Phew 😅

[RADOONE]

I have RA and started to have hot flushes again I am well past the menopause just wondered if anyone else has experienced this who has RA ?????

[Hidden]

Yes unfortunately. I’m lying in bed at the moment on fire then later I will be cool. My disease is active at the moment and I always get hot flushes and night sweats . I went through the menopause years ago.

[RADOONE in reply to Hidden]

I have had an awful

Night feel like my whole body was burning 🥵

[Hidden]

Many of us get this including the chaps though docs always go menopause but I know mine is not as completely different. You will find many of us have discussed duvet on or off windows open fans on flash heat you name it🔥

[RADOONE in reply to Hidden]

Thank you I was starting to get concerned as have had nothing for years now has started again but much worse thank you 🙏

[Ruth12345]

Yes definately experience the same. I was a good few years past the menopause when got RD at 58. Felt cheated as had gone through 10years of menopause. It did settle a bit after about a year, but still have it a 3.5 yrs later. I dont know if its the RD or the meds that give the hot flushes. Someone on here will know. Saying that it doesnt make any difference as still get them 🌈

[RADOONE]

Thank you 🙏 I am just concerned why it has started after so long of have not having any 🙏🙏

[Hidden]

Me too such a random disease 🔥

[Lolabridge]

I have these too and think it could be due to fluctuations in my blood sugar levels. These are affected by some of the medication I have taken and especially by steroids I think.

[Dobcross1]

Hi yes I regularly have sweats. In fact I'm having a hot sweat right now! Got up feeling rubbish and so hot. I have always thought it was the Methotrexate I take but reading other replies maybe its the RA itself - though my joints are ok and I'm not in a flare so I don't know. This only started at the beginning of this year (I was diagnosed Oct 18) and its not the menopause. . .. Sorry I can't be of more help but I sympathise.

[RADOONE]

Thank you so much its good to have this support I was concerned it was my heart as my mum had RA abd dyed of a heart attack 😢😢

[springcross]

Funnily enough, I have started to have mildish flushes over the last three weeks. I have MTX which I have been on since last September. The only thing I have that's different is the Sulfasalazine which I started three weeks ago today. I started my menopause when I was about 42 and it went on until about two years ago with the most wicked hot flushes and night sweats, then nothing until about three weeks ago (I don't think these flushes are due to the mp). Weird.

[RADOONE]

I am concerned about systemic heart disease and if this is one if the symptoms x

[Fra22-57]

Most definitely. I start to feel the heat and it rises and makes my body feel so much pain.then feel little queasy and know if I dont fan myself to cool down I will pass out as have done before.Its so embarrassing if in company as they comment" oh are you having a moment "

[RADOONE]

Yes that exactly how I have been feeling it’s horrid 😢

[Mall]

Radoone you mentioned your anxiety about your heart and your mums heart attack. Please have a word with your GP about this and have it checked out if only for reassurance for yourself. RA is a disease that can leave us with heart complications, although far less so today, as modern drugs are better able to control the disease.

[rounder]

😣 I definitely have the hot flushes too, it's miserable, might time is worst.....kicking the quilt off , putting the fan on, dangling arms and legs out of the bed, then getting cold and hunkering down to get warm......nothing like a restful night's sleep.