Damn - is this pre-menopause?

[Zen]

It's known as perimenopause
Welcome!

[kelownagirl]

Do you drink red wine? I get them when I drink red wine, which is 5 nights of the week.

[KnottedYet]

Oh, yeah, now the REAL fun begins!

[alpinerabbit]

Do you drink red wine? I get them when I drink red wine, which is 5 nights of the week.

Yeah. yeah. it's the red wine. Thanks for that counter-argument. (I do have red wine quite often)
definitely. I'm not old enough to be old yet. grrr.

Maybe a combo of both. I will see my gyn.

[KnottedYet]

definitely. I'm not old enough to be old yet. grrr.

I started in my late 30's, but it really took off this year. For my mom and her mom perimenopause started a little earlier and lasted about 10 years.

great... <knot is having so much fun, just thrilled to have 10 more years to enjoy of night sweats and such>

[maillotpois]

I have always had night sweats on and off - maybe every few months. I am 40, but I can recall this in my 20's. I am hypothyroid on meds and always attributed it to that. perhaps it was really the wine.

[OakLeaf]

I attribute my night sweats to my circadian temperature rhythms (see the thread about always being cold...) - I'm generally FREEZING when it's time for bed, so I wear wool socks to bed and pile on the blankets, and by morning I'll be warm enough to be drenched with sweat I sweat heavily anyhow, so it really doesn't bother me a dust-mite cover for the mattress protects it from sweat, too!

[Bklynmom]

Good to call the GYN, or just regular Dr. You are kind of young for hot flashes.

My friend in her 50's who has really bad hot flashes from menopause is just drenched in sweat - 2 or 3 sets of nightclothes a night -- are yours that bad?

Night sweats could be so many things, as could changes in your period.

I have found that being much fitter from biking changes everything including my period and body temperature issues - maybe that's it.