I'll tell ya shari, I hate them, I get ready to go to work in the morning, I would say I look decent, clean hair looks good, clean clothes, etc, and within a 1/2 hour, I look like I just came in from weeding the garden. No one around you completely understands unless it is "one of us". Things that have helped me is I keep my house cool, run a fan close to me AT ALL TIMES, wear cotton clothing as much as I can, drink cold beverages. Sometimes I run cold water over my wrists for a while, that seems to help. I am sure there is something out there to help us, but I am not sure what it is at this point. Going through the change is like coming into womanhood, it's a slow process. Get you a popcicle, or freeze some grapes, sometimes that cools my insides some.

the vitiam shoppe has some great products sometimes those help and sometimes not