Perimenopause??

[Goldie678]

Hi everyone, I'm 42 and the last few months I have been having issues with periods, very heavy and frequent (apologies TMI) which I have been to the GP about a few times now. I have had a scan and blood tests and there is no obvious cause for them. Just recently I have skipped periods entirely, the one before now was awfully painful etc but this one is now 5 days late. I'm not pregnant.

I have been having increasing anxiety and panic attacks where previously I was always quite a positive person I now find that I can barely be bothered to do anything. I'm not depressed as I don't feel unhappy or tearful, and I'm still going to work and doing usual things (food shopping, cooking, a few walks here and there) but I feel I have lost my mojo! My hair is falling out (thyroid checked, not abnormal). When I asked the GP if I could be in perimenopause he completely dismissed me and said I was far too young. I don't have hot flushes or particular trouble with sleeping.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does it sound like hormonal changes? I know I should probably go back to the GP but as it doesn't have an out and out effect on my life in terms of functioning I'm not sure what I would say really. I just feel odd and not quite myself. Perhaps this is just the aging process. I would love to hear from anyone who had any experience of this. Thank you x

Yes definitely sounds like it and you really aren't too young. I'm reading Louise newsome's book at the moment and it's illuminating

Ask for another opinion.

I'm 43, and my periods started becoming heavy and erratic at 40. Some short, some long, some long gaps, then short games.
I went 25 weeks without one, then started again. Then my last one was August.
I've had blood test (can't show peri anyway) and had an ultrasound.
Sleep has been terrible.
Anxiety I never had before.
Words falling out of my head.
Tearful.

I'm on month 3 of hrt. Absolute game changer for me. I wrote down all my symptoms to list out for my doctor.

Ask for another opinion, GPs are always telling people they're too young for perimenopause when they're not. I know started complaining to the GP about perimenopause symptoms at around 40 and the GP still said she was too young for it to be the menopause when her periods stopped entirely a few years later. The GP denied it until blood tests indicated that menopause was very likely.

I'm 43 and my sleep has been shocking I'm waking up every 2-3hrs and I'm boiling despite have a summer duvet on. I feel this is peri, my periods are becoming irregular and heavier with spotting in between which I've never had.
I'm considering a visit to a private meno clinic to see if they can do anything.

I've booked in for the implant in an attempt get rid of my periods completely, I am 100% done with them.

I was at my GP about my issues today. Waiting for results. I’m 39.
it seems there are a lot of people who go through it in 30s and early 40s As well as a minority (but still) in 20s. just like a minority over 59 who are not fully menopausal. I always just assumed age and 50s was “normal” that isn’t the case.
it’s really good to talk about these things. The worrying or ‘what if’ is easily then cleared up so there’s a definitive answer. Ps. I have had the implant in for over the time period which was taken out today too. Birth control/implant/medication/ health status. There variables but talking and medical advice is the way fwd