Early Menopause (pre 40)

[Folf]

I've been having issues for a while. i'm 37 (38 in a couple of months) and I've been putting it down to stress.

I was talking to my mom today and she told me she thinks it may be perimenopause as she started at the same age and was done/dusted by 42.

Obviously I know its VERY early, but I went and looked it up and reading off the symptoms was a massive tick list of eye-opening.

How do I approach this with my GP without being fobbed off, and has anyone else been through this at my age?

I started my peri at 38 but I had no idea! I finally diagnosed with early Meno at 41 and I am on hrt. Try not to worry, things will be better with time. Find a specialist who knows and not accept the nonsense “you are too young” as an answer! :)

I think I'm starting too, have been fobbed off before but have even more symptoms now, myboobs are killing me! I'm also 38

Heloo ladies.... Ive been through all the permeapouse symptoms, i haven't a period since December, ive been going to the doctors for the last few weeks and he keeps fobbing me off, how did you ladies finally just ask for HRT?? Xx

I said that my quality of life was unbearable, I had suicidal thoughts and insomnia.
I finally went privately and found a specialist and endocrinologist who took care of me. They suggested almost immediately hrt.
I had almost regular but very light periods and my diagnosis was based mainly on my symptoms and not on blood tests.

Emerald... Thank you so much for getting back to me, im back at the doctors on Tuesday and im going to try and be calm about it, but hopefully get my points across... I can't carry on like this... 🙄