You’re not alone if you suffer from hot flashes and night sweats. Believe it or not, eighty-five percent of women in the United States suffer some form of hot flashes and night sweats during perimenopause and in the year or two following menopause.
During perimenopause, menopause, and as you wean off Hormone Replacement Therapy — which I’ll refer to as HRT — your body perseveres a major hormonal transition.
The symptoms associated with hot flashes and night sweats vary among different women.
Whether you’re suffering from hot flashes or night sweats from natural fluctuation of your hormones during perimenopause and menopause or because you’re quickly weaning off HRT, the physiology is quite similar.