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[LesleyAW]

Hi, I'm Lesley, I'm 53 in a couple of weeks.  I am perimenopausal, with still regular periods, but all the symptoms! Married for 33 years,  I have two boys who are 30 and 26 and I also have a 9 year old daughter   Anyone else my age and still regular but with anxiety, terrible panic attacks, nausea, pins and needles, mood swings etc?

[Joyce]

 

[Kathleen]

Hello LesleyAW and welcome to the forum.

I am 59 now but my periods were regular until I was 54 and then stopped abruptly. I managed my menopause symptoms for three years but when things became worse I started HRT.
Your problems are very familiar and the ladies on this site will be able to advise you. The one thing I would say is that I wish I had tried HRT sooner than I did as I have noticed a lot of improvement since taking extra hormones.

Wishing you well and keep posting.

K.

[Hurdity]

Hi LesleyAW

  from me too.

If you have seen no changes yet in your cycle regularity at all then you are probably still in what is known as the late reproductive stage - which comes just before peri-menopause (this is defined as when cycle irregularity begins - although I can't see that every woman fits neatly into this definition!). However before this (peri) women begin to experience fluctuations in the hormones which causes the symptoms you mention. I know I did - and I hadn't even heard of peri-menopause but started to get much worse pms, blood sugar fluctuations/sugar cravings in the second part of my cycle, weeping for only minor reasons, migraines for the first time. However I did not seek treatment (at the time) but just put up with it thinking it was just bad/worse pms!

It's a pain isn't it but you will get plenty of help and support on here

Hurdity x

[LesleyAW]

Thanks so much for the welcome everyone  I have seen some changes actually, my cycle has gone shorter in the last year, it was always about 35 days and now it is 28 or even 27 days, and I have read that this can be an early change.  My mum was 57/58 before she stopped her periods though....

[LesleyAW]

Hurdity, yes, me too with the low blood sugar in the second half of my cycle, I never had it before, and never really even had much PMT but now over the last year or two, I do, and it is making up for lost time!

[LesleyAW]

Hi Sparkle, yes, I know that feeling, I always make sure I take something with me just in case.  I find that eating protein with each meal helps, plus eating small and often, and am trying coconut oil now as I have heard it is great for balancing blood sugar.

[Hurdity]

I got to the stage with mine that I had to carry glucose tablets with me eg when out shopping or somewhere - this started happening before I was even peri-menopausal. Once I worked out that it generally happened mid-morning I started to have larger breakfasts with slow release food - so changing from Shreddies ( my children were still youngish!) to muesli or porridge with wholemeal toast and a piece of fruit -  this really helped. Sounds like you already know what to do . I'm not sure about the necessaity of taking anything to stablise blood sugar - but just by eating little and often, eating more protein, and cutting out/down all refined sugar and carbs for most of the time (ie cakes, biscuits, sweets etc) should have a dramatic effect. It has done with me (I know I'm post-meno so a bit different but I rarely get the shakes now and have even managed to lose some weight

Hurdity x