I stopped having hot flashes 1 1/2 years prior to the accident with resultant RSD but they came back in full force. My pain md has me taking a non-prescription thyroid medicine called Idoral which seems to sorten the number of sweats and so gives some relief (my thyroid tests are fine) although any outdoor work or hard housework makes me look like I've been standing under a waterfall. I've given up looking classy at work and keep a down quilt on my "bad" leg and a chinese/japanese hand fan close by at work and home for those hot moments. I hate the cold weather because the pain intensifies but know with the coming hot weather I'm in for the wet hair look. I refuse to be embarassed by something I can't control jbut then I call my surgery scar my badge of courage. Lynnie....ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING!