Hi! I'm not sure if I'm in the right topic section but I couldn't find one for perimenopause so I figured menopause would be the next best place to ask.
I'm in my late 30s. I haven't really felt myself for a good few years now. I went to the GP with concerns of this, weight gain which I just cannot shift at all (for context I have been a very slim person all my life and now I am verging on the overweight category). Brain fog like there is no tomorrow, snappy, moody and even at times convince myself my family hate me because I'm so low. I am nothing like the vibrant woman I used to be. I had numerous bloods done by the GP over the course of a year and was basically told all my levels are fine and I'm not in perimenopause because I don't smoke?? 🤔 I let the GP know my mother and grandmother both entered perimenopause at age 35 and stayed in this stage for around 10 years. He still was not convinced. I then went back to him with intensely itchy skin and was sent to a derm and given antihistamines because I was having reactions to everything and anything, even my hair touching my skin would create hives and intense itching.
I have stopped drinking alcohol in January thinking maybe too much wine is causing inflammation and weight gain (it's made no difference).
I have been tracking my period which were always 28 days exactly, like clockwork. Now they come every 3 weeks or every 5 weeks, they are irregular basically.
I've been having migraines occasionally which I've not had in years also.
I haven't experienced hot flashes of any form night or day and don't suffer insomnia, I sleep well, no dryness downstairs either but I just don't feel myself at all, I lack motivation now when I once was always on the go and upbeat and everything bothers me now.
I just wondered if anyone had anything similar, I feel like my GP is sick of seeing me and I feel like he thinks I'm just a 'health anxiety' nuisance.
Has anyone tried the mini pill for perimenopause? I feel like if he's not going to entertain me then I need to try something myself. If you have, has it made any difference, side effects etc? Im not sure what else to do but I hate feeling this way.