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Anon,

I'm glad your symptoms are manageable!!! If they increase in severity, please keep your doctor updated.

You might be interested in reading this thread, which I started about a year ago. It's about menopause without hormone replacement therapy -- I just wanted to see what women out there were doing naturally to help with the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Lots of interesting posts:

https://www.empowher.com/community/ask/menopause-no-hormone-treatment

And this thread offers some great information about foods and supplements:

https://www.empowher.com/community/share/menopause-natural-way

and here are a couple of threads on hot flashes and night sweats (aren't those lovely?):

https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2008/07/31/michelle-king-robson-night-sweats-and-hot-flashes%E2%80%94how-my-hormone-imbalanc
https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/06/18/hot-flashes-night-sweats-and-other-female-hormonal-symptoms
https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/09/18/hot-flashes-possible-causes-and-possible-treatments-editorial

We also have lots of information on hormone replacement therapy, both synthetic and bioidentical, should you become interested in that. Don't hesitate to ask more questions as they occur to you!!