What product do menopausal women take to control Hot sweats and insomnia

[sharon62]

Just had total hysterectomy and cant be given HRT because of age, what natural product does anybody take to help with hot sweats and insomnia please. Am I right in thinking underactive thyroid patients can`t take soya? Thanks

[Hidden]

I take a good quality sage, doesn't stop them altogether but really help

[sharon62 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your reply I will take a look at this.

[Naomi8]

I have used natural progesterone cream(not wild yam cream) with good effect for menopausal symptoms.Have had to give up due to oestrogen-rebound caused by fibroids,which I regret.if you PM me I will msg you the source website

The other herb I found helpful was agnus castus,but I was perimenopausal when I used it.

[sharon62 in reply to Naomi8]

Thank you for your reply I will also take a look at both these products.

[Barrister]

I only had occasional hot flushes but took one 2000mg tablet of Sage which works almost immediately. I got these online from Healthspan. Clemmie

[sharon62 in reply to Barrister]

Thank you for your reply I will be taking a look at sage to see if suitable for me.

[recovered7]

I have been using, "Profemme" . Its made up by a Pharmacist here in Australia, and it's a Natural Progesterone Cream. Have been using this for 5 years now, and have never looked back. Its Great as it also helps with energy and mood swings,

Hope you can find similar in UK. I really feel for you as i could not go through that again. Blessings to you x

[sharon62 in reply to recovered7]

Thank you for your reply I am going to have a study of what I can get hold off and what would suit me best. I certainly have a lot to look up. Once a again. Thank you

[Hidden]

Hi, in 2007 I had pseudo menopause induced by a nasty drug to stop oestrogen production to shrink fibroids to an operable size.

I used tincture of sage. It tastes foul but it does offer relief

[sharon62 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your reply Sage seems to be very popular.

[Angel_of_the_North]

Don't see why you can't take bioidentical hormones. They are given to young women for things like PMS. But you won't get them on the NHS. A friend of mine in the US had hormone replacement after a hysterectomy in her 30s.

Lady's bedstraw, sage, black cohosh, agnus castus, red clover are all things often given for menopause, but they work in different way so you need to read up on them to see which ones are most likely to help.

[sharon62 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Thanks for your reply, plenty for me to read up on here, Thanks

[Clutter]

Sharon, this study discusses folic acid for menopausal flushes ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/252...

[sharon62 in reply to Clutter]

Thanks for reply, read with great interest, will do some more research, before I choose something,