Hills for breakfast, hold the gnats

Oh Sno, you're scaring me. I suppose I'm too young to give you any advice. But I'm feeling particularly old today.

Good job on the run, by the way.

Sorry about the sleep troubles; I wish I could help. That has not plagued me, although I am warmer at night in general.

I'm am young but can't say I"m hormone free. Are you opposed to getting a sleeping pill?

Thanks, April, but yes I am opposed to any narcotic intervention.

The doc gave me a bioflavonoid called Hesperidin yesterday, to be taken at bedtime. I believe it may have helped. I only woke up 3 times instead of 5 or 6. It should help more as time goes by. Comes from orange peels. Isn't that amazing? http://www.shopwiki.com/_HMC-Hesperidin+60+Capsules?o=259404848&s=728766&

Sno, I have had night sweats for years, starting in my mid-30s. I'd wake up drenched, luckily only once or twice at the most and I was always able to fall right back to sleep. I have tried estrogen cream, soy product w/ no relief. So I just lived with it. Thankfully never had hot flashes. Now that I'm post-menopause, the night sweat is less frequent. I don't know how old you are. But the average age for menopause is 52.

Looks like you have tried many remedies. Hopefully the Hespiridin works! GOOD LUCK! Loosing sleep or hair is frustrating!

Thanks, Smooth. I'm 51. My current healthy lifestyle helps I'm sure, but I also have to "pay" for the decades of sugar addiction and other unhealthy habits that have damaged my endocrine system. I can't wait for the end of this tunnel!

Sno -- I feel your pain. I have some issues too - I might look into the vitex and Hesperidin (thanks for the tip). The hot flashes don't bother me much, yet, but I am having other "issues" that are not much fun. I am going through early menopause (I knew I would because of some serious health issues and surgery I had a couple of years ago). I do know that a very good friend of mine recently had some horrible issues when running (felt like anemia but bloodwork was fine). They did some testosterone and estrogen bloodwork and she was seriously low - she is now on premerin and all is well. I have not decided how bad things have to get before I will take medicine, if many more races are ruined, then maybe I will.

Being a woman is not for sissy's ;-)

Sno--I sort of figured at much. I hope the orange peals work. that sounds awesome!

I have to ask Sno- when did you stop sleeping well and when did this all start happening with the night sweats? They may be 2 different issues and although they may have occurred at close times, it doesn't mean that they are cause and effect. I have a medical background and tend to look at things in the way of applying a bandaide.... but finding the source. When did you last see your physician? Have you had your thyroid checked recently? Any other symptoms that you attribute to dehydration, age, or running? Any major changes in weight, stress? I would be glad to help you.

Marathon Dreamer, You are so kind! Thank you very much for your concern and your interest. I am working closely with my doc right now, actually. I am as sure as I can be that it's the hot flashes waking me up. I normally sleep like a log, always have. When a hot flash strikes, the heat is just unbelievable, and I get drenched in sweat too. Pretty hard to sleep through that. I've also now added a phytoestrogen, Black Cohosh, to the treatment protocol. I will try to remember to add a comment here if anything changes, just fyi. Thanks again, everyone, for your kind support!

UPDATE... I have been on the Remifemin (Black Cohosh) and Hesperidin for about a week now and the nightly "fire alarms" have gone down to about 2-3 per night instead of 5-6. It's supposed to take 2 to 4 weeks to really work, but I'm pretty pleased to be seeing improvement. :)