A great essay on PERI-menopause

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  • beckyrpl
    beckyrpl Posts: 73 Member
    Good article. It's strange - once I went off the pill at age 50, I never had a period again. I think the Pill actually suppressed my menopause - and if I had gotten off of them earlier, I would have gone through menopause earlier. I did have a few years of migraines and brain fog - and exhaustion. But - now, 3 years into menopause - I haven't gotten a single migraine,and the hot flashes are minimal. I think my biggest complaint is sleep - or lack-there-of. I'd LOVE a full nights' sleep......
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    beckyrpl wrote: »
    Good article. It's strange - once I went off the pill at age 50, I never had a period again. I think the Pill actually suppressed my menopause - and if I had gotten off of them earlier, I would have gone through menopause earlier. I did have a few years of migraines and brain fog - and exhaustion. But - now, 3 years into menopause - I haven't gotten a single migraine,and the hot flashes are minimal. I think my biggest complaint is sleep - or lack-there-of. I'd LOVE a full nights' sleep......

    ahhh, sleep. I miss it too.
  • beckyrpl
    beckyrpl Posts: 73 Member
    Sabine - I've noticed most of the menopause related groups seem to be rather inactive. I'm wondering why this is....?! We can't be the only women going through perimenopause/menopause......!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    beckyrpl wrote: »
    Sabine - I've noticed most of the menopause related groups seem to be rather inactive. I'm wondering why this is....?! We can't be the only women going through perimenopause/menopause......!

    Yeah, good question! We should be seeing an uptick in comments!
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    Yup, this sums it up.

    "Imagine if you had to white-knuckle your way through the emotional roller coaster of puberty while also handling all the grown-up responsibilities you’ve accumulated since getting your braces off—work, maybe a partner, some kids, aging parents—while also trying to figure out how to find time for yourself and maybe even sleep, occasionally. Add super-fun symptoms like fatigue, hot flashes, sleep disruption, and low libido, and that’s the joy of perimenopause for you. As Mary Ruefle wrote in her essay "Pause": “You are a depressed adolescent who sweats through their clothing and says terrible things to everyone, especially the people they love.”"
  • RockinMBC
    RockinMBC Posts: 48 Member
    Oh sleep - I miss you so!
  • Lolinloggen
    Lolinloggen Posts: 466 Member
    beckyrpl wrote: »
    Good article. It's strange - once I went off the pill at age 50, I never had a period again. I think the Pill actually suppressed my menopause - and if I had gotten off of them earlier, I would have gone through menopause earlier. I did have a few years of migraines and brain fog - and exhaustion. But - now, 3 years into menopause - I haven't gotten a single migraine,and the hot flashes are minimal. I think my biggest complaint is sleep - or lack-there-of. I'd LOVE a full nights' sleep......

    I went off the pill 2 months ago No sign of periods yet. I have the physical side of ovulation to the pint that I an feel my ovaries swelling, but no period.
    If I go like you then I'll be happy. with it No sleep problems here but do recognise the brain fog though that seems to be liften now for the most part.
    A few weeks back I felt an increase in hot flushes I thought. But ut wasn't it was a mild fever with a summer flu.

    Interestingly I was talking to a friend yesterday (43) and she is showing the first sign of peri-menopause and was telling me all these things that I had seen happening too. I told her to brace herself as she was going to get all types of things she's never sensed before.
    She is reading up on peri-menopause now and rightfully stated that it was weird that we know so little about it
  • beckyrpl
    beckyrpl Posts: 73 Member
    ^I hope you have an easy transition into menopause as well - best of luck!! Let us know how it goes!
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    The Pill does suppress menopause but who wants to go off of it earlier, with the possibility of getting pregnant?
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