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Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton
I got my period at 14 and I still think I entered the early stages of perimenopause at about 37. I am now 46 and I think having the final throws. The heavy period thing was the first tip off and also extreme PMS. I did use the emerita and it helped. Actually it helped so good that either my body adjusted or the progesterone nudged it back into alignment because I was able to stop taking it after about 1 year.
I recently took a saliva hormone test (which I Hope to check with blood tests) and my progesterone is super low and my estrogens is not. So I probably need to start up again.
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Wow. Very interesting. I have had a few hot flashes, and I have very strong PMS symptoms, in addition to the increased heaviness. They also have been coming on very weird the last year, like a very slow/spotty/on-and-off start for 1-2 days and then just very heavy--that started when I turned 35.
Just curious, did you have heavy periods since you first started at 14 basically, or did they just start getting heavy around 37? I have always had heavy ones and have always had to wear 2 pads. So the fact that they're even heavier now is just worrisome, always worrying about accidents (which I already had to worry about).
Also, have you had children?
Thanks.