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Post by writerchk on Jun 10, 2008 8:01:15 GMT -5
I don't know if this is the correct place to put this thread. If not, it can be moved. I think I am going into menopause. ;D Before you ask why I have the grin, let me just say that I've been tortured by my periods since they began. The day they stop, I'll go on a "bye-bye to hell" vacation! I think I am pre-menopausal since almost all the women in my family stopped before 40. I am having hot flases, skipping periods, mood swings, and having touble sleeping some nights. My periods have been getting worse and I spoke to my doc and she said I was exhibiting signs of peri-menopause. It can't come fast enough for me!
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Jun 10, 2008 13:18:38 GMT -5
I know I sure don't miss all that monthly stuff. But unfortunately--for me--along with the good came bodily changes I am less than thrilled with... I always had a tendency toward mood swings before menopause, but once menopause set in, my moods leveled out and I became a lot more mellow. It's different for each individual.
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Post by Tabetha on Jun 10, 2008 14:24:51 GMT -5
I would love to hear about others' experiences here with it. My mother started peri in her mid-30's and crossed into menopause by the time she was 50. (She got her period a lot younger than I did though.)
I'll be happy when my period is gone. I almost never had cramps, but over the past 5 years they are getting worse and worse.
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Post by gamerpheonix888 on Jun 10, 2008 17:02:10 GMT -5
*throws confetti* Congrats! I can't wait for that day myself. But don't they have operations now that can stop periods and fertility altogether (besides hysterectomy)? All I've got are pills to stop the pain. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
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Post by writerchk on Jun 10, 2008 17:45:59 GMT -5
Oh, did I just curse my womb? LOL. Let me curse it again....I can't wait till Aunt Flo goes on a permanent vacation!!!!!
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Post by cnu5000 on Jun 13, 2008 6:24:27 GMT -5
I am forty-eight and I think I am in peri-menopuase. I always had difficult and more irregular periods but in my mid-forties they got more difficult. I was put on the low dose birth control bill at 46 and I am still on it which they say will cover menopausal symptoms. In a couple of years they will pull me off to see where I am in menopause.
I always thought periods became lighter when women went into menopause but I few women told me that their periods got very heavy and the last period or last few periods the bleeding was uncontrolable.
I also think that peri-menopause is why sometimes women who don't have children get preoccupied with no having them. There is a biologic sadness and your reproductive system will let you know it exists.
On the other hand, I like the fact the my reproductive system is shutting down and I am in someways sad that I had not considered a tubal when I was younger(especially since when I was young I was not considered a good candidate for either the bill or IUD).
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Post by lys on Jun 13, 2008 17:48:45 GMT -5
Im almost 31 and I cant wait for menopause. I remember when I was younger the cramps were HORRIBLE, I wanted to die. I siad to myself why do I have to get this I KNOW I'm not pregnant! I didnt think they should start until you have sex! My mom is in her mid 50's and I think she is in peri-menopause. Will I have to wait 20 more years?
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Post by writerchk on Jun 14, 2008 10:23:06 GMT -5
I'm going in on Tuesday to get a second opinion. I am a medical researcher and looked up my symptoms. It looks more like PMDD or Endometriosis to me, but we'll see.
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Post by whalehugger on Jun 15, 2008 6:42:17 GMT -5
I'm 52 and from what I can tell, I'm officially in menopause. I remember talking to my mom years ago and she said that one day she happened to notice that she hadn't had a period in months and had slipped into menopause with very little discomfort. Evidently I took after her in that regard. The time between periods became further apart though the flow could alter between heavy and light. Then about 2 years ago they stopped completely. No breakthrough bleeding, very little in the way of hot flashes - they just stopped. I don't miss them at all
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Post by mar on Sept 24, 2008 9:04:10 GMT -5
writerchk ~ did you ever get a diagnosis ? I went into menopause at 46 yrs. old. Sure don't miss the damn cramps, etc. I went on HRT for about 10 yrs. - felt great. It certainly helps keep your skin nice and youthful. I still get told I don't look my age,
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Post by writerchk on Jan 20, 2009 23:05:09 GMT -5
Yup. I am in the early stages of perimenopause. I am tracking my periods to see how tehy are coming along. They are getting farther apart each time. Doc said that it would do that until one day when they just quit coming. My grandma did that at 40.
