So, My Mother Is out of Town, or: I'm Way Too Young For Perimenopause, Right?

[constance]

People, is there anyone out there who can tell me what a hot flash feels like? I mean, I know my friendslist skews to the young side, but if there is: is it when you're pretty sure it's perfectly comfortable in your house and as a matter of fact you're cold-natured anyway and sometimes you get kind of chilled, but all of a sudden you feel uncomfortably warm (warm enough to wake up, if you happen to be sleeping), maybe flushed, broken out in a light sweat, and you get up to check the thermostat to make sure everything's still working before you remember that your A/C hasn't really run for days anyway on account of the mild weather, but yeah, the house temperature's right on target, it's just your body that's running all amok? And then you sit fuming over your freakish episode for a few minutes before you realize that you're comfortable again? Is it like that? Because if it is. Jesus Christ.

Comments

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I've only ever had pregnancy-related hot flashes, but what you describe sounds just like those.

When does menopause usually strike in your family? Because although I realize perimenopause can rear its ugly head well in advance of Menopause Proper, you do seem awfully young. Then again, menopause runs super late in our family (no symptoms till mid-50s, and then WHAM) so anything younger than late 40s seems awfully young to me. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this was a fluke episode (Leory, that prankster, turned on the heater just to freak you out!) and won't plague you further for many, many years yet.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I don't know when menopause usually hits in my family -- I've been counting back and can't quite manage the math, so I mean to tackle my mother the next time she calls to check in, as in, HI MOM HOW ARE YOU I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING SAFELY OKAY I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, all in one sentence just like that.

I'm thinking that my mother did not start before she hit 40, though. That just doesn't seem fair to me.