Waaaah. I was 45 last month. Is this the menopause starting?

[Blankiefan]

How can it be? I've not had a period for nearly 8 weeks.

What age did your periods start stopping? What do I do? Do I try to see a doc or just wait for whatever comes next.... waaaah

[Whingey]

Mine started at 39.alyssicia has been deleted from 4 threads already

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

Same here. I'd not had a period for over 8months. Did numerous Pregnancy tests all negative. I'm currently flooded off my feet. I'm also 45. I'd say thats about right, though isn't it. I wouldn't say 45 is too young to be going through the change.

[Silvercatowner]

Check you areb't pregnant and if not, yes, it probably is. If you have no other symptoms why would you see a dr?

[DinosaurDiana]

Lucky you, I had 19 days between my periods recently !!
I’ll happily swap with you.

[Jobsharenightmare]

My friend's first sign (at 41) was being very hormonal and not feeling like herself but she didn't recognise it until about a year later when her periods stopped and the sweating started. They had also got lighter the year before they stopped and she had a change in everyday discharge too. We thought she was ill and didn't even think it was menopause coming neither did her GP. I remember her going back and forward to the GP and being told she was depressed for ages.

[ReliableWiFi]

I was 46 when my periods went weird - a period every 2 weeks 🙄. I'd always understood that the beginning of menopause signalled fewer periods not more, so that was a total shock.
Check that you're not pregnant and if you need some reassurance give your GP a call.

[MoChridhe]

Were you vaccinated before the 8 weeks? Some women have seen changes in their cycles post vaccination.

[WeeMadArthur]

@DinosaurDiana me too! I look back fondly to the days of a 28 day cycle. It’s been slowly shortening for a couple of years and like this for over a year, I wonder how long I lasts? I’m 47.

[WeeMadArthur]

@MoChridhe I had an unusually heavy period after my first jab, couldn’t leave the house, then back to normal

[DinosaurDiana]

[quote WeeMadArthur]@DinosaurDiana me too! I look back fondly to the days of a 28 day cycle. It’s been slowly shortening for a couple of years and like this for over a year, I wonder how long I lasts? I’m 47.[/quote]
I’m 51 and still having regular full-blooded periods !
I’ve had enough now and am waiting for a coil. Hopefully it will make them magically disappear, or at least make them lighter.

[maddiemookins16mum]

I had my last period in Feb. I’m 56 ☺️

[maddiemookins16mum]

I also had my 1st vaccine around that time, I’d been as regular as clockwork until then.

[Blankiefan]

Yes. I had my vaccine at start of April (just before I'd expected to have had my "missed" period). I'll hold out some hope it's that!

[littlebite]

I'm regular as clockwork (mid-40s) but after my vaccine my period was a few days late (very unusual for me - I thought I was pregnant!) so it might be that?