wake up every night soaked and now there are nights when the pj's dissipate the sweat fast enough that I just sleep through it. I tried a few different brands of pj's and the ones that worked the best and were the most comfortable are available at www.cooljamaz.com


Good Luck... I wish there was more for us. But at least this is something.


Also, some people swear by black cohash but I don't really like to take anything...