Well....I'm not really certain about menopause, as I haven't really looked into it for myself...yet....but what I'm experiencing sure seems to point into that direction.

I'm 51, and my sysmptoms of premenopause began sometime last year.....i think? Depression definately set in. Lack of sex drive has been a serious result. I'm sure my hormones are in a complete anarchy of chaotic madness right about now, even though I'm not experiencing an uncontrollable emotional rollercoaster, I definately do show signs of drastic change in my overall behavior, with depression as a primary result.

About a year ago my period began to live a life of its own. Start and stop whenever it felt like it, sometimes months without in between, then return with a vengence, but vanish for a couple months again, (it's been gone for so many months now that I can only assume it wont return..tho wont surprise me if it does...lol).
I've had no other sysmptoms of menopause...no heat flashes, no emotional hell rides...just what seems to be some serious cycles of depression, (lifts forra while only to return again), and death of sex drive...which I missies....lol.

It's time I get into docs and get my blood tests in gear....see where my hormones are.....

Hope this helps some.

Shangrala