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Morning everyone...am on 6.5 tapering to 6 on DSNS...fatigue has lessened and walking going well. Having hot flushes 3 or 4times a day😳 . Anyone else experiencing this...any cures?Thanks. ...

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DorsetLady profile image
DorsetLadyPMRGCAuk volunteer

see this from FAQs-

healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk...

could be down to adrenals…..

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Temoral in reply toDorsetLady

Thank you...

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Seacat30

Mine went off somewhere under 5mg. Hard to tell because we were having a heatwave.

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Temoral in reply toSeacat30

😉thanks...persevering...layered clothing appears to be the answer....adrenals awakening perhaps....🤔

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piglette

I had them initially on 15mg and they started again at around 6mg. The main relief was opening the fridge door!!

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Temoral in reply topiglette

Yes....but...you can't sleep in there can you...🤣🤣thanks

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PMRproAmbassador in reply toTemoral

You'll be fine this winter and can save a fortune by not turning on the heating ;)

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piglette in reply toTemoral

Just reading the papers and there is an Embr Wave Bracelet that sorts out hot flushes. It seems to have some good write ups. The downside is the price!!

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PMRproAmbassador in reply topiglette

Isn't it always?

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KASHMIRI1

l have also experienced this right from the diagnosis two and a half years ago. Weirdly it would start around 8 pm

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Ozziedays

Yes! I had horrific drenching at various stages of my pred journey. I’d not long moved from Scotland to Gold Coast, Australia where it gets really humid as well as hot so some of it may have been the change in climate. Fans, air con, towels on the bed and on any fabric chairs in the living room, light weight floaty cotton and linen clothing, all the usual remedies. It was worse than my peri-menopause experience (for which I took HRT in order to be able to function at work) but the good news is that it’s almost gone now (on 1mg daily) and any episodes are mild enough not to be noticeable in public! Hang on in there…..

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S4ndy

I am on 5mg a day and frequently get hot "head" sweats where I look like someone has thrown a bucket of water over my head. I have had less now the weather is a bit cooler but spent the summer looking like I had just got out the shower! Not conducive to doing anything with my hair as there's just no point :)

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Lyndaki in reply toS4ndy

I know that feeling only too well!! 🥴

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jackswife

I have been having hot flashes, too, but hadn't made the connection to. reduced prednisone. Hot flashes at menopause were so horrific for me that these are bearable in comparison. But I do notice them and was beginning to wonder. I'm at 2.5 mg. Anyway, thanks for bringing this up.

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Temoral in reply tojackswife

yes jackswife...mine were horrific at midlife..these are annoying, but childsplay in comparison...always something to be thankful for...ho hum...🤔😉🤣

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lkcreedon

Im on 7mg now and get the occasional head sweat by night. Not too bad. Worse when I was at 9mgs

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Viveka

Hi T, I had them at higher doses of pred and now they are kicking off again at 4mg. Interesting to read they could be adrenals because I associated them with my flicker?/flare?

Head sweats mainly when I get overheated when travelling. I was soaked through the other day and went into the loo at John Lewis, pulled out loads of loo paper and proudly mopped my neck at the mirror, because people would think I was ten years younger having a hot flush. If I had been ten years younger having a hot flush I would have done it out of sight in the loo. Times change. 😀

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Temoral in reply toViveka

😉🤣

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Sharitone

My flushes have only been warm, rather than hot, but they have been several times a day, mainly in the evening and about 4-5am ever since I started on pred. The most annoying thing about it is being woken up!

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