Burning skin sensation /perimenapause

I have it on my shoulders legs  also I touch my scalp it feels hot,been having all these crazy symptoms since perimenapause but this burning started a week before Easter it comes and goes.

How long have you had this for, this is driving me crazy, I have it on my shoulders right now and legs but then it will sub side then come back some days can get more intense then I have to sit in front of a fan I hate to go out side when I feel like this ,and the sun makes it worse and go figure I live in sunny florida. 

Since then it comes and goes, def hormonal as it will get worse at certain times in my cycle. The intensity has increased as well.

I live in FL too, but the sun doesn’t seem to make a difference. Sometimes when they start burning I also get shaky. 

Before the feet started, I used to feel hot on my upper back, upper arms and chest. 

I just think these burning episodes might be hot flashes without sweating? Do any of you get the burning, and also traditional hot flashes? I’ve yet to get a genuine hot flash with sweating. 

Hi Suzanne - I kind of get it all - although I will say the traditional (over heating/sweaty) flash I got more of in peri...then I would get clammy after an episode. Now 6 years post, I get more flushing in my face, neck & head.  I also can get a pulsating head/throb.  This burning sensation is a real interesting twist though - I will say that I have suffered from pins & needles in hands and feet for some time & also used to experience “electric shock” in my feet - it’s interesting that the pins & needles used to bother me so much, but now I have just gotten used to it - I guess we are only given what we can handle.  What I think is so odd is, all the drs that I have shared this with, have no clue what I am talking about, surely other woman besides us have experienced it - there are fields of study dedicated to geriatrics, why not menopause? It is so comforting knowing that you all “get it” & you don’t think I am some kind of hypochondriac - let’s keep this thread going it’s so insightful - 

Hi UKjo,

Yes that's exactly how it feels like a sunburn, it's driving me crazy. 

Have you tried treating it the same way as a sunburn?

I used the aloe gel as I said and I found that (as my skin felt a bit drier than normal too) using a moisturising after sun product helped too. It was summertime here & at first I genuinely thought I had caught some sun unawares - ha ha fat chance. I live in England - it was hardly a tropical summer.

Good luck with it. It was irritating but it passed. We just have to find our way through these things don't we?

Thank you, 

I'm going to try it,do you remember for how long you had it for. 

On and off for a couple of months I think. It's a couple of years ago now and I've never had it again.

I think if it had been more continuous or had persisted I would have seen a doctor but I seemed to get rid of it by calming it down. Hope it's the same for you too.

Both shins and I think my right forearm but not as much there , only a few times - honestly, I'd forgotten about it til I read your post.

hi there! im having the same sensations. did you ever find the root cause? appreciate it! thanks, rachel