How long do the hot flashes last? Another 3 month Eligard shot today

@thanks4sharing
I know when I was having that problem at night the bed would get wet under me. It would be quite uncomfortable.

When the warmer weather comes around it may be time to do something.

@dsingstock
After 2 years hormone Lupron/chemo/proton/ I continue to have hot flashes
I take 100mg gabapentin an black cohosh at bed time which helps

The Dr took me off Eligard and reduced my daily rerequirement of Xtandi because my psa went from 40 to >0.1. It has maintained this low level for 3 years so far. However, the hot flashes and night sweats remain. Several years ago he put me on 300mg of Gabapentin ending at 900mg. This did not help, but ended up with Neuropathy. I no longer take the drug. Am still having hot flashes and getting electrical nerve stimulation on my ankles and feet from a Neuropathy Center. Hopefully this will help. Just wanted to share. Good luck to you.

Please read my Post. It's about the hot flashes being a "blessing in
disguise" for me this time of year because they're allowing me to keep my
thermostat lower and utility bills down.

@thanks4sharing
I use an Embrlabs.com Wave 2 Device to control, hot flashes, and pretty much stop them at night.

The device works quite well to control the daily hot flashes, It doesn’t completely stop them, but reduces the intensity. At night, I found that it completely stops my hot flashes and hot sweats. Normally there are $300 but with this code you can get them for $200 BFCM25.

If you do get one, post a message on this Forum and I can give you instructions for how to configure it the best way. I beta tested the product five years ago and I’ve used it ever since. I still work closely with the company to report any problems I find with the Software or hardware.

Bring them on in the Winter time. It's good timing I got my first Eligard 22.5-per 3 months shot right when it started getting cold in my area during November.

Now, with these crazy hot-flashes coming on at night, I'm needing to lower my thermostat or even turn it off at certain times during the night.
Certainly makes my utility bill look nicer!

Prior to receiving the treatment, never thought of this, never saw it coming, and no one ever shared with me that this would be a "blessing in disguise."

Configuring the wave 2 Can be difficult. I’ve come up with Instructions for how to get it set to ideal settings. I beta tested the wave one And work with Embrlabs closely to fix any bugs I find in their software. Actually found a couple of them recently.

Their medical officer even had me on her podcast (called HER) To discuss the fact that men get hot flashes too.

Setting up Wave2 wave 2 embrlabs

To set the device for the best configuration
Click the bottom left Feel button, scroll down to hot flashes and click it. Scroll down the hot flash cooler five click it, click on “hot flash cooler five” and hit start session. Click the Now round button where you hit start and it will stop the session. Now go back to the main feel screen. Hot flash cooler 5 Should be first in the list, hit the three dots in the right corner, Click on edit and make the temperature level maximum a five. Hit. Save Session. Want to repeat this for all night cool. Click the bottom left Feel button, scroll down to hot flashes and click it Pick all night cool, set The number of hours you want And start it. Then stop it and go back to the main feel screen all night cool Should be the first thing listed. Click the three dots select edit put the cooling on maximum all over to five and hit save session.

Now You have to set the buttons for what you want. To do that you go to settings/session presets. Click on “dotted button” and pick the hot flash five minute. It will probably be second in the list. Select it and hit OK.
Click blank button And select all night cool. Hit ok. DONE!

You now are configured hit the button with the raised dot two times and it will give you five minutes of cooling. Try hitting it the moment you start to feel the hot flash. It will come on a little bit and then will not get so intense.. When you’re ready to go to bed, double click the blank button and it will send cold waves. Occasionally you won’t even notice it at night, but it should stop flashes.

You can always reduce the cooling by following the above instructions.

I second the embrlabs cooling “watch.” I purchased one a few weeks ago and do notice a difference both at night using the sleep mode and during the day to stop hot flashes the moment I feel them beginning. It does need to be charged a couple of hours every day. I was skeptical but they had a $100 off sale so I bought one, happy I did!

I used a fan at night which helped me as I take elegard shots.

My oncologist prescribed 3 month Depo-provera shots for my hot flashes. They really did make a major difference in my hot flashes, I took it for about five years. I stopped for about 2 years but I got one about six weeks ago, because my hot flashes started bothering me again. It has greatly reduced the intensity and frequency of the hot flashes.

I have an embrlabs.com wave product (wave 2). I’ve used it for Over four years now. It’s like a refrigerator that looks like a watch and sits on the inside of your wrist. You could set up one of the buttons for their night mode . Hit the button twice and It Produces cold waves at measured times during the night and prevents hot flashes and night sweats. They used to bug me, before I got this device . When you start to feel a hot flash coming on, you hit another one of the buttons twice and it sends cold chills through your arms and it reduces the intensity, shortens the life and can stop the hot flashes if hit quickly enough. They have a 60 day money back guarantee.
https://embrlabs.com/