lol I hear you on that one. I freaked out and called my doctor right away when I got hot flashes. I was concerning about menopause since I've already experienced it once when I was 31 years old. I have endometriosis and my doctor prescribed depo lupron to help with the fibroyd cyst and endometriosis. It puts your body in a chemically induced menopause and should only last 3 months. Mine lasted about a year, they had a hard time bringing me out of menopause and getting my cycles started again. I swear I felt as though I could have melted the Artic glaciers with those hot flashes. The mood swings were horrible. I can personally say I am not looking forward to going through menopause again when it's actually my time.
I'd rather do a pregnancy test!!!
Magnolia--- Hot flashes were one of my first symptoms when I would get pregnant. The second was always hungry.
They have test out there that can tell you if you are in perimenopause or not.
You are probably in perimenopause. That is the 5-10 years before actual menopause.
You can still get pregnant as long as you are ovulating, but there are a lot of symptoms associated with perimenopause and hot flashes are one of them.
There are many good books dealing with this subject.
Lisa