Too young for peri?

[Happybee12]

I'm 38. I have three kids and my cycles have always been regular 28days, 4 bleed days.

For the last 4 months they have been irregular and becoming closer together, for example last month my period came 17 days after the last one, the month before they they were 20 days apart. The bleeding is lighter than what's normal for me usually. I feel like a teenager again not know when I'm coming on.

I am suffering mass anxiety lately and cry at the drop of a hat, althoufh i dont feel depressed at all. It's like i have no control of the flood gates. I struggle to get to sleep every night as I just can't seem to switch off. I find myself grumpy and unmotivated at times (I've put a lot of this down to not sleeping more than 3/4 hours a night)

I know I'm young to ask all of this, but my mother was done and dusted by 53 with the menopause, I wish I could ask her but unfortunately she's passed. I just don't know who to ask, so
My question is this the possible start of pre mens? If it is how do you all cope?

Any help or advice would really be appreciated, I feel like I'm going mad 😂

It's young but not too young. Women can be perimenopausal for several years. You'll struggle to get help from the drs though. I'm 43 and just been given HRT after fighting for it for 6 months because they kept saying I'm "too young" even though it's a quite normal age for peri.

Firstly go to the GP and get bloods done to rule the usual thyroid, low iron etc out. Hopefully your GP will listen because from what I've seen they seem to fob you off if you're under 45 if you mention peri/menopause

Thanks ladies, I feel I would be fobbed off. Like i say i know im young to even consider it. I just feel i tick some boxes, i know not all. I might just ask for full blood work and see what comes back from that.

You'll only get fobbed off if you don't mention hot flushes, they are the golden ticket to HRT.

Your other symptoms do sound peri but worth getting them checked as well.