If I don't have at least 3 blankets on me at night I wake up FREEZING.
Seems I can't get warm for a while after that.

During the day it only happens on occassion.

Not sure what to tell you. Is it possible to get cold flashes instead of hot? lol If it is, I'll be the one to get it too. I've always been the opposite of what is supposed to be.

Hope you get it figured out. Take Care.........

I get chills on and off before and right after my cycle. I swear it must be connected to my hormones.. I believe it's very normal.

I used to get chills and hot flashes anytime, anywhere and for as long as they wanted. After a few more strange things happening I finally went to the Doc. and he put me on HRT and after about a month of that I felt like a normal human being again. Once in a while I turn on to a different path, but only for a short time.

I had chills after the hot flash. Docs try to explain it with something about the hypothalamus. I always love it when someone who has no idea what he's talking about tries to explain things. :-)

Me too! I need three blankets or else I'm freezing!

One thing I do like about hot flashes (and I know this sounds bad) is when I started having night sweats and have to open the window in the middle of the night, then looking over at my husband a little while longer and seeing him on his side of the bed shivering...LOL.

I am so cold right now while reading these posts. Mine just started about 2 weeks ago. I have never been this cold in my life and I always loved the cold wehather. Right after I get the cold chill I get so hot, I just hate it. I am on Bio Identical, and am still not sure how much to take, other than waht was listed, but when I foolw the 0.5(Ihink) I get more hot flashes than ever. This is causing me alot of sleepless nights. I also have RA so that doesn't help. Any suggestions?
bigi

One thing is for certain, our thermostat is a bit confused during perimenopause.

When everyone else in my house is freezing, I'm sweating buckets. When they are hot, I'm running around screaming I'm cold.

I would love to be cold at night, but that's usually when I'm sweating. I sleep with a ceiling fan on year round and the window open in the winter.

We had a few inches of the snow on the ground recently, with temperatures in the low teens. I had the window open, fan going, heat turned down to the 50's in the house and I was SWEATING!!

Just crazy, I tell ya. Crazy.

Magnolia
www.theperimenopauseblog.com

I have never had a hot flash but am cold ALL the time and have been for years. It does seem lately that getting cold actually hurts. I have on cuddleduds and fleece most of my time off. Thank goodness I operate my own room thermostat at work. I watch TV with a fleece blanket and encourage my dog to sit close to me to stay warm. She seems to be the only one that wants to be around me these days too. I love my forever friend.

I am on the estradol patches as well. I just went to .075 mg and I feel a bit better with each increase in my dosage. In May I go to the max dose my MD will give .100 mg.

I find that right after a hot flash I get really cold. So I'm never comfortable. Either I'm too hot or too cold. And once I get cooled down or warmed up, I'm too cold or too hot again! Frustrating!

Thanks for the post TomiAnne, maybe it might sound bad to some but I got a huge laugh out of it.