Age of menopause I understand is hereditary, but what about specific symptoms? I don't, unfortunately, talk to my mom about stuff like this. We never have. But there have been little things that I've been putting together. Could, for instance, stomach/digestive issues be hereditary? My mom has always been gassy (I don't have to ask her to know...
). When I brought up the other day that I might have become sensitive to lactose, she said that for a while she was not able to eat anything like pancakes or waffles because she would get terrible diarreah. So either the milk or the gluten maybe? A few years back she switched from regular brewed coffee to instant coffee, because the coffee gave her a stomach ache. She loves fresh strawberries, but cannot eat many before she gets a stomach upset.
For years and years she suffered terrible migraines (she spent many weekends in a cool dark bedroom...), but she doesn't have those anymore. I have had what I've considered "migraine light". Nothing like what my mom went through, but nagging headaches, fatigue and some vision problems. That has stopped now.
I see similarities....