While on Girls Weekend, I found out that a shandy from an Irish pub doesn't cause hot flashes for me and neither does tequila!! 😯 Beer alone...hot flashes, wine...hot flashes, rum drinks...night sweats, Seagrams...HOT and sweaty flashes!! I guess this gives you an idea of how we spent a lot of our time!!😂 But, a margarita or tequila sunrise, no problems!

Effexor works great for hot flashes! I was on it for about 18 months after my lumpectomy. I was also going through menopause at the same time. I took 75 mg of Effexor about 2-3 hours before bedtime. The night sweats stopped completely. Three years later, I am now off of the Effexor and I still get a few hot flashes during the day with the Tamoxifen, but its definitely a lot better. The Effexor at higher doses is used for depression/anxiety, but even at 75 mg, I felt like it took the edge off for me. I did not realize this until I tried stopping the Effexor. You have to taper down slowly and it may take a couple of attempts to get off of it, but the decrease in night sweats was soooo.... worth it!

MargoWhiteDavis - GREAT INFO! And it sounds like a FUN weekend!
Tequila was the next on my list. So far, only hard ciders don't bring on the hot flashes, or night sweats.

I hadn't been drinking at all, had horrible hot flashes every single night, as well as throughout the day. I was crazy too. My oncologist suggested I split it, take half in am, half in pm, and it worked wonders! Occasional warm flash, never the horrible night sweats that I had been dealing with. But if I ever had a single glass of wine or a beer or anything, that would lead to horrible night sweats again. I'm not a big drinker, but want something now and then. I've found that hard ciders don't cause the night sweats. I'm testing other drinks, just to have options : )

I have hot flashes every night whether I drink alcohol or not. I drank close to a gallon of water today and I just had a hot flash so bad my forehead beaded with sweat. And my house is freezing right now. The hot flash is over and I’m back under the blanket. I think no matter what we all get hot flashes.