One week ago after a meal of sugar and alcohol overload, (celebrating mybirthday) two nights later I awoke with hot flushes. They became worse, probably because four nights later I had a glass of red wine with dinner. I don usually drink alcohol. The hot flushes became worse, they re-occur, during the night, night after night. I didn t realize there was a syndrome for this. I am an 86 year old female, post surgical menopause since 1975. I would like information. Thank you.