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[lifeasweknowit]

Hello All - I'm a newbie and have been dipping in and out of the site for sometime reading avidly and inwardly digesting, however, I just wondered if anyone else has had the same as me.

I am 58 and have been in perimenopause for quite a few years now - much like machair and elizabethrose (hope they dont mind me mentioning them)- and possibly a few more. Its pretty normal for my family, my Gran had her last baby at 47 and from what I can remember my Dear old Mum was still going through this MenoMadness in her 60's................

My periods have been sporadic sometimes 6 or 7 months apart and then one every other month, but I just wondered if what I am experiencing now is possibly the light at the end of the tunnel, as I'm not sure if its a side effect of the tablets i am on for Neuropathy and Diabetes or that finally this could be it? I know its like asking how long is a piece of string - but you never know

Last couple of weeks I have been on and off like a light switch. Not enough to soil a panty liner, and only like a pinkish tinge when I wipe and that yellow staining mucus, maybe two or three days of that and then nothing for 2 or 3 days and then back again.

I am also getting hot flushes, dreadful anxiety attacks, feelings of dread, plenty of the old bowel movements. I am totally stressed out as we are trying to finish off a house and nothing has gone right so my levels are stratospheric, that and I seem have teenage acne.
Dont think I have ever had quite so many custard spots, oily skin and blackheads!!!!!!!!

Anybody else had the same or anything remotely like it??

Thanks so much for reading, much appreciated

[CLKD]

Yep.  HORMONES   

 

[lifeasweknowit]

Thanks CLKD - Horrid Henry Hormones....................
Why cant they just bugga off?

[CLKD]

They will: eventually 

Can U remember when your last 'real' bleed was? 

[lifeasweknowit]

I'd like to sound as though I can remember, but I cant................I used to write them all down and then thought "Sod this for a game of Soldiers" and just didn't bother. Possibly because when I got to the large gap i stupidly thought "Wizzbang" thats it, only to be whacked on the backside by a period. Thinking back though it could have been the beginning of the year???

[lifeasweknowit]

Scrap that think it was in June after i went to the Chiropractor...............Dont quote me on it though

[CLKD]

My last one was years ago  ………..

How do you feel otherwise? 

[lifeasweknowit]

Like I'm suffering from all the classic Meno Symptoms

Spotty oily skin, anxiety, dread, insomnia,dithering, rubbish memory, joint ache, frequent bowel trips, night sweats, sweaty.....................I could go on, I should point out though that I didnt have very many of these symptoms when i first embarked on this fabulous journey b ut seem to have them now.....

[CLKD]

Sounds 'within normal limits' ……. doesn't help knowing what's causing it though!

Keeping hydrated can help.  Eating little and often can ease anxiety surges.  Gentle exercise and 'treats' ……..

[lifeasweknowit]

Thank you - think a lot of it now is down to bucketloads of STRESS. I did have episodes of the symptoms way back then but was working so had no time to brood and just got on with it, I think when you have "time on your hands" everything is multiplied to the nth degree!
Thanks for replying at least I know I'm not alone 

Getting told I had diabetes or falling gracefully through the open French Windows onto the concrete patio like Del Boy didnt help 

[Elizabethrose]

Hi there Lifeasweknowit and welcome to the late meno club!! 58, well you're older than me at 57, so maybe you'll get the late meno prize now!

It's such a bore isn't it: just when we think we're finally getting there another period, or two or three, just slip in again. Your description sounds very similar to mine and Machair's and Sparkle's.

I have had to keep detailed records for years for the various Docs who've been treating me for migraine and I really find it helps me to better understand what is happening. I hate not knowing what is going on so am greatly reassured if I can see a pattern. It also helps when having to deal with a new unknown GP or gynae who tell me I'm not having periods anymore, can't be at my age!

At our age there is most definitely light at the end of the tunnel, we can't go on forever, though it sometimes feels as if we may. Whilst I've had a bad run with migraines over the past 3-4 weeks, they are nothing like the nightmare scenarios I had to once put up with. Things have mellowed and calmed. We are getting there!

We have a conversation going on on the link below, why don't you join us? I don't know anyone still not through meno, even the GP's at my surgery find me an anomaly. It's therefore good to touch base with other women experiencing the same thing. We can all have a moan, despair or gain some reassurance from one another. It would be wonderful if we could entice some other women to join us! A problem shared is a problem halved or quartered, the more the merrier!

http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,31902.270.html

[Kathleen]

Hello lifeasweknowit.

I'm not quite in your league but was still having regular and heavy periods at 54 when they disappeared, never to return. However I do know someone whose periods stopped at 53 only to begin again two years later. She was checked out and all was well so the medics concluded her ovaries were having a resurgence! It seems that where Mother Nature and her horrible hormones are concerned anything is possible.

Wishing you well.

K.

[lifeasweknowit]

Thank you - it does help to feel that you arent alone and others understand.
Goodness this forum is an absolute godsend..........
XX

[lifeasweknowit]

Thank you Elizabethrose - your fabulous attitude towards the whole shebang inspired me to join 

I will have to post in your MegamenoClub, I think a lot of mine is caused by stress, but thankfully I dont suffer from migraines for which I am grateful, Big hug to you
 
Poor you, but hopefully the longer we go on the better in the end and it really must be awful for those ladies who start the menopause when they are younger.

It does seem that there are quite a lot of ladies who dont menopause until late 50's and early 60's but I think a lot assume that if they say something they will be seen as a bit of an oddity - obviously we arent!

I normally go with the "flow" (do you like that) but I am stressed at the moment hence I thought I'd take the plunge and join.

Glad I did 

[Machair]

Oh wonderful another lovely lady to join us. A million welcomes from me lifeasweknowit. Your symptoms mirror mine exactly. Please come and join our late meno thread here http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,31902.270.html. Love Machair.x