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Period flu

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SPH112 · 17/10/2022 21:52

Does anyone else get this?

For a few months now I've been feeling ill exactly 1 week before my periods. It feels like a cold/flu. Extreme fatigue, aches, low grade temp, feeling rundown.

I hadn't thought anything of it but then started noticing a pattern

OP posts:

drowningintinsel · 04/01/2024 08:33

I am late 30s and I think I get this.

moderationincludingmoderation · 04/01/2024 13:33

phallusfallacy · 04/01/2024 08:19

Does anyone have this who DIDN'T have the covid vaccine? Or suffered it prior? My cycle went haywire and the symptoms like pp describe started when i had the 1st and got worse after the 2nd vaccine. I was too scared to have the boosters in case it was related.

I get it and haven't had any covid vaccines. My 2 friends are the same. Unvaccinated and we all get period flu.
For me it's undoubtedly been related to age...
Since i turned 38 or something, i'm now 40

CherryMaple · 05/01/2024 05:12

@phallusfallacy I’ve had this since my teens - now in my 40s. Definitely not Covid vaccine related for me.

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MrsJamin · 05/01/2024 06:00

I've had this for years, feel like I'm coming down with something and then a few days later, get my period and coldy symptoms go away. I'm 45, it's been like this probably for last ten years. It's shit being a woman, isn't it? Half my life I'm either feeling crap with symptoms like my body is fighting something or on my period. I can't even look forward to this being over as menopause sounds awful tbh!

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