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Exercise! Take up swimming it is the best exercise and very cooling on the hot flushes!

A daily dose of flaxseed helps with hot flushes

I'm still susceptible to hot flushes at any time and any place so I carry a little electric fan in my handbag (in summer and winter) so that I can cool down my flushed face. It works so much better than a hand fan.

I'm with Venus who posted Fri 9 Mar at 15:43 - top tip is don't focus on menopause symptoms - look forward to the fact that you are saying goodbye to menstruation! I've never looked back.

Drinking Lots of water, some gentle exercise or short walk every day. A multivitamin supplement such as Menopace. All helped keep things under control for me.

Wear layers and buy a desk fan

portable fan

I'm going to sound very smug here, but don't mean to. The only symptom I had was that my periods stopped (at 55). I kept bracing myself for all the nasties that my friends were going through and nothing happened. I think at 63 I can safely say I'm out of the danger zone now!

I've always been a healthy eater, not much red meat, lots of fruit, veg and nuts, but also plenty of red wine and spicy food. And I've always walked a lot, and did some running and yogalates in my fifties. Whether any of this helped, I couldn't say. I remember my mum and auntie suffering the hot sweats and mood swings, so I've been lucky.

Wearing layers that can be removed, exercise and a healthy diet avoiding caffeine.

Top tip for hot flushes during the night hot-flush proof pyjamas/nightwear yes ladies there is such a thing and they do work www.cucumberclothing.com these also have clothing

I find that magnesium helps to keep me calm as sometimes I'm emotional and like a coiled spring

tend to keep up with the exercising for sure

For me i only feel better when i eat well and exercise 4 times a week...as soon as i start eating unhealthy my symptoms seem to get worse.And time out every week which for me is a massage or facial...if i feel im treating myself my moods dont seem as bad!

Go with it, relax. It’s a natural process, eat healthily, minimal alcohol, plenty of water. Go see your GP if symptoms are too much to bear. At the end of it NO MORE PERIODS. Freedom!.

Layers, yoga and gratitiude - so much to be thankful for even when life's a bit stressful.

decaf coffee and herbal teas are a great help

To take a deep breathe and know that others are going through the same thing so you are not alone.

I suffer with really bad anxiety at night and have difficulty sleeping. I have recently joined a ‘clubbersize’ exercise class which I really enjoy and hope this will help...doesn’t help with the sweating though!!

Have to hand a cooling spritz to spray on when the need arises, eat lots of fruit and veg and yoga helped me

HRT sorry!?

Keeping cool! Buy clothes that have the cool down feel . I had early hysterectomy and her was brill. But as soon as I came off five years ago wow I got those delayed hot flushes!!! Keep cool and soldier on!!!

A hand held fan is a must and a wet facecloth kept in the freezer for very hot flushes

I keep a water sprayer on my bedside table so I can spritz if I get too hot. It saves getting up, and I tend to get back to sleep pretty quickly too! I also have an electric fan I can put on which helps cool me down

Layering clothes... ditto...

Don't suffer in silence, use a menopause magnet x