Relizen Bonafide Menopause Relief – Powerful, Hormone-Free Relief from Hot Flashes and Night Sweats During Menopause* – 30 Day Supply (60 Tablets)

New Insurance would not approve my non hormonal medicine. Doctor recommended this. 2 months in. Hot flashes becoming minimal. Not saying eliminated yet, but also not hot and sweaty at night anymore. Breast cancer survivor and had hysterectomy several months ago, so limited on ways to tackle menopause. Be patient when trying. It’s not going to change overnight. :)

I have been taking these for years to help with my symptoms of hot flashes. It works.

I tried this after my gyno was hesitant to put me on hormone or bio hormone replacement because of my family history of high blood pressure and suggested this. I was having several dripping with sweat, unbearable hot flashes, chills night sweats, and several other complications attributed to perimenopause. I took it for about a month and noticed no difference. In month 2, I noticed there were days when the symptoms weren't as severe and attributed it to this supplement. I set up a pill container to easily take whatever meds I needed, and that was when I realized I'd accidentally put an iron supplement in place of the Relizen and hadn't noticed because I was taking them with other meds in a dark room and the pills are virtually identical in shape and size.In other words, I had been taking a placebo without knowing, and the results were the same as if I'd not taken it at all. My improved symptoms were simply the result of other circumstances such as alcohol intake, sleep, dehydration, and fluctuation hormones. It was an expensive experiment. The best thing I can say about it was that it didn't seem to cause any other problems.I'm sorry to say, this doesn't work. Those of us who are not taking HRT will have to continue our search for relief.*I'm getting a new gyno. Besides suggesting this quackery, she also suggested acupuncture. I should have run from this office, despite her being a Northwestern doctor. I'd have gotten medical as good from my friend who reads tarot as this PhD.

(update at bottom)My mom takes a lot of herbs and supplements, often sending me various items that don't seem to do much. I am the skeptical one, trusting science and the FDA over items with no real oversight. That is not to say I am not wary of pharmaceuticals because they usually have side effects. I think it is important to understand my mindset going into this so you realize I am hard to impress. Now onto my experience:I immediately was put off by the price of this product and the fact that they claim it takes up to two months to work. They could rake in quite a bit of money before customers realize it doesn't work for them. That said, I had been researching ways to deal with hot flashes without using hormones. Most of the other researched options seemed to have worse side effects than the hot flashes themselves. Aside from staying in the A/C with ceiling fans in every room, I had already purchased a neck fan, a small rechargeable fan I use in the bed while sleeping, various floor fans, ice packs, and an ice hat. All of these things were helpful, but not practical when out and about.My hot flashes didn't cause me to flush terribly like some people but they would come on suddenly and change me from cuddling with blankets (my normal self) to feeling like I was suddenly a sauna incarnate. I was often stripping down to tank tops in desperate attempts to quickly cool off. I could probably deal with these if I knew it would be over in a year, but hearing some women suffer these for years, I had to try something.The first week taking these pills, I wasn't sure I noticed anything. The second week the hot flash intensity and frequency seemed to dial down, but I wasn't completely trusting it yet, wondering if I was just imagining it. By the end of the third week, I was having days with no hot flashes at all. By the fourth week, I am hot flash free. I did have one night sweat, but I wasn't having those regularly anymore even before the meds. They seem to come and go for me for years now.I live in Florida so it is very hot. My office gets up to 80 with a/c and multiple fans some days. I have a low body temp and have adapted to that before the hot flashes. Now I am back to being able to tolerate it again. Some days I get a little warm, but it is sweltering here in the summer. I am just not getting those horrible overwhelming hot flash feelings I had before trying this product. Only time will tell whether it will last or my body will adapt to this. I will update my review if anything changes.My guess is this product may not work for everyone and it may only lesson the intensity for some people. My lower body temperature might make me the perfect candidate to knock them out completely. Half of my hot flashes wouldn't take me to the sweat phase and the other half were just that initial prickly release of your body attempting to cool off but there was no dripping sweat (if that makes sense).If you are suffering and can afford these, I say give them a try. Also check your valupak coupon envelopes in the mail because I saw a coupon come this week, which I wish I had before. (20% off) I am going to see if I can try to use it for a future purchase, although it is for new customers, which is lame.Update: I removed one star so far because I am starting to experience some potentially negative side effects from this, although I do remain hot - flash free. I have become very bloated, my breasts are larger (not a negative ;-), my breasts are tender, my stomach seems a little off/change in stool consistency, and I have been feeling more emotional/bothered by things. Essentially I feel like I have PMS! Is this a coincidence and have a reached a new phase of menopause? Maybe... but I won't know for sure unless I go off this. I am trying to decide if hot flashes are worse than these symptoms. Maybe I could back off and take a half dose or stay on it for one week, off for one week or something similar. I will have to report back.

I didn’t think that these would work honestly. I lost hope cause my hot flashes and night sweats was HORRIBLE, and I wanted to use something to help that’s more natural. I must say after using these pills twice daily for 28 days I saw a difference. I am so pleased and relieved. On my second bottle.