ADT - HOT FLUSHES AND CALORIES CONSUMED

[Jaffa_2001]

I am 3 months into Lupron and coping fairly well, I think, with the side effects so far, apart from the Hot Flushes (Flashes).

I do not have many during the day but they seem to come at night and can sometimes be really intense and uncomfortable.

I have found that the intensity for me seems to be related strangely to how many calories I have devoured during the day.

I have for the about 10 years now kept my weight in check by exercising as many days as possible and working out twice a week. Plus I have two days a week where I restrict my food intake to 800 Calories. A routine I have kept up during my current first course of ADT treatment.

Was wondering if anybody else has experience of the correlation between food eaten and the intensity of the flushes.

If I have eaten a big meal and had some wine I know that night there will be a lot of intense flushes and on the days I only consume 800 calories I have hardly any and they are almost non-existent.

Perhaps a study has been made of this somewhere but I cannot find any relevant material. If however this is a phenomena of Lupron then I know some of my fellow sufferers might find it gives them some relief. I hope so.

[cdcfbw]

I had 6mo. of Lupron and tried to keep my calories to 1385 per day and lost 20lbs (while also walking & exercising). while I also had mild hot flashes, mainly in the morning while reading the paper. I never thought it might have been do to calorie intake but maybe it was?