Perimanipouse

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Hi ladies I just did my blood test for hormone and tsh everything came back normal I’m 42 but have all the peri symptoms ,I’m so confused  😤the most annoying symptoms is being sensitive to cold temperature it is been a year my life is miserable with all the depression ,hot flashes and many others is it normal to get normal blood result while in perimanipouse

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    Could be just the time of your samples. Mine were relatively normal as well but I did them in the first half of my cycle and the best results are achieved in the second half.
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    Hi May. Our hormones fluctuate so much ,so blood tests are hard to gauge.I have had many blood tests for thyroid as well. They are always in normal range, and I have nodules. Go figure that one!! I have always been sensitive to the cold as well. Hands and feet most of the year. I am 51 and know my body. So follow your instincts that your are probably peri. Mine i believe started at 45. At 50 started to miss my periods, sweats, anxiety and brain fog. Hang in there it's a journey.

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    Hi May, blood tests can not diagnose peri, as it’s the hormonal fluctuations that are the problem in this phase, not the depletion of oestrogen, in fact in peri oestrogen levels can actually be high, which is what causes the issues! I’ve been having symptoms for 3 years, it’s been awful at times, I’ve had the cold shivers, night sweats, lots of gi symptoms, insomnia, neck and shoulder aches and worst is the depression and anxiety - all the symptoms! (I’m 41) yet blood tests have always been ‘normal’ though tellingly they have been quite different every time. I’ve just learnt to really relish the good days - because they do come! And have developed coping strategies for when I have symptoms e.g. keep busy, excercise, ginger tea, it will pass x
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      Thanks for replaying it means a lot to feel not alone ,I hope one day we all wake up with no more symptoms I always pray for that 🙏

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    Ive had 3 hormonal blood test too, doctors told me im not in peri,  hormones tests are not so reliable. So i follow my instinct because i have alot of meno symptoms.
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    My endocrinologist recently said at 47 I “have the ovaries of a 20 year old” based on lab tests. My obgyn however says blood tests for Perimenopause useless until you are in FULL menopause (no period for a year). Been having hot flashes in early morning, insomnia, anxiety with irregular periods (2 weeks apart) for several months. Missed period last month for first time in 27 years. Something happening regardless of what labs say. 
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    I was told by a few doctors that my hormones were normal as well, even though I was 52 and getting funky periods and all kinds of whacky symptoms. And then a gyn and a hormone doctor said my progesterone was almost zero. I think I was getting symptoms in my 40's, always night sweats back then as well as digestion problems. Sensitivity to cold sounds like hypothyroidism, but I'm sure you were checked for that as well. You might want to try a low does progesterone cream and see if it helps you any.

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      Hi Suzanne yes I was tested for progestorn it 37.4  and my estrogen 452 I haven’t seen my doctore yet but I checked my result online but I think there normal 🙄🙄

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