I'm 61 and my hot flashes are more vivid (shall we say) than ever. I am glad you are going to the doctor, although i started with all this nonsense in my late 30s too, the bleeding didn't stop until i was 54. OH BOY I was glad. woohoo! I went to the doctor after a long pause and she said, "we don't count it until a year has passed" so sure enough 11 months later, i had another period. but then it really stopped. I do not miss it. nope. But the silly hot flashes, come on, do they EVER stop?