OMG! I think I just had a hot flash! - Menopause Message Board

pslam 91 · 09-03-2005, 10:01 AM

I was sitting here at the computer. All of a sudden I had this adrenaline rush. Heart started to speed up. Internal jitters set in. went for about 10 to 15 min. Then my chest got warm. Internal jitters got less. Then my neck got warm and I sweat under my arms. Now I feel a bit washed out. Still some jitters. Yuk! Was this a hot flash?

Hopefully · 09-03-2005, 11:26 AM

Psalms, welcome to my world! Help yourself to a large cold glass of caffeine free green tea and a hand fan

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I am not sure if an adrenaline rush is another name for hot flash.

Ever since I stopped taking bcp I've been having multiple hot flashes all day long. It feels like I'm have several an hour. For the last couple of weeks I've not been able to sleep soundly because of the heat waves! One minute hot the next cold and my poor DH has better forget about cuddling

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My hot flashes usually start in my chest/back and then works its way up to my neck, head, face and arms. Sometimes I break out in a sweat other times it's just a "HEAT WAVE".

pslam 91 · 09-03-2005, 12:15 PM

Hopefully do you get the internal jitters and racing heart or are you just hot? Right now I feel great. Calm as a cucumber. No jitters, no heat. A little wiped out but nothing major. Heart rate is calm. I started working on some costume auctions for ****. It passed but boy it was scary and annoying. I dont have an appitite, which wont hurt me one bit. I wouldnt be able to stand having them all day. Why did you go off BC pills? I understand not wanting to be on them though. With being on BP meds, I dont know if it is an option for me. My Mom said she was on them when she was my age. thanks for replying hopefully

Gaitsofgold · 09-03-2005, 01:26 PM

Could be a "mini panic attack," as I call them. They aren't a full blown one, but I get the adrenaline rush and feel hot. Its scary and annoying, I know. I've been getting them for about ten years, but just in the last couple of years I'm also getting the peri-menopause symptoms ON TOP of the panic attacks. Boy, is this fun! I am getting the night sweats now too. What you got COULD be a hot flash, but I think it was more likely anxiety.

Hopefully · 09-03-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pslam 91

Hopefully do you get the internal jitters and racing heart or are you just hot? Right now I feel great. Calm as a cucumber. No jitters, no heat. A little wiped out but nothing major. Heart rate is calm. I started working on some costume auctions for ****. It passed but boy it was scary and annoying. I dont have an appitite, which wont hurt me one bit. I wouldnt be able to stand having them all day. Why did you go off BC pills? I understand not wanting to be on them though. With being on BP meds, I dont know if it is an option for me. My Mom said she was on them when she was my age. thanks for replying hopefully

Praise God that I do not have those internal jitters anymore. I went through a period of time, earlier on this peri. ride, where I had to deal with the jitters. I've had the racing heart a couple of times, but I think the last time that I dealt with them it came about from low potassium. The bp med. that I took was basically a diuretic and it affected my potassium and electrolytes. Since then I've been drinking orange juice or eating bananas.

I had to stop taking bcp because my bp became elevated. Since I've relocated to Florida the two doctors here said not to take anymore bcp, but the internal medicine doctor that I saw gave me a prescription. August 3 was the last time that I took a bcp and so far I don't have a period. The ob/gyn that I saw told me that I might not get a "real" period since I stopped taking bcp. Of course I'm hoping that I don't have one ever again and that my body will be on the right road to functioning with less hormones.

It's good to know that you are now feeling calmer. Hopefully, the Paxil is starting to work.

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