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Never ending perimenopause

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ShowingUpIsKey · 20/09/2025 08:50

Age 57. Periods still going. Had a five month gap at the start of this year when I thought I'd finally finished them, but then they fired up again and I'm now as regular as I always was. Also struggling now with crippling anxiety. Anybody else at a similar age with the same problem?

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blobby10 · 22/09/2025 16:31

JinglingSpringbells · 22/09/2025 13:54

There may be other places you can have coils removed. The old family planning clinics used to so is there a newer version now?

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@JinglingSpringbells I had to go to the hospital for the insertion as I have an inverted uterus or something and it was apparently fiddly to get in without a special bed to tip me almost upside down! And the strings have been twisted around itself for years so I'm not expecting a quick or easy removal but hoping that by expecting the worst case scenario it will be much better Grin

DirtyBird · 22/09/2025 19:59

Gingertam · 20/09/2025 23:07

I was similar to you. Terrible anxiety and thought my periods would never end. They stopped for a few months then started again. Last one was the month before my 58th birthday. People say it's unusual but my sister and two close friends were still having periods late 50s. As soon as my periods stopped the anxiety went. I used to get terrible PMT and now feel great. I do feel I've come out the other side.

I agree, my DM had hers til her late 50s and i'm almost 55 and still getting mine. My last one last two weeks.

CelestialCandyfloss · 24/09/2025 15:55

I got a Mirena coil fitted, hurt like hell when it was fitted but it has stopped any periods and seems to work well

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