Hot Flashes

I started researching menopause intensely, the hot flashes, the mood swings, the physiology of why various symptoms occur, and non-prescription remedies. With 25 books checked out from the library along with my own comprehensive library, I buckled down to get to the bottom of this menopause mess. First, there is the difference between natural menopause and surgical menopause. With a natural menopause, the ovaries still produce some estogen, much less but still some. With surgical menopause, such as I had with a total hysterectomy & oopherectomy, the ovaries are removed so no good estrogen production AT ALL. Secondly, there are three kinds of estrogen, only the good estrogen estradiol, produced solely by our ovaries is the one keeping us fresh, wrinkleless, lean, alert, lubricated and even temperatured.