For those entering/in menopause

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 43 and my period came 2 weeks early the past 2 months. I can’t get in w my doctor until June but now I’m concerned to hear your doctor sent you for a sonogram. I figured cycles get wacky in perimenopause

OP here. Dr wanted to check for a uterine polyp and found nothing.

Drs always do this. They just want to bill your insurance, to be honest. This is why I stopped going to Drs in the US.

The Dr isn’t getting $$$ for the ultrasound but I think it’s defensive medicine. Basically, any bleeding that’s irregular they’ll send you for an US to look for issues with the uterine lining. I think they could do a better job communicating about these issues. They often also do an endo biopsy. It seems like the vast majority of the time it’s just perimenopause but they don’t have other tools.

I’m 52 and cycles have been 17 days to 60 days, heavier, lighter, etc…it’s disconcerting no question.

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Mine was irregular for a good 7 years or so. Then 2 months before I turned 54, it stopped That was it, no real symptoms

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The irregular periods are really stressing me out. Was there anything that helped you predict when they would start? I feel like I have to wear a pad or period underwear all the time.

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I did not ever get tested for anything. My cycles got shorter at about age 48 and I my last period at 50.

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I got a hormonal IUD at 40, my periods were dry heavy and cycles were getting weird. No period since about 3 months from insertion four years ago. GYN says will check hormone levels at 49 when it’s time to take it out. We can then insert a new one or see if I’m menopausal.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine was irregular for a good 7 years or so. Then 2 months before I turned 54, it stopped That was it, no real symptoms

Same. No real hot flashes or anything. The irregular periods sucked for a good 7-10 years and the final year were very heavy (with one trip to the ER after weeks of non-stop flooding) before stopping completely.

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My periods were irregular for several years starting in late 40s. Finally went a full year without a period at age 55. It never occurred to me to go to the doctor. I always heard that it was normal to have irregular periods leading up to menopause.

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51. I got my last Mirena out in December and I still have random periods. I had no period for a good 10 years (thanks Mirena!!) and now I still have it whenever the h#ll it feels like coming. Fun times.

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Anonymous wrote:The irregular periods are really stressing me out. Was there anything that helped you predict when they would start? I feel like I have to wear a pad or period underwear all the time.

I'm 48 and feel the same way. I am wearing a very thin pad just in case, especially when I'm outside of my house. I was recently on vacation and was stressed out a little bit to get period out of the blue, I also have slept in friend's house ( I would hate stain bedsheets with my period).

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Anonymous wrote:My periods were irregular for several years starting in late 40s. Finally went a full year without a period at age 55. It never occurred to me to go to the doctor. I always heard that it was normal to have irregular periods leading up to menopause.

Exactly. Why do women go to the doctor? What are they gonna do about your irregular periods?

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I'm 46 and having a really long cycle for me (not pregnant, did several tests) and I'm just wondering if it's just going to be like this now, where I'm just wondering all the time when it's going to start?

About two years ago my cycles got really short, like 23-25 days. Then they've slowly been lengthening over the last 10 months or so and now I'm on day 38 with no period yet. Previously, my longest cycle in recent memory was 31 days. I don't have a lot of other symptoms - no hot flashes. But do have increased heart palpitations and anxiety over the last year.

I'm so used to being pretty confident about a start day for each cycle, this has me really out of sorts. Any clues that you picked up on from your body that let you know when your period was going to start?

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No it just stopped no warning one day and never had another.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 46 and having a really long cycle for me (not pregnant, did several tests) and I'm just wondering if it's just going to be like this now, where I'm just wondering all the time when it's going to start?

About two years ago my cycles got really short, like 23-25 days. Then they've slowly been lengthening over the last 10 months or so and now I'm on day 38 with no period yet. Previously, my longest cycle in recent memory was 31 days. I don't have a lot of other symptoms - no hot flashes. But do have increased heart palpitations and anxiety over the last year.

I'm so used to being pretty confident about a start day for each cycle, this has me really out of sorts. Any clues that you picked up on from your body that let you know when your period was going to start?

Same boat here. 3 months of nothing then super light period. For me, low back ache was the signal.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 46 and having a really long cycle for me (not pregnant, did several tests) and I'm just wondering if it's just going to be like this now, where I'm just wondering all the time when it's going to start?

About two years ago my cycles got really short, like 23-25 days. Then they've slowly been lengthening over the last 10 months or so and now I'm on day 38 with no period yet. Previously, my longest cycle in recent memory was 31 days. I don't have a lot of other symptoms - no hot flashes. But do have increased heart palpitations and anxiety over the last year.

I'm so used to being pretty confident about a start day for each cycle, this has me really out of sorts. Any clues that you picked up on from your body that let you know when your period was going to start?

Same boat here. 3 months of nothing then super light period. For me, low back ache was the signal.

Wow. Did your cycles gradually lengthen or did you just not have a period for 3 months out of the blue?

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I'll be 54 this summer. Last year, when I was 52, I had a few late periods, a few times it seemed to come twice in one month, and once I skipped a month. And then, one time, I had the period from hell. A bloody horrible mess, including cramps; I never get cramps. In all of my years, I had never bled so heavily.

My current situation is that I had my last period in January of this year. I'm praying to god that I'll make it to a full year and will be able to consider myself officially in menopause.

I have not sought a doctor's appointment based on any of these things.