perimenopause and Bipolar

Yessssss

11 refills! Wow that would have made me life soooo much easier!

I had like four, really intense hot flashes today. I googled how do you get rid of hot flashes, and all this stuff related to menopause showed up. I was all burning up at the time and like, "I'M NOT GOING THROUGH MENOPAUSE!!!!", and my daughter was like, "Yes you are. HAHAHAHA."

Funny kid.

What do you all use to manage your hot flashes?

I remember putting ice on my wrist, throat, and sides of my forehead pulse points. Taking cold showers, drinking ice cold water. It didn’t stop the hot flashes but it gave me a small measure of relief. The nights were the worse.

Mine often tend to come when I get hot (and I have heat-sensitivity from my meds so I had issues before this). So lots of very cold showers this summer. I've not figured out what to do for the nighttime ones. I am trying to figure out if a cooling mattress pad or a new mattress is the better idea. My current mattress is memory foam and since I get hot I have hot flashes. And it also hurts me. I walk like a very old woman when I get up in the mornings.

Gabapentin is supposed to help hot flashes. I think I learned that on here. I'm not sure how to know if it is helping when I'm already on it.

I have a cold head wrap I keep in my freezer for migraines. I keep meaning to try it for hot flashes but so far I've not remembered at the right time.

Anybody else dealing with insomnia? Klonopin doesn’t seem to help and I’ve tried lunesta and fell while trying to walk to the bathroom. Trazodone isn’t an option anymore either