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15/f - I've been having periods for over a year and a half now, but they are always irregular. My average cycle is 43 days. I'm on mefenamic acid pills three times daily when I'm on for extremely painful and heavy periods.

I keep getting hot flashes, at any time (not just on my period or anything) over the past few weeks they've been getting worse. Normally when I get one I've been talking about something embarrassing (like sex etc, that I don't have a problem with at all - my face just seems to blush!) or another good example is that when this guy I'm sort of in an open relationship with, but we're more friends than anything, comes over and sits with me I get a really hot and bothered and my heart beats so fast I swear you can see it moving my chest!! Sometimes nothing triggers it, they just happen.

Does anyone know why I'm getting such bad blushing?? Or even how I can overcome it, especially in situations like with my guy - where it is unbelievably embarrassing and makes me so readable!! Thank you :) xx

Hot flashes and blushing are two different things. I blush easily also, but most boys I run into seem to think it's adorable for some reason. There isn't really any way to "fix" it, it just happens. Just get used to it and if someone points it out, just laugh and brush it off. Also, I did that a LOT more in front of my current boyfriend when we first started dating about a year ago. Now I'm much more comfortable around him and it almost never happens, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Best of luck, Jess.

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