Perimenopause making me want to be alone

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Is this a thing? Pretty sure I'm in perimenopause (age 41) and I just want to have the house to myself all the time or be asleep. I love my dh and son (6) but I just really love being in a silent tidy house. I also enjoy going out for walks alone with my headphones.
I'm lucky in that I do get a lot of alone time. I'm feeling irritated when my dh is home, I used to hate him going out but now I encourage it.
I guess I'm asking if this is a stage or will I always feel like this now.

It's nothing to do with so-called "perimenopause".

What on earth do you mean by 'so-called perimenopause'? Perimenopause just means the time when you are approaching menopause, during which many or most women experience the effects of hormonal changes. It's not made up

I feel the need for more solitude too, OP. I'm a teacher, so I spend all day interacting with rooms full of 30 teenagers, so that doesn't really help!

Before HRT I used to drift off to sleep with an imaginary tiny cabin in the wilds - setting it all up and living there on my own.
Obviously I didn't want to run away from my family but I was craving time and space.
As well as Meno or Peri it coincides with teenagers and older parents etc, a lot often on a women's plate. And this is after years of parenting and so on so it catches us sometimes at a low ebb.
I had a very low mood which was sorted with the HRT but it's good your GP is keeping an eye on you to see how you get on.