What does hot flash feel like?

[Anonymous]

It feels like my idiot boss finally turned up the air conditioning. They're pleasant, honestly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am 41 and sometimes feel warm in the face and under my bra strap… is that a hot flash? It’s mild no flushing no sweating. I recently have shorter cycle but that could be due to a recent mymectomy.. The internet is very vague “warm sensation” wtf does that mean?!

Warm in the face is how I'd describe my early days of hot flashes.

Yep. Later it turned onto my entire body feeling like it is on fire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me it was like a warmth from the inside. I never minded them but then I can go through the entire summer with no air conditioning. It’s not the same as being hot though because it comes from the inside.

Yes. Internal inferno!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think i have them at night. I feel very hot and throw the covers on, run downstairs to adjust the AC. Im 47.

This sounds like night sweats if you only get it at night from being under the covers. I wouldn't think it's unique to menopause. I always thought hot flashes is something more extreme you get during the day.

I wish it was only during the day. Hot flashes are definitely a night time thing as well, actually some women mostly get them at night.

[Anonymous]

I would start by feeling a heart beat in my entire body and feel heat rising. The. My face turns red and sweat buckets from my face and scalp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 41 and sometimes feel warm in the face and under my bra strap… is that a hot flash? It’s mild no flushing no sweating. I recently have shorter cycle but that could be due to a recent mymectomy.. The internet is very vague “warm sensation” wtf does that mean?!

Warm in the face is how I'd describe my early days of hot flashes.

+1 experiencing it now, though I'm probably a year or more into my menopause.

[Anonymous]

It is like an internal furnace just kicks on. Sometimes the first thing that happens is I feel thirsty.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this because i’m 45 and been having what feels like hot flashes for a couple weeks now.
Is it normal to have 5-6/day? I feel my heart rate start to rise, then get really warm and when it’s over my stomach feels a little queasy. Is this just my new normal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this because i’m 45 and been having what feels like hot flashes for a couple weeks now.
Is it normal to have 5-6/day? I feel my heart rate start to rise, then get really warm and when it’s over my stomach feels a little queasy. Is this just my new normal?

Yes, I have at least 5 or 6 per day. I'm hot pretty much from the shoulders up, and sweat around my hairline. It feels like it lasts forever, but when I time it, it really tends to only last a minute or so. I've been having them off and on, with varied intensity, since 2019 (I'm 53). The ones at night are the worst, I have a fan pointed right at me in bed.

[Anonymous]

I had the “feeling of doom” feeling preceding the hot flash. It was kind of terrifying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it actually heat, like a fever, or is it a nerve/mental phenomenal in how it feels?

Yes, actual heat. You can get flushed and start sweating. It’s real.

Yup. Glasses fog, turn beet red, not in our heads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this because i’m 45 and been having what feels like hot flashes for a couple weeks now.
Is it normal to have 5-6/day? I feel my heart rate start to rise, then get really warm and when it’s over my stomach feels a little queasy. Is this just my new normal?

Yes, OP, this is what it's like for a lot of us, so that's probably what it is. After the phase you're in now, I was having them almost every hour at times, sometimes preceded by a quick little headache and that feeling of doom. Then the burst of heat, then the cold sweat. Once every hour or two. Now, about 5 years in, at 56, I get these every few hours. As always, though, if it doesn't feel quite right, check with your doctor. But intuition says, yeah, that seems like the start of hot flashes.

[Anonymous]

Face is a common area (neck and chest). You ask others if it is hot, and they think not. Can be triggered by wine also, in my experience.

[Anonymous]

Can I ask—why don’t get on HRT? What an awful set of symptoms to deal with so regularly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this because i’m 45 and been having what feels like hot flashes for a couple weeks now.
Is it normal to have 5-6/day? I feel my heart rate start to rise, then get really warm and when it’s over my stomach feels a little queasy. Is this just my new normal?

Yes, OP, this is what it's like for a lot of us, so that's probably what it is. After the phase you're in now, I was having them almost every hour at times, sometimes preceded by a quick little headache and that feeling of doom. Then the burst of heat, then the cold sweat. Once every hour or two. Now, about 5 years in, at 56, I get these every few hours. As always, though, if it doesn't feel quite right, check with your doctor. But intuition says, yeah, that seems like the start of hot flashes.

Thank you, dealing with this for years sounds awful. I haven’t had an uninterrupted night of sleep in weeks ( fan on full blast, layers of blankets, etc).
Follow up question, my periods have been unpredictable for a couple years but my most recent one was september or october. If I’m understanding correctly, the periods are going to be even more unpredictable and I’m going to have these annoying hot flashes at the same time?
Yes, i am going to schedule a gyn appointment but I need a new one due to insurance changes and I don’t have older friends or family to ask these questions.