Im 39 and i have recently discovered that all my unrelated symptoms that are driving me crazy could be perimenopause. My mother and grandmother had their menopause (periods stopped) at age 42. i had my first period at 9. Symptoms include anxiety with feelings of doom (something horrible is about to happen), being on edge most of the time (and being irritable with my family), palpitations, very sensitive to alcohol-cant drink anymore.
But by far the worse is the lack of sleep- I wake up with night sweats at 3:30 am and can't sleep again. I thought it was my husband waking me up, but I'm sleeping alone now and its the same. Other nights (like tonight) i am extremely tired and is very difficult to fall sleep, and every time i am about to sleep, my mind becomes active and voila i am wide awake. I read again, become sleepy and my mind activates again. Stress is not a factor at present either.
The problem is my periods are still fairly regular, i just get a few days of light brown discharge at the beginning, but even counting that, there would be 32 days between periods.
That means that under nice guidelines my GP will think i cannot have perimenopause?
I usually crossfit twice a week and run 5k another day. i eat healthy. Obviously when i only sleep 2 hours a night, my schedule goes to s*t and i can't do the basics (so i have to drop the exercise.
I have good quality manganesium glyc (is that the right name?), but it hasn't helped me at all in the nights i remember to take it.