Is there a connection between being GF and Hot Flashes?

[Bifcus16]

Connie,

I am glad HRT isn't a cause of MC for you. In my case it was really clear - some months after I started on HRT I went into a bad flare which stopped as soon as I stopped taking HRT tablets. So I tried the patches and the D came back. Stopped them and the D stopped. The GI called that following the scientific method so he was happy to assign that as the cause.

Oh, and the D hasn't come back in a big way since - only 1 proper 'bad couple of days' in the last year, and I had a few viable reasons that brief flare.

Lyn

[mbeezie]

Charlotte,

After I went GF I noticed that many symptoms disappeared. My doctors had always attributed my sleeping difficulties and night sweats to hormones/perimenopause. I am 48 and still get a period but after going GF I noticed dramatic improvement in my sleep and night sweats. Now I only get symptomatic a few days before my period (night sweats, headaches, minor sleep disturbance plus other symptoms related to my mast cell disorder). Doubt I will do HRT unless absolutely necessary.

Mary Beth

[angy]

Mc caused my early menopause ...I suffered hot burning flashes rapidly everyday several times a day...it was a living nightmare , embarassing too...I still get the flashes but mainly at night in bed or when i use my hairdryer...I have been gf long before my cc diagnosis 2 yrs ago.....gf diet has not made any difference to the flashes...I dont believe in hrt...its unsafe...i used chinese herbal medicines...worked quite good too...certainly reduced the amount of sweats...