My doctor recommended the Mirena IUD for perimenopause when I was 48, that was about four years ago and it seems fantastic. I think the low level hormone it provides eases symptoms. I still get the tiniest bit of spotting every 60 days or so. Of course I have no idea what my period would be like right now otherwise but I definitely have no complaints.

Anonymous wrote:This is actually really good news for your health -- there have been a bunch of studies now showing that the later you hit menopause, the more likely you are to make it to 100. So, maybe a silver lining to make up for all the annoyance!

I don’t want to live to 100. I’m good with 82.

Oh I'm nearly 57 and still having periods, albeit all VERY unpredictable and irregular. I keep thinking I'm done and then NOPE! We need more information on delayed menopause; I only read about early menopause.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for! According to the Beauty thread and every woman I know who is on the other side of menopause, it's when you completely lose your looks.

I don’t think this is inevitable, if you don’t need to look 25. You can still look great but it’s a batter of perspective.

OP here... I've already lost my looks. That ship has sailed.

Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for! According to the Beauty thread and every woman I know who is on the other side of menopause, it's when you completely lose your looks.

I don’t think this is inevitable, if you don’t need to look 25. You can still look great but it’s a batter of perspective.

Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for! According to the Beauty thread and every woman I know who is on the other side of menopause, it's when you completely lose your looks.

It's going to happen anyway, and at some point you stop giving a s**t.

Be careful what you wish for! According to the Beauty thread and every woman I know who is on the other side of menopause, it's when you completely lose your looks.

I'm 54 and still have never missed a month. I switched this year from every 28-30 days to every 25. I thought they'd be spreading out instead of getting closer together. My sister is almost done w menopause at 57. I had kids at 38 and 40 with no assistance for whatever that is worth.

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Anonymous wrote:You can take birth control to regulate or just skip periods. Why suffer unnecessarily.

It isn't recommended over 40.

Not the person you are responding to, but it depends. I am 49 and still taking birth control due to family history of ovarian cancer. It helps prevent it, though slightly increases my chance of breast cancer.

I love having had a hysterectomy. I wish I'd done it sooner.

Anonymous wrote:You can take birth control to regulate or just skip periods. Why suffer unnecessarily.

It isn't recommended over 40.

You can take birth control to regulate or just skip periods. Why suffer unnecessarily.

Anonymous wrote:It’s hyperbole but I feel like I must be one of the oldest females still going through this. I just turned 56 for cripes sake.
No sign of cycles slowing down.
Aunt Flo just keeps returning.
It doesn’t seem fair!
I started on the late side.. age 15… but not unusually so.
My mother had menopause early, in her late 30s actually, so I thought that might be my pattern too.
At 45 I thought about buying a Diva cup but figured why waste the money?
I didn’t know a ten year investment would have been worth it.

Just PMS venting…

Go see an OBGYN to rule out endometrial issues.

Damn!! Day 75 and my period just started.

Wow, I’m 51 and this is truly shocking me! Even though my periods are still mostly regular, I’ve been assuming they’d be tapering off very soon.

My periods got bad in my early 30s (PMDD, pain from adenomyosis and endo, and menstrual migraines), so I used birth control to skip periods for 15 years. The doctor made me go off the hormones at 50, and I planned to just suffer through on the theory that I didn’t have long to suffer. But then my new doc suggested a Mirena IUD because they (should) help adenomyosis and can be helpful for menopausal symptoms as well…. Got it last week, and now I’m extra glad that I followed her suggestion!