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hi can hot flashes and night sweats come back after 6-7 years
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NancyMarie, do you mean 6-7 years after menopause or after stopping HRT?
hi i mean after menopause been having them the last 2 months
Nancy, I don't think it is common for sweats to resume so long after menopause. Some Thyroid UK members with underactive thyroid have reported significant night sweats. Have a look at these links and if you think the symptoms ring a bell ask your GP to do a thyroid function test.
I think they do come and go, I believe they are attached to feelings of awareness of the situation you are in, I can control them some, but have been having them for over five years. I get them any time i am not comfortable with the situation or thoughts that i am experiencing. I don't take HRT and won't. I feel like western medicine treat natural women's phases as disease. It is not. I feel similar to when i was pregnant, everyone treated me like i was sick? I am also not sick now just growing into a Crone with lots of wisdom.
Apparently so. I make our bed with a sheet and a duvet. Start night with both; discard duvet early hours and then take it back again around dawn. Does not cure the night sweats but it means I do not disturb "other half" with my tossing and turning. I also find sleeping near an open window helps. GP said to "lose weight" - (the current panacea to all ills), no hot drinks before bedtime and stop smoking (another panacea despite me never having been a smoker in my life) and no alcohol late at night. Good luck 
Though hot flashes are a common symptom of menopause, but since you have been in menopause for 6-7 years now, it is quite possible that you are experiencing the same due to some other medical condition. Idiopathic hyperhidrosis, infections like bacterial infections and osteomyelitis, cancers like lymphomas, neurologic conditions, hormone disorders, hypoglycaemia, and medications are some conditions which can give rise to night sweating and hot flashes. Consult your GP.
