Unboundstash

I am 42 years old. I had an emergency total hysto 3 years ago and am on HRT now. I have always noticed there are things that bring on menopause symptoms for me. If I have alcohol without having a good amount of water with it, for example, the night sweats are aweful. My mother died on her birthday, November 13 2016. My menopause went out of control. I had hot flashes and night sweats and chills and nausea for a good month and a half. The more upset I would allow myself to get, the more my body would respond with menopause symptoms. I take maca powder everyday in my smoothies and try to keep my emotions as under control as I can. Lately, it's not as bad...until I start to think of my mom...I still have trouble sleeping through the night, but have found melatonin works for that. I looked everywhere online for info on grief and menopause, but I also did not find anything. Perhaps people do not realize that they are having 2 separate reactions going on in their body and just think it's their regular menopause symptoms... Anyway, thank you for starting this thread.