Could this be perimenopause?

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I’m 44. I have PCOS and mild endometriosis. My periods have always been at least 40 days apart, sometimes up to 90. I had the coil fitted in 2020 to help with irregular bleeding, but after 8 months I had it removed as I spotted continuously. My first period after that was the heaviest I’ve ever had, clots the size of golf balls etc. It coincided with my first covid vaccine so it could have been caused by that too. Fast forward nearly a year. My cycle is normal!!! My last three periods have all been around 35 days, and I have come on this morning at 30 days. This is unusual for me.

So my question is....could irregular cycles become regular with the perimenopause?? Could the peri be changing my hormone levels in a way that combats the pcos hormones?? Thus making me regular. My mum went through the menopause in her early 50s, so I’m about 8 years off.

Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you xx

I had irregular periods all my life until a year or so ago (maybe longer), when I noticed that they had become regular, pretty much to the day. I'm 46 now, nearly 47, and have a lot of perimeno symptoms, dating back 18 months or 2 years (again, hard to say exactly when they began as I didn't realise what they were at first and didn't really notice until I started getting lots of things happening that were new for me). So that's the long answer - the short answer is yes, it seems likely that it's an early symptom of the perimenopause, even given your relatively young age.