Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. Hormonal changes at the age of 53 look to be the most important cause of the symptoms that you have like night sweats, hot flashes and increase in abdominal bloating. Certainly the solution is to get the hormones estimates and get an opinion of your Gynecologist and the Endocrinologist. They would do counselling and start an appropriate medication if they feel it the right time. Your insistence of not taking any medications particularly if they have side effects is also part of this syndrome. Please understand that these changes are very natural with the advancing age and almost every female at this age suffer from such things some needing the active treatment some may get adjusted to the new environments and homeostasis. I would advise you the following in such a situation. Do Yoga and such naturopathy activities that help with these changes. Adjust to the new life with new ventures and life-style. Get along soon at the same time to get clinical evaluation, examination and investigations to rule out any organic cause by doing blood, urine tests and related investigations.