Hot Flashes and Vitamin E?

Jasdip

13 years ago

On the HRT thread, Lindaohnowga, you mentioned using Vitamin E would help with the hot flashes.

I bought some yesterday. I got the 200 IU. It says to take 1 pill in the morning with breakfast.

Do you, or anyone who uses it for hot flashes, think that's enough? Or is it "try it and see"? lol

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alisande
13 years ago
I believe 400 IU is the usual dose for Vit. E.

I don't remember if it helped me with hot flashes, but I've taken it on and off for years. You might investigate some other things as well. I was a big fan of motherwort during menopause. If you Google motherwort flashes, you'll see why. :-)

BTW, I took it in combination with hawthorn to help with the heart palpitations I was getting at the time.
Jasdip
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13 years ago
I was also looking for black cohosh yesterday, as I'd heard a while back that it helps. Couldn't find it in the store I was in, so picked up the Vit. E.
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lydia1959
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At the site in the link, Vitamin E is mentioned. The women there took 1000IU. Tumeric is also listed and that did help me with episodes of feeling hot (not sure if I was having actual hot flashes or not). I was taking it for something else, but after reading it was a cure for hot flashes I realize I haven't been having them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vitamin E for hot flashes (towards the end of the page)
vala55
13 years ago
I once read in the newspaper that Vitamin E can cause more problems than good. The site below shows some of the side effects at high doses, but it doesn't say what a high dose is. V E can cause bleeding. It seems that anything that helps menopause symptoms causes bleeding.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vitamin E
mariend
13 years ago
Check with your Dr. before taking over the recommended dose. Lots of information on Vit. E--some good, some not so good. or check with the pharmacist. Years ago I took a food supplement called Change of Lite (or something similar) which did have Black Colish + I never had problems.
tammyms
13 years ago
I took black cohosh for a few months hoping that it would help with the hot flashes. It didn't help me. I believe I read that you are not supposed to take it longer than 6 months.

I used vitamin E, along with omega 3 fish oil and flax seed oil in the hope it would help with my dry eyes.

I eliminated the vitamin E after about 2 years, but have continued to use the fish oil and flax seed oil for dry eyes. It didn't help with the hot flashes because I still have them.

Tammy

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