Brief Answer: Detailed answer given Detailed Answer: hello and welcome to HCM, I understand your trouble. There are two reasons for the symptoms: 1. they are due to the hormones estrogen and progesterone in the pills that are known to dilate blood vessels and cause sweating or feeling of warmth. 2. second reason may be that this is not due to pills and is due to another condition like thyroid disorder, or infection. You are already taking low dose types of pills to regulate the cycle. So decreasing the dose is not of any use. As of now I suggest that if you suspect the symptoms are due to the pills, you may stop the pills [ you may get an unexpected period if pills are stopped suddenly] and see if you continue to get symptoms. If they continue then pills are to be blamed. In this case try other pill like cerazette that contains a different type of progesterone. If even that is not suitable then other remedies will need to be sorted for depending upon the cause of the irregular period. Your doctor may be able to help you in this as he must be aware of the examination findings and investigations. If you have not been investigated for causes of irregular period, get them done before beginning any treatment. Another possibility is that the room may be warm or you may be using too many sheets. So try a cooler room and lesser sheets. Unfortunately there is no remedy to decrease the sweats if they are caused by pills and I feel very sorry to say this. You may need to change the brand or try another treatment. Hope this satisfies your query. Thanks for using HCM. Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have. Dr Madhuri Bagde Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist

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