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Do periods just stop?

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TheTripThatWasnt · 24/04/2024 08:46

My periods have been broadly predictable for a few years, albeit with cycle length getting a bit shorter, and some heavier than others. There have been a few exceptions to this. I seemed to miss one altogether when I ran a marathon in 2021, which I put down to stress, and in 2022 I had one which seemed to stop and then start again 2 days later and then go on for about 10 days. This happened again in Feb this year - a 'normal' period, then another week where the flow was the same every day, and then it stopped. And since then nothing. I did run another marathon 3 weeks ago, so I wondered if that had something to do with it, but still nothing since then.

For years I haven't had much in the way of PMS apart from a bit of bloating, so it's not as if other things were there too which have now gone.

I haven't really had any peri symptoms apart from some brain fog and occasional night sweats (not for a while on that one though).

I feel like I'm on constant high alert that a period could come at any moment (and that when it does it will be heavy as anything), but maybe that's it for me.
I expected a kind of 'taper' but do they sometimes just stop?

I'm 50 (just), so within a normal age range for stopping. I just don't feel 'menopausal'...

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dudsville · 24/04/2024 09:34

There are so many ways to go through this phase "normally", so this could well be one of those. I had a very easy time of my periods throughout my life; they were light, short and while they weren't like clockwork they were reasonably regular. Then I spent about 2 years having about 6 periods a year at irregular intervals, and very occassionally I'd have an oddly long one with stops and starts over a few weeks. My last one was like this and that was now over a year ago.

Also about 2 years ago I had a phase of hot flushes, it was ridiculsly often, like 14 over a 24 hour period, but that only last a few months, nothing like what some women suffer.

Re the high alert, I think this is smart really. I still carry pads just in case, and I wear one if I'm about to do something where if it started I couldn't sort it out straight away - so bus journeys, work meetings, etc.

Objectrelations · 24/04/2024 09:35

Mine pretty much did

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