Yep, I'm afraid so!!!! It doesn't get any better either. You may not get hot flushes if you are really lucky, but the mood swings will stay. The periods will be all over the place & might really tail off & then out of the blue, you can get the period from hell!!! I've done all the herbal remedies, but eventually gave in to HRT. I couldn't stand the hot flushes. My hot flushes didn't come initially & I was beginnng to think to myself.....this is well easy!!! Yeah right!!!! Good luck.