I began menapausal symptoms about 5 years ago. Then I officially completed menapause in October of 2002 because it had been a year since receiving my cycle. At that time I saw an internist who confirmed it with my FSH levels being off the chart in a blood sample. So this coming October it will be two years. I went to a dtr of integrative medicine in 2001 but I found that I was giving him more answers just by reading and doing research on the internet than he could provide for me with a large bill; so I stopped going. Yes, I still have hot flashes. Sometimes it will be 3 or 4 within only one hour. At other times, I can seem to go an entire afternoon and not feel anything. I have begun to notice one pattern though. When I fast for a few days, I don't seem to have them. Other than that, I've not been able to figure out what triggers them.
thanks so much for your reply!-b