I take soy for my crazies, as well as all-natural meds I got at Wild Oats. I've tried every pill on the market and it makes my periods worse.
Gabbie
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Post by nativenewyorker on Feb 17, 2009 9:48:20 GMT -5
I also think that peri-menopause is why sometimes women who don't have children get preoccupied with no having them. There is a biologic sadness and your reproductive system will let you know it exists.
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YUP, that describes me. Though I am only 43 I think I am in peri. My periods have been super heavy for the last few years and I occasionally get night sweats. AND I definitely don't enjoy the fact that my ovaries remind me I am no longer that cute little young thing anymore! : (
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Post by mar on Feb 17, 2009 10:36:43 GMT -5
When I was 46 my menstruation stopped. after 3 months,I finally went to my doctor. She did a pelvic exam. and said "well, there's no 3 month fetus in there." I said "there better not be". She phoned when blood work results were in to tell me I was definately in menopause. I was actully thrilled 'cause I HATED getting a period every month ( severe cramps). Anyhow by this time I was getting hot flashes ( not super severe, but more than I was willing to put up with) so I told her to put me on whateve it took to get rid of the damn things (flashes). I was on hormone replacement therapy for ten years with No side effects. I was under severe stress at this time, so had to go on an anti-depressant as well. Between the two meds. I got through a very tough time. I am now medication-free and feeling great.
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Post by mar on Feb 17, 2009 10:39:14 GMT -5
OOPS! I see I already posted on this above...... Sorry to bore you
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Post by cnu5000 on Feb 18, 2009 7:22:40 GMT -5
I agree with NNY-I think perimenopause is why some women in their forties become preoccupied with children when they have not before. I think there is a biologic sadness about not having children. I used to get blue around my periods and I read one theory around this that there is biologic sadness about not having children.
I have always had difficult periods. I am forty-nine and have been on the low dose birth control pills for two years which has stopped my periods and will mask menopoause. They will have to give me a trial period with my going off the bill to see where I am in menopause.
I am glad not to have periods :-). Even in my thirties I hated having periods-I got bloated-gained five to seven pounds in fluid-to me there was nothing attractive about it.
As for aging, I am told I still look young and can pass for my thirties. I hope people don't take this to mean that I am loose sexually but there is a big part of me that feels I enjoy sexuality more that it has become child-free.
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Post by preraph on Feb 18, 2009 11:07:20 GMT -5
I'm 56, and I have to say I have never had a moment of sadness at being without children.
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Feb 18, 2009 14:43:16 GMT -5
I have heard about the "biologic sadness", and don't doubt that it is real for some women, but I never experienced it myself. It seems kind of strange to me to feel sadness about not having something that was never wanted in the first place.
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Post by cnu5000 on Feb 19, 2009 7:24:24 GMT -5
What I don't understand is women who miss the physicial experience of having periods. I was reading how Helen Gurley Brown took hormones just so she could have periods. IMO so many women stop having periods over forty it is not unusual not to have them.
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Post by writerchk on Feb 19, 2009 10:29:14 GMT -5
I get that sadness feeling at teh thought that I will stop one of these days and we may never have kids, but there's no way I'm going through IVF. I already told my dx that I am no science experiement and if it's not meant for me to have a child, I can accept it. Hubby told me he would never want me to have to undergo anything like that just to get pregnant. He says if it never happens, he's okay with it. We may adopt later, but right now, we're just happy to be together.
Gabbie
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Post by writerchk on Feb 19, 2009 10:30:11 GMT -5
What I don't understand is women who miss the physicial experience of having periods. I was reading how Helen Gurley Brown took hormones just so she could have periods. IMO so many women stop having periods over forty it is not unusual not to have them. Actually wanting to keep having periods? Are they nuts?! Gabbie
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