miffy Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I take sage capsules, the lady in health shop said its proven to be effective especially for "sweats" which I was getting far more of than actual hot flushes. Now its about 50/50 so a real improvement. Disturbed nights are still rather a problem though. Glad I'm not alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Just wondered if you'd noticed any improvement with the sage capsules, chickendoodle? I want to thank Claret again for the suggestion about Femarelle, I've now been taking it for about six weeks and for me the difference is huge. I know it doesn't work for everyone, but it has got rid of the hot flushes - absolutely - for me, and that is just wonderful. Until you've experienced these, I don't think anyone really appreciates just how unpleasant and debilitating they are. If anyone else on here is taking it, Holland & Barrett have a 'buy one, get one half-price' offer on at the moment. I think the night sweats have improved, but that could just be the cold weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I've just made an appt to see my GP about possible menopause issues. I did have several hot night sweats about a year ago, but am ok now. It's the severe axe wielding maniac PMS symptoms I'm having trouble with at the moment, and my friends and family must be suffering. It's awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 That can be part of it debbier. Glad that it's working Olly. I missed the odd capsule early on and noticed the difference now, it seems to have built up and if I miss one (which is very rare) then I don't notice a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 :31 pm Just wondered if you'd noticed any improvement with the sage capsules, chickendoodle? I am certainly waking less during the night and when I do wake up the flush only lasts for a minute or so - fling the duvet off to cool down and then back off to sleep. I seem to get hardly any during the day now although I wasn't really getting that many anyway. During the evening was worse and that has certainly calmed down. So on the whole I do think they are working as any flushes I do get are certainly not so severe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Femarelle is now £15/pack on their site. Tehy sent me an email which said that the offer is open to new and existing customers, but the web page says only new customers, so I emailed them to check - it is open to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Thanks Clare, I might give that a try. I realised I'm now getting hot flushes when I drink alcohol although as someone who is usually usually pale and cold I have to say they are quite pleasant at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 The alcohol wine flushes annoy me as I dont drink much but like a glass of wine now and again and I hate the flushing - am trying the femerelle but not tried for long and not tried the wine yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I found that Femarelle took about 2 months to make a significant difference. I don't drink, so can't comment on that bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I ll keep going then - got the same email and will buy some at the reduced price = daft not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
