Are we too young to be experiencing this??

I don't look after my body full stop 🤣

I wouldn't say that cycle change alone = perimenopause. My cycle got shorter from 39 ish. Peri didn't kick in (i.e. noticeable symptoms) until 45. Its worth looking at apps like Balance to see full lists of peri symptoms. Cycle changes alone can happen for many years before any other changes. From my personal experience, I would not say my peri started when my cycle changed.

No. My DM went through the menopause at 36. I was about 42.

I haven’t but my friend is in full blown perimenopause with hot flushes and all sorts and she is 36. Everyone’s different . Moodiness can be caused by a variety of things

Yes, Pistachio did but you were correcting a mistake I didn't make.

Well, I would recommended reading up on it as if you don’t look after your body during peri, it can cause all sorts of awful problems later in life.

I didn't say that, another poster msy have.

You said the other poster was lucky to get it over n done with early. I was referring to that, not you. I know 48 is pretty standard.

This ^

I'm almost 46 and have no idea what "peri" is supposed to be.

I had my first symptoms in March 2017 when I came off the pill at 42. I noticed my cycles were a few days shorter than normal. I'm still in peri now. I just had six months without a period and thought I was done, but nooooo....I just had a big period. Nine years and counting for me! Although the really bad symptoms didn't start until maybe a couple of years later, I can't quite remember. (For me, a chest that felt like it was on fire for 2-3 weeks and PMS lasting 2-3 weeks, with much worse moods than before.) My symptoms haven't been as bad the last year or two...but basically there was about 4-5 years that were really hellish, pain and mood-wise.

In my experience it's been far, far worse and more long-lasting than puberty. I would advise any woman to talk to her GP about HRT. I can't take it myself because I'm high-risk for breast cancer, but if I could have taken it, no way would I have raw-dogged it like I did.

About a week after having the Covid vaccine, I had the worst period (lasted 2 months) followed by erratic bleeding. Went to see a gynae consultant, who told me he'd seen so many younger women starting peri since Covid.

Not wanting to make this a vaccine issue, but wanted to explain what happened in my case.

What a stupid thing to say

My peri menopause symptoms didn’t start until around 45, terrible sleep. Awake 3-4am daily. GP said only symptom so not really interested in doing anything. I work full time and it’s exhausting. Thankfully my 3 kids are all young adults now as not sure how i’d have coped when they were younger. Seeing the GP on Friday so might ask.

I had my first hot flush at 50, last period at 61.
Same as my mother.

... That's a 12-year actual menopause.
God knows how many of the gynecologically fucked-up years before that were perimenopause, the term hadn't been invented yet. I have PCOS, which wasn't diagnosed until 45.

I definitely see improved awareness of women's hormonal trajectory as a good thing!

Suggest getting your iron levels checked. Low ferritin has a huge impact on hormones and your cycle.

I started my periods at 9. Diagnosed with stage 4 endo at 39 and noticed my periods changing cycle wise but thought it was the endo TBH. Excision surgery at 41 (didn’t remove any organs except my appendix) and started with massive anxiety 8 months later and now on HRT

48 is not early menopause. It's normal menopause.

I had all the menopause symptoms in my late 30s, when I was diagnosed with endometriosis and PCOS. I've had no menopause symptoms now my periods have actually stopped for a year at 50, and I haven't felt this good since I was 32.

I know what you mean. Definitely not saying OP is trying to be trendy at all, but I feel absolutely bombarded with references to peri and for me it's not helpful at all - it's giving me massive anxiety than I'm too late to have kids (very unhelpfully, as it's not something I can do much about). I know that the greater awareness of it is supposed to help women, but I wish it weren't mentioned on social media every five minutes.

Probably doesn't help that I have a lot of health symptoms from other stuff that also look vaguely like peri, so I have no idea how to tell whether I should be worried too. Last month I was 5 days early (just one day this month) and I had a right freak out. I'm scared to go onto BC as I then wouldn't be able to tell.

If you're genuinely worried about it, absolutely, ask about it (I'm really not digging at OP). I just wish all the influencers would just be a bit more sensitive to the fact that they might be causing some upset by constantly screaming to single women my age - who've already lost years of their lives to COVID - that we might be about to lose the chance of ever having children...

I'm 39 and, as I have PCOS, my cycles have always been all over the place, but this year I started experiencing hot flashes during PMS and I can't always find the words with the same ease I used to - always worse during PMS, too. It's infuriating.

My peri symptoms started like clockwork at 40, like it was on my body's to do list 🤣 Peri can last up to ten years before periods stop, so not out of the realm of possibility at all

You're really not lucky. Early menopause can cause truly awful things later on in life, such as increased risk of osteoporosis, heart disease and dementia.

I take the pill so my cycle is regular, but I'm the same age and have been having drenching night sweats for months 😖 can only assume its related to peri

@Pissedupknobber I'm very aware it's a real thing. I'm almost out then other side. 2 months to go untill I hit menopause.
I've Just noticed that Peri seems to be the go to for anyone 30+ with anything out of the ordinary going on.