Coping with the symptoms of VMS
LaKeischa McMillan, MD, and two menopause patients discuss coping with VMS symptoms.
Transcript
But sometimes I slip up and I've just got to have my bacon. So now I then pay the price by having night sweats.
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Do you notice if there are certain things, maybe things you eat or maybe things that you do that can actually
impact or trigger a hot flash? I really looked because everyone wants to tell you what you're doing wrong.
Are you drinking red wine before you go to bed? You're not supposed to do this. You're not supposed to do that. So I've tried everything.
And it really-- nothing has made an impact.
But I learned to adjust my schedule. So as crazy as this sounds-- and I still do it--
I will go to bed at 7:00 at night because my hot flashes come on about midnight to 1:00.
So I will get about five hours of really good sleep. And then I'm up for usually two hours, trying to come back down
and being able to go back to bed. I've actually switched over to the healthy side because I noticed that when I was eating meat--
I'm a bacon girl. I love bacon. I literally just gave it up about six months ago. And I noticed when I did eat bacon or beef, that's when I
would have those night sweats. But sometimes I slip up. And I've just got to have my bacon. So now I've been paid the price by having night sweats.
You see two different approaches. You see that there's somebody that says, hey, I see. I've noticed triggers. If somebody says, I've done everything--
I've listed. I've done all the self-help, you know. You probably could write a book about it. Right. And this is what is frustrating because there
is no real playbook. Be in tune with your body. See what works for you. [AUDIO LOGO]
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