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Dec 26, 2007 at 04:44 PM
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Hello all-hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
 I've been feeling hot and cranky this afternoon-I believe I'm going into the big M(menopause) after MANY YEARS of perimenopause. My nipples hurt! Thoughts appreciated! ocd chick 
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Dec 26, 2007 at 05:05 PM
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sure it can. your hormones are being thrown off big time. time to get hrt!
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Dec 26, 2007 at 05:15 PM
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hi ocdchick, how can you tell when you have passed from perimenopause to menopause? I always thought menopause was just when you had stopped having your period for 1 year. (I am interested to know because I am of that age.)
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Dec 26, 2007 at 05:31 PM
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Yes, sunrise, that's what I had happen. There's not much difference between the symptoms of peri and the real "year" other than your periods start going haywire and you try to count a year without only to have a period in month 8 or something and have to start all over :-) It's very frustrating. But even after the year things are still "settling" so you don't have your period but you can still have some of the symptoms and "new" stuff from being through and not having the same body anymore.
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Dec 27, 2007 at 12:39 AM
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Menopause occurs when menstruation ceases for a period of one year - the ten to fifteen years prior to menopause is called perimenopause (and) Mood Swings "crankiness" is one of the symptoms you may suffer from during this time........ along with:
Hot Flashes - hormonal fluctuation Cold Flashes Irregular Cycles Mood Changes - irritable, sad, worry, emotionally detached, anxiety Sleep disturbance Memory Changes - forgetting more "brain fog" Urinary Difficulties - going more often, urge to go Sexual Changes - Low sex drive, spotting after sex, dryness Skin Problems - skin feels tingling, dry or burning sensation Joint & Muscle Pains / Aches Digestive Problems - heart burn Heart - pounding or racing feeling Ovaries - Benign Cyst The average age of women whose menstrual periods have completely stopped is 52. |
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