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I am already taking Menosan, as well as HRTDo the sweats from menopause get worse the longer you have it?I am really struggling with both mood swings and depression. I have in the past two years' been diagnosed Bipolar II. I am 51 and on a low-dose combined HRT and have a monthly bleed. I have no children so it seemed that influenced the choice of HRT. When I can get an appointment to see my GP I am hoping to be gradually phased off HRT since I only went onto it because I wasn't sleeping well. I take Dormeasan with my doctors consent and that helps enormously. Any further advice/help would be appreciated.

This is a difficult question to answer as it will be different for every woman, some don't get flushes at all, some may only get the odd flush, others will get every day, some will peter out and others may get more as time goes on, sorry!

However some factors can make flushes worse such as stress, poor diet (especially caffeine and high salt and sugar foods), illness and medication.

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