Missed periods.....do you still get PMT etc?

[Back2Two]

Hi
Just wondered, as I'm of a certain age, and have missed a period and done preg test (neg).

I still had cramps before the period was due and, since it didn't turn up
I still feel slightly crampy. When menopausal do we still get the feelings that we're about to "come on"

Thanks!

[Back2Two]

Sort of anxious to know....

[Bellaciao]

Oh.... yes this is very common! Your hormone levels fluctuate erratically throughout the peri-menopause and this can cause pmt symptoms even when there is no ovulation, or if there is insufficient progesterone produced to allow a bleed, or sometimes when it is delayed.

There is a really good article here on the Menopause Matters website which explains it all "The Perils of the Peri-menopause" and how all the hormones work, and how they begin to stop working.

www.menopausematters.co.uk/article-perils-of-the-perimenopause.php

Really all to be expected so not to worry! It's the shape of things to come - and we all experience it differently!