Will they ever stop

[willneverpassit]

I am 55 years old and three months. I am still getting regular periods every month without fail. I have spoken to my doctor who said it was nothing to be concerned about but I suffer Heath anxiety and this just makes it worse. I have no hot flushes but I am taking velafaxine so this could possibly be maxing it. Please let me know your thoughts x

Anyone please

Anyone want to talk to me please

Maybe you need a kind of counseling or psychotherapy. It sounds more psychological to me and not hormonal.

Hi, I think your main problem really is you're just fed up with periods full stop (which is understandable!) The best thing to do is accept that they will stop when they are good and ready, and let nature take its course.

Being a 'late finisher' myself I have had experience of this, although I had pmt which made things worse, but it also was the continued buying of San pro, plus inconvenience on days out etc, arranging what to wear and (carrying the spares!) when everyone else was done with it all.
The other thing is they should get shorter and lighter which helps while you still have them but is also a sign you're on the home straight to the finish line!
Hope that helps.

Thank you for your advices engaged again
You are probably right as I am fed up with them x

Also re.the health anxiety I'm guessing you starting thinking you had a health issue relating to the continuing periods. I think it's only when there are other symptoms there is any need to worry. They may get a bit irregular at some stage, like 3 weeks then back to 4 or 5 then regular again.
I had a couple of longish breaks 7 weeks, then 9 spaced a couple of years apart. Once (only) a sudden flooding. There will be odd changes in timing I expect, although we are all different, mine didn't just suddenly stop.
In my experience the peri menopause was over a long time, starting late 40's. Unless you have anything unusual happening (which can happen to any of us at any time) I would separate your general health anxiety from your ongoing periods.
As far as your age you're still in the normal range albeit probably the latter end. If you got older maternal relatives if you are able to ask them, if they were similar age still having them.
But to reiterate if anything out of the ordinary happens is of concern in the future see your gp, but I expect it's just a matter of time.

Mine didn’t stop until I was 55 and I was fed up of them by then. I used to console myself by saying I still had the hormones to keep things ‘healthy’ IYSWIM, which was better than having to take HRT.

Thank you for your replies you lovely ladies. It has really helped me. Sometimes you need another person to put things into perspective. Sadly my mum passed away 30 years ago so I am unaware what age her periods stopped x

I'm 51 and still having regular periods. This month it was two weeks late. I thought it might have been the beginning of the end of my periods. It made me feel a bit sad, as I thought it's the end of being 'a woman'. But it came and in a way I'm glad because I know my 'female hormones' are still working. I'm a Nutritional Therapist, so I use my knowledge to manage my symptoms of low/depressive moods. I used to have them regularly, now I've got my moods in better control and don't have them much. It tends to be life situations that trigger my low moods now. I hope you feel better as time goes on

Same here OP re my mum, and I didn't talk to her about such things, plus it wasn't an issue for me then!
I presume your actual periods are normal flow and duration?
If so, yes it's just a question of waiting with no intervention if you're just fed up with them.
Unfortunately some of us are in that later end of the range, but stay positive and remember it can't be much longer now, after all you must have done 40 years already! It's just those last few do tend to drag on.

No!!! 52 and everything totally regular and me totally fed up with it all