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Re: feeling strange
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:43:30 -0800
I used to get hot flashes too. My ignorant endocrinologist was giving me
estrogen patches to treat it, unsuccessfully. I figured out that it was my
insulin response. When I ate carbs, I would radiate heat a foot away from my
skin. When I didn't eat right over the course of a day, I'd be a space heater
and sweat profusely at night. However, when I limit my carbs a lot, my hot
flashes are much better. Now, most days, I'm only hot just before I wake up
in the morning, and sometimes not even then. When I get hot I eat a piece of
cheese, and I'm fine in a few minutes.
Renee
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> I don't know what is happening lately. I recently started an exercise
> program (6 weeks ago) but rather than helping matters, I seem to be
> going downhill. I am 42 and overweight. For the past year I have been
> experiencing "hot flashes" - times when I feel as if I am burning up. I
> open the windows, my family is under blankets but I can't get cool. At
> night I have night sweats and wake up with my hands "tingling". I walk
> 2.5 miles a day and go to the gym. Instead of being energized, I need
> to come home and take a nap. When I clean a room I have to nap. Pretty
> much everything wears me out. When I stand up I get so lightheaded that
> I nearly pass out. I've tried to modify my diet to eat healthy, but
> that this is still going on. Now I've noticed that muscles ache all the
> time. I tried to tell my family doctor this but he passed it off. Don't
> know what to do. I feel as if something is wrong but don't know where
> to turn. I recently quit working outside of the house. I thought that
> some of this might be stress but that doesn't seem to be it. Any
> suggestions - I'm near the end of my ropes.
>
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Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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Dwell in Possibility.
--Emily Dickenson
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