What changes can you expect at 37?

[anxiousanniekins]

Over the last year I've started experiencing changes in my body. Is 37 too young for menopause?

I've had a uti, a stomach infection, a cervical ectropian (although a clear smear), my periods have always been irregular but one was extremely light to the point I didn't need a pad, I've had thrush, a bad back, random muscle twitches in my neck and I am finding it very very hard to lose weight. All of which is making my anxiety levels sky high.

Someone tell me I'm not going batshit crazy

I started noticing changes about then, also feeling batshit crazy!!
I guess it's just the start of another stage

That is reassuring 

Always worth a visit to the doc to be checked but bat shit crazy is definitely a symptom!! 😁

I had my first child at 37, so no I didn't notice any changes. Surely 37 is far too young for menopause?

Not menopause but the beginnings of Peri perhaps? I had symptoms from 37 which were hormonal

I've been to the docs about a gazzilion times and been told by 3 different gps that my hormones are changing cos of my age. It's the anxiety I really need to get a grasp of it's causing far too much overthinking and overgoogling!

Yes sorry I meant the start of perimenopause. My mum was fully through menopause by age 47

You need to check your FSH and your thyroid. Nobody is too young for menopause, 37 is young but it is happens sometimes. If you feel that something is wrong with your body, just ask for help.

Slightly hi jacking here... if the period of time leading up to menopause is 'peri menopause' and once your periods have stopped for a year you have 'reached the menopause', I take it once you have reached the menopause, you are 'post menopausal'. Is that correct? So the day after the one year of no periods are you 'post menopausal '?

In which case, when are you 'going through the menopause '? Is that the bit where your periods have stopped and you are waiting to get to a year?

I don't feel like there is anything wrong, just a series of things. I'm not sure if it's the physical symptoms causing anxiety or the anxiety causing physical symptoms if you know what I mean. Things seem to get worse because I overthink

I've posted about this on mental health too because I think it could be the root of my problem

They don't sound like peri symptoms and you are too young unless it's a premature menopause. (periods stop by 40) or early menopause (periods stop by 47.)

The only things from your list are one light period and weight gain.

Both of those could be lifestyle related ( periods are affected by stress) and at 37 your metabolism will be slowing down as you approach 40, so more exercise and less food needed!

Time to see your GP is if your periods become erratic for months on end and you are under 45.

In which case, when are you 'going through the menopause '? Is that the bit where your periods have stopped and you are waiting to get to a year?

People use these words quite randomly!

Peri meno is the years leading up to the final period.

Post meno is a term used with hindsight- one year after last period.

When people say 'going through the menopause' they mean peri menopausal, but most people don't bother to say the 'peri' bit and just say they are 'menopausal'!

www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/guide-perimenopause#1

Perimenopause, or menopause transition, begins several years before menopause. It's the time when the ovaries gradually begin to make less estrogen. It usually starts in a woman's 40s, but can start in her 30s or even earlier

The average length of perimenopause is 4 years, but for some women this stage may last only a few months or continue for 10 years