How To Deal With Night Sweats

Oh, night sweats; I thought I’d never have to deal with them outside of a few bad nightmares in the middle of the night. Boy, was I wrong. I forgot that among the many menopause symptoms, night sweats was in there, and let me tell you if you haven’t waken up drenched in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, it’s something you never want to have to do. However, I had to deal with it, and I had to deal with it for awhile, since my body was going through a change. I looked hard in finding ways on how to deal with night sweats but was getting nowhere.

I knew I was going through menopause, so I figured it was time to check in with the doctor. I explained all my symptoms to him, and he suggested a hormone replacement therapy. I knew that this was pretty standard for women my age, so I agreed to it and headed out the door to fill the prescription. Once I started taking it, I knew this was a bad decision; I had such bad side effects to the point where I had to stop. When I went back to him, he said it was part of taking the medication, and I’d have to deal. I couldn’t go through with these side effects though.

So, instead, I made an appointment to see a doctor that specialized in homeopathic approaches to medicine and explained my menopause symptoms. She suggested Amberen to me. I’d never heard of it before, but she explained that it wasn’t actually a synthetic hormone replacement, instead it was a substance that would actually correct my metabolic and neuroendocrine mechanisms, and she even said I’d have more energy with it. So, instead of having to learn how to deal with night sweats and other menopause symptoms, or take a medication and be miserable with the side effects, I could deal with it naturally. That feeling was beyond amazing!

It's such a wonderful feeling now to sleep through the night without those dreaded night sweats. I knew there was a reason I loved my doctor and I thank her every morning.