That explains the damned hot flashes I get every few days (the menopause thing). I swear, sometimes I get so overheated at home that I'm damn near ripping off my shirt like David in "An American Werewolf in London" right before he turns into a wolf. My mom went through a ton of hot flashes during menopause, so it would explain an awful lot.
As far as cramping goes, I've only experienced it around the time BEFORE my red death would start. My last one was in February, and before I started T, I would only get cramps DURING the red death.
More often than not ive been getting cramps other places. Especially my calves. And I get random muscle twitches in my legs too - not sure what that's all about, but okay.