I think I've passed the "peri" part, or am about to. Anyone who's had experience with hot flashes willing to talk about them?
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Feb 04, 2014 6:43:21 am PST #19067 of 30000
Because books.
-t - Feb 04, 2014 6:45:31 am PST #19068 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds like a nifty program. I couldn't do it right now, but seems like a good thing to keep in mind for the future.
It's that early-in-the-allergy-season time of year when my preventive meds aren't quite winning. I can stiff upper lip my way through the congestion, but I hate being so tired all the time. Should only be for another few days, maybe a week, I hope, and then I can stop feeling enormously stupid for moving to a huge almond exporting area when I know how my body reacts to all things almond.
juliana - Feb 04, 2014 6:51:40 am PST #19069 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It's that early-in-the-allergy-season time of year when my preventive meds aren't quite winning.
Oh, thank dog. I thought I was relapsing into the 'flu. (I mean, I'm sorry you're stuffy too, but I am unable to cope with getting laid out again.)
sumi - Feb 04, 2014 6:56:48 am PST #19070 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
-t - Feb 04, 2014 6:57:31 am PST #19071 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, a big part of why I posted is I find myself thinking "why do I feel like crap?" way too often considering that, really, I know why. And it will pass, like everything does, but for once I have an idea of how soon.
ETA: cute widdle direwolves!
Consuela - Feb 04, 2014 7:16:21 am PST #19072 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
shit. Dad fell in the bathroom & hit his head, he's off to the ER.
Thank god he's in assisted living with an emergency call button.
Strix - Feb 04, 2014 7:18:33 am PST #19073 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Amy, I have, when I was unable to afford HRT for a month or so. They are CRAZY. I'd wake up, dripping with sweat in the winter, so hot that I'd open the back door and just bask.
And then I'd freeze. Then back to hot. My HEAD would sweat; not just my neck -- the whole head.
I'd also get flashes at the computer, and strip off to a tank and panties (again, in an already cool room). It's really annoying.
-t - Feb 04, 2014 7:20:15 am PST #19074 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh no, Consuela! Yeah, glad the assistance was there.
Zenkitty - Feb 04, 2014 7:24:30 am PST #19075 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Anyone who's had experience with hot flashes willing to talk about them?
Personal summers. Humid ones. Like Strix said, wake up at night drenched in sweat - I never realized before that "drenched in sweat" was literal, not hyperbolic. Have to wash my hair in the morning because my head got so sweaty at night. Hot, cold, hot, cold. I'm not taking HRT, but if my doctor recommends it, I might.
Amy - Feb 04, 2014 7:29:32 am PST #19076 of 30000
Because books.
Yikes, Consuela. I hope he's okay.
I think what's confusing me is that it's not really *flashes*? I mean, it comes and goes, but it feels really weird, like I'm boiling underneath my skin. On the surface, I'm not hot -- I can touch my arm and feel that it's cool. But inside, I feel like I'm burning up.
And I do get them during the night. I feel like Will Graham.