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Hot flushes and the vagus nerve
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 24 4:09pm | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
When I was getting chemo, I would get hot flashes, at times it was funny. Now I get the flushes, at times makes me shake my head. Seems like for no reason sweat starts running down my face. Now, if I could only get the fatigue to be tolerable, I'd be good to go. LOL Best to all.
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What do you mean by "fatigue"? We men on ADT have some level of fatigue. So, when you say fatigue, do you mean, "I have to lay down fatigue", or "I can't get out of bed fatigue" or "I just feel more tired - but I keep going fatigue". I have the third type. I get hot flashes, some are worse than others but I keep going. I never get over the anxiety that hits me at first. It lasts for a second, announcing I hot flash is coming, then I feel the burn moving up from my stomach all the way to my head. Lastly, sweat pours out of my head. By the end of the day when I take a shower, I feel like a slimy fish from all the sweating and hot flashes.
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When I was getting hot flashes, like that, I noticed that fatigue would hit me just before the hot flash. Didn’t get noticeable fatigue otherwise. After a year, my oncologist had me taking depo-provera every 3 months. That pretty much stopped the hot flashes and the fatigue. I know another person that said eating tofu daily stopped the hot flashes. There are also other hormones you can take that will stop the flashes.
I also wear an embrlabs.com wave 2 device to control the hot flashes.