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Posted: 20 July 2006 at 3:06pm | IP Logged

Awww my poor mum seems to be going through this forever.  She has all the symptoms:  hot flushes, fatigue, periods erratic for years and now ceased, moodiness and now memory loss!

She just can't seem to remember the most basic things.  We laugh about it, but I do worry that she might end up hurting herself cos she's left a cooker on or something.  She thinks she's remembered a particular appointment only to discover it was a figment of her imagination!  I was wondering is there a natural remedy she could take to help combat forgetfulness.

Also she suffers bad with hot flushes, made worse by this heat, bless her.  She says she's taking aspirin for her blood pressure and she's a diabetic so I'm not sure really what medication she can take with it.

Has anyone experienced a love one going through the menopause?  Any advice would be appreciated as the surgery here isn't very helpful.  They wouldn't even diagnose her as going through the menopause until her periods stopped and has never recieved any support or treatment from them.

One other thing, she refuses hormone replacement treatment/therapy too, so that's out of the question.

Any advice re: the hot flushes and forgetfulness would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Posted: 20 July 2006 at 3:20pm | IP Logged

My mum suffers quite badly with it too

I will ask her tonight if she has any advice - I know she takes quite a few herbal remedies so will see what she says

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Posted: 20 July 2006 at 6:58pm | IP Logged

ok mum knows I've posted cos I've told her. She says she's already taking evening primrose oil and cod liver oil together.  She is also on anti-histamines for her allergy with a strange name and takes aspirin to help thin her blood.

She says she's open to suggestions especially anything herbal but not the wacky backy kind as that will send her more doolally than she already is!

Thanks.

Posted: 21 July 2006 at 8:07am | IP Logged

Thank you Sam.

I've printed this thread off for her.