How old were you when your periods stopped

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Just curious as I'm 51 and they're still regular.

@adriftabroad PS. And when I stopped using Everol Sequi. Guess what? I still had periods for at least another year. At that point, I wasn't on HRT at all.

Yes, and I would definitely ask for it.

HRT is a fraction of the hormones you get premenopase anyway.
Best of luck next week x

I am geninely not very hungry anymore!

I was 52. I had no menopausal symptoms whatsoever, not even one hot flush. However, I did have the most crippling period pains that used to make me vomit and faint every month from age 12. So, some kind of justice I suppose.

56 (but also I hardly had any at all between 33ish and 48).

I use Oestrogel and ugesterone, vaginally.

I have never used patches.

You were obviously NOT yet in menopause. I definitely am!

I had my last period aged 51 years + 6-7 months. 51 was average age for that 22 years ago, I don't know if that has changed. I am an average person, started periods aged just thirteen and that was the 'average' age for then. I also grew to average height :-).

People stop periods at different ages, I know some who were mid forties and one lady who was 56!

In my late 40s I went to once every 6 months or so, flooding sadly but I coped as it wasn't often. That continued for a few years and they finally stopped around 51.

I was 41.

Nothing could I have prepared me for what was coming.

Post Menopause is like a living hell. HRT just brought a different set of issues and symptoms.

@adriftabroad Apolgies, am currently dealing with chemo for breast cancer and have horrific chemo brain. I thought you mentioned you used Everol Sequi. Must have misread.

However, after I stopped using Everol Sequi, I had an HRT break for 6 months before seeing an actual women's health specialist and using similar as you, in the same way. My periods still stopped even though I was on HRT. You are still in perimenopause and your periods will stop even if you're using HRT.

I was about 51 when I started missing months and my periods became lighter. I kept thinking “is this going to be the last month?” because I was more than ready for them to stop.

They finally stopped in November 2021 when I was 53 and I know we hear terrible things about the menopause but apart from a foggy brain which I tend to put down to general ageing mine has been OK so I’ve been lucky. I don’t miss periods, the heavy months, cramps and mood swings one bit.

@doublec but these "periods" are 3 days of extremely light bleeding. 5 days after stopping the ugesterone. It is shedding the lining of the womb that has built up from the oestrogel.

I only take the progesterone element 10 days a month. Vaginally, NOT orally.

I think the signs to look for is that the gaps get longer between periods. My last two were about 6 months apart.

44 via chemo.

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Early menopause

@doublec so sorry to hear that

Who knows? These doctors/specialists all say different things. 🙄

I am just glad to feel (slightly) better! I feel totally abnormal without HRT.

Me too! Dealing with cancer is the easy part. Am far more upset about having to stop HRT as it was life-changing for me.

As for me, I'll be fine. My BC is highly treatable, chemo is more for recurrence (due to a rare double genetic mutation) - the cancer has already been cut out. They want me to do endocrine therapy afterwards, but given I am having to deal with all the horrible part of menopause again, I don't know if I want to completely shut down my body's own ability to make oestrogen as everything particularly the sweats, hot flushes and brain fog will only get worse. It's gets to a point where quality of life is to my mind, more important than quantity.

@adriftabroad PS. That's interesting about your 'periods'. I always had very very light, very very short periods, so what you're describing is how mine where.

I was 48 when I had my last period which was 8 months after the previous period.

@doublec that sounds awful and I am so sorry.

Hooray that it is all under control. I have a friend who says the same thing as you regarding treatment/menopause.

I know I am post menopause but something aint right. I am feeling worse and light "periods" getting lighter all the time, so what you say makes some sense. I dread them saying "oh, you are through it" which of course, we never are. Post menopause is permanent.

I wish you the best going forward x

Nearly 57 and still regular. My sister is 60 and still regular

It is so strange there doesn't seem to be a more medical way to determine whether you are peri or menopausal than waiting a full year. If we are all born with a set amount of eggs that are released until no more are left, surely there should be a scan of sorts available to determine how full/empty the "tank" is? I realise how tiny the eggs are, but still...

For most women it's a natural part of ageing and something that doesn't need to be medicalised.

Years ago from some specialist or another I can't remember! A quick google comes up with the from an nhs trust site

Following a hysteroscopy, I was informed that I had active follicles releasing eggs (or something I didn't quite understand) which was 'proof' that I wasn't menopausal. Having said that same hysterectomy was perpetrated by a complete loon who severely injured me then covered it up, so who knows what to believe.

I think this thread shows how easily it is missed and mis-understood. By medicalising I mean if a woman is worried or having conflicting symptoms, rather than assuming she is peri and putting her on HRT or menopausal after 1 year when they might be anemic, surely a scan of sorts would be a non-invasive way to get a fairly accurate guess? I'm just imagining that if this was a male issue it wouldn't be left for a year before you were allowed to start HRT to ensure you don't get osteoperosis, a life changing disease, for example.