I'm 48 and haven't really had any menopause symptoms except for periods becoming a bit heavier and closer together and one cycle of 73 days earlier this year. I presume it'll all kick off properly in the next year or so.
One thing that has happened in the last 8 months or so is that my libido, never very huge, (about 2-3 times a month and sometimes a bit reluctantly but fine once warmed up), has really done a 180.
Now I'm all over my DH, 3-4 times a week, have even tried it on at 6 am when I know I've got to get up for work, or at midnight when we are both knackered but I get a surge of energy and a "who cares" attitude to the tiredness! I feel like a teenage boy. Have even got home from work and locked my bedroom door to have a "few private minutes" to myself! 🤦🏼♀️
Have become more adventurous and confident too, I find more stuff sexy and think about sex A LOT.
To be honest, I don't really mind it but am wondering if it's normal, do I have a huge hormone imbalance or something? Or is this a pre-menopause surge for my body to try and get pregnant before it's too late? DH has had the snip so it's not going to happen but of course my ovaries don't know that.
Anybody else exhausting their partner? He's not complaining and I've warned him it probably won't last forever!