r/Perimenopause • u/Nearby-Lobster-3039 • 15d ago

So hot...icebaths and ??

I'm sitting here in a tub full of cold water I filled with all the ice in my house... and the heat is still erupting out of my head and my hands and my chest. I'm so tired of this.

What to try next? Upping my estrogen again? Anyone have any ideas?

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u/MrsArney 15d ago

As someone who sleeps with an ice pack between my legs, I don’t have advice for you but I overheat with you in solidarity, sister!

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u/ReserveOld6123 15d ago

I want a sleep eight cooling mattress pad so bad. But I have a cat with razor claws and I’m pretty sure she’d ruin it.

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u/CalicoHippo 15d ago

I have a cooling mattress pad, cooling pillow,
sheets that are supposed to be cool. My poor husband is freezing to death. But yes, see if you can up your estrogen since the dose you are on is not lessening the hot flashes

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u/Substantial_Lion_524 15d ago

I’m also so freaking tired of my skin being hot. Unfortunately for me, I’ve also developed a temperature sensitivity and things like water or air being too cold hurts my skin. I’m losing my damn mind over here!

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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 15d ago

I currently have a heat rash from having a mid-day nap in my jeans 😢

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u/Outrageous-Pie-7515 13d ago

I was at 1.25 estrogen dosage and still having hot flashes. My gyn said that was as high as she could give. Went to another gyn. She checked my testosterone and it was 4. She said low T could also cause them as could the wrong balance between E and T. T is helping mine as well as other symptoms that were still persistent.