What were your first signs of peri?

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Cloud44 · 09/04/2024 19:37

I’ve not long turned 40 and I’m wondering if I’m in the early stages of peri or if I’m too young / over thinking it.
The symptoms seem to come and go: not as much energy as my mid 30s, lacking a bit of motivation, occasional aches, lower libido than five years ago, occasionally forgetting things then I remember.
What were your first signs? Any recommendations of little tweaks I could make / vitamins to research before the symptoms become more regular?

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Cloud44 · 09/04/2024 20:08

Thank you @5128gap , I have actually pretty much cut out alcohol just because I started to hate the hangovers after even one glass! I have also been having anxiety on and off in situations I’d never have had it before. I’m on the pill so it’s hard to judge what my periods are like. I don’t want to start HRT too soon because I feel if anything I’m more in the early stages of peri - is there anything I could take in the meantime? I’ve come across DR Vegan peri menofriend for example would anything like that help?

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5128gap · 09/04/2024 19:53

Tips: squeaky clean whole food diet as close to vegan as you can manage. Lose any weight that troubles you. Little to no alcohol. Excercise in the fresh air. HRT.

5128gap · 09/04/2024 19:50

Monthly migraine having never had a migraine before. New anxiety in random situations such as open spaces like stadia. Every one hates me, over sensitive paranoia in the days before my period. General feeling of discomfort in my body that was pretty constant. Too bloated, too fat, too sweaty, too hot, too itchy. Waking up at 5am every day. Funnily enough it's only post meno and feeling so much better I realised how I felt and why.

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