I am not sure if I am at the start of Menopause.
I do feel like my body is changing, I am having Irregular periods (2 weeks at a time) I had always been regular. I do have underactive thyroid so I am not sure if I need my bloods checking again, I am also very forgetful lately.

If anyone is going through or has been through the menopause what are the signs?

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Krazy Cat

I am not sure if I am at the start of Menopause.
I do feel like my body is changing, I am having Irregular periods (2 weeks at a time) I had always been regular. I do have underactive thyroid so I am not sure if I need my bloods checking again, I am also very forgetful lately.

If anyone is going through or has been through the menopause what are the signs?

Im not yet going through menopause but I do know about it from my job and those I know that are/have gone through it....

its different for everyone... some may go through it at age 30 and others may go through it as old as the late 60's.

some notice changes and others do not.

for some people they notice irregular periods for others they just stop having a period one day and nothing after that.

for some people there is moodiness for others no mood changes.

for some people theres hot flashes, for others no hot flashes
for some people theres cold flashes for other no cold flashes
for others theres a combination of the two (hot flashes and then cold flashes following directly after the hot flash...)

for some people they have night sweats and others do not
for some people they break out in rashes others do not
some people go through phases where their skin itches and others do not go through the skin itching phases...

the only way to tell for sure if you are going through menopause is by contacting your treatment provider..if you think you are going through the three phases of menopause (peri menopause, menopause and post menopause) contact your treatment provider there are tests that can tell you whether your body is in these phases of life. and if you are there are treatments that can make going through these phases easier and can in some cases stop this process if its too early for you to be going through it...

[healingme4me]

I'm getting the sense, based upon my own wondements, if there are truly meaningful answers, to this? When you do stop and consider, as a society, that is coming of age online, and how touchy topics like this haven't oft been liberally spoken of,I wonder if we are all fumbling for answers together?
Certainly, irregularities are signs of perimenopause,yet how long,before getting there? I'm going out on a limb to say,somewhere in our early 50`s, is When we reach it.

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[TheOriginalMe]

Be sure and get your thyroid checked as this is known to cause irregularities.

There's no easy answer, but if you know your body and you feel things are changing then you are probably right. Trust your instinct. However, just because you are starting to notice changes doesn't mean the menopause is imminent.

The perimenopause can last up to five years or more. This is the period (pardon the pun) in which your ovaries are winding down before stopping egg production altogether. Bizarrely, during the winding down time the ovaries can become hyperactive producing more and more oestrogen in an attempt to get the few remaining follicles to release their eggs. This can cause menstrual problems like more frequent, heavier and longer bleeds. Sometimes bleeding can become less frequent and scanty and sometimes the body veers between the two extremes.

During the perimenopause it isn't unusual to experience the type of symptoms that occur after the menopause, e.g. mood swings, hot flashes and lapses of concentration.

Talk to your doctor about your symptoms, s/he will be able to offer you advice and reassurance that is specific to your situation.

Based on my experience I first noticed changes to my cycle back in 2009 and I'm still having periods even though in the past year my cycle has been highly erratic with bleeds lasting up to 6 weeks followed by up to 3 months without a period, so I'm still in the perimenopausal phase.

Hope this helps.

[Kendyll]

Bleeding for six weeks!??!??!

NOnononono...Oh, that will not work. That will not work at all.

I see my GP in a hour, Original me I already have underactive thyroid.