Perimenopausal Symptoms
"My oncologist put me on clonodine two days ago for nighttime hot flashes caused by chemo for breast cancer in 2009. My cancer was estrogen based, so I can&#039;t do HRT. I&#039;m on an estrogen blocker. 



My hot flashes start immediately when I go to bed, and it takes me several hours to go to sleep. After taking the clonodine the first night, I slept from 10 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. and could not go back to sleep due to the hot flashes. Last night I got 4 hours of intermittent sleep with no change in hot flashes. Little sleep coupled with the drowsiness side effect of the med is really kicking my butt. Since it&#039;s really not helping with the hot flashes, I&#039;m not taking it anymore. I&#039;ll live with the hot flashes."