Menopause

[Michaela234]

For 8 weeks I had a period every 2 weeks, that was 2 months ago and I have had nothing since. I was always regular before this. Could this be the menopause, I have not had any hot flushes or night sweats.

It could be. Looking back I had a lot of symptoms that were so mild I didn't really notice them; getting tired easily, aches and pains, headaches, feeling low etc. I didn't consider the menopause until my periods started coming a week early.

Have a chat with your GP.

Oh, and I didn't get hot flushes per se, instead I got this sort of 'pressure headache', like a hot feeling in my head but nowhere else. Likewise with night sweats, I had a couple of incidents of waking up sweating at least a year ago but it certainly wasn't a regular thing. Everyone is different.

I hope you get sorted

Irregular periods are the first sign of peri menopause. Flushes etc don't usually come till later and sometimes not until after a final period. You could go on like this for a few years. How old are you?

You may be in perimeonpsuse but you have not reached menopause until you are 12 moths free of periods, if you are under 45 I would visit your GP but otherwise if you are older then welcome to probably 10 years of feeling ‘a bit off it’ is the best way I can describe it!