Am 56, on HRT for last 5 years, never had a hot flash, am generally very cold unless it's absolutely boiling in which case I feel terrible in the heat (and think I have read that being cold is a vasormotor symptom of sorts if not the more common one)
Cut to last weekend's heatwave, I laid low, literally and was ok even on Saturday which was the hottest day.
On Sunday temperature went down a few degrees though still v hot in my top floor flat albeit not as bad as previous day.
Anyway, for a couple of hours, I was like an industrial sweating machine with sort of waves of heat pulsating through me, not really my face - which I thought was the most usual location for meno hot flash - it was concentrated in upper body, chest/shoulder area.
Had a similar feeling on Monday, when it was even less hot, though it lasted less. Was wondering if this might be a hot flash. Or am I just getting more sensitive to the heat, which might still be a type of vasomotor thing related to hormones ( I take pretty industrial amounts of oestrogen so can't increase my dose even though my absorption is poor).
Thyroid all ok, though T3 slightly low.
I'd be grateful for any thoughts and input from those who perhaps can compare the feeling of a hot flash and feeling intensely hot and sweaty...
