perimenopause or menopause
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Hi i have been reading some of the posts sent on here .I know where everyone is coming from i have been doing a period diary back last year i have been having very heavy periods.lasting up to 10 days thennot having a period for 40 days .this year very simular im 50 and 51 this year .i have been having achy hips back ache and also suffer with depression and panic attacs.and i worry all the time .my last period was 33 days ago.and keep thinking im going to start the synptons there.my sisters were 47 and 48 whenthey started going through the menopause.im so glad to read these posts i feel like its just me and going mad .does anyone know how long it will take before i have gone through the full menopause ?
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anne29714 kim35797
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well i thought i was on the menopause as i had blood tests last year and was told my hormone level were so high i would not have another period and after 8 months i came on and its heavy bleeding again. not sure if i now have to start counting my 12 months again as they say you are not truely menopausal until you've gon 12 months without a period. i'm 51 but started on peri menopause when i was 44!!
lmceachern kim35797
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Lotti1966 kim35797
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Hi ladies!
Yes, you go a whole 12 months with no period and then you are in menopause. I've known women to go 11 months and then bam! Period, start all over again....
jude84900 kim35797
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Hi Kim,
Peri Menopause can go on for years. Mine was a good 10 years before my periods started really getting different. Mainly much heavier, longer periods. A full 12 months without periods you are considered to be in menopause. Although this seems like the end of the changing body and hormones it is only the beginning. Not to scare you but while you are still having your periods your body is still making hormones. Even though it is not much. But once those periods end things really seem to change and fast. Thinning hair, thinning skin, brittle nails, lack of lubrication for intimacy and even painful sex from thinning of the vaginal walls. Yes peri is just the beginning. Once in menopause some women in their 60s and 70s still talk of hot flushes, sweats and all kinds of other feelings that are all related to bottomed out hormone levels. '
I'm 57, been in menopause for two years. Started bio identical hormones almost immediately. Estrodial, Estriol, Testosterone and Progesterone. Key word, Bio Identical, when and if considering hormone replacement therapy. Good Luck!
By the way, I feel great. Will be on hormones the rest of my life. I too started with all those symptoms I mentioned above and the more I read the more depressed I got and had to do something about it.
Azzumi kim35797
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The 13th month with no period they say is officially menopause. You sound very typically peri menopausal. I tracked my periods and all my symptoms for about 2 years. It definitely helped me to understand what was happening to me and when I visited the doctor who does my BHRT it helped a lot along with my blood results for him to know what to give me. I questioned my sanity on a number of occasions and even though my BHRT has helped tremendously I still has some ups and downs.
Keep us posted on how you're going. Its posts like yours that have helped me through the dark days.