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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: lesley998 on October 26, 2013, 11:27:21 AM

Title: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: lesley998 on October 26, 2013, 11:27:21 AM

Hi all

Just wondered if any one can identify with this....

Been off HRT since January, (was only on it six months) and went back to monthly bleeds after a year of hardly any periods.  Now on Vagifem only.  I had a bleed the month after coming off the HRT,  but have had no sign of a period since then, and absolutely no menstrual symptoms - until two weeks ago.  I had really REALLY tender boobs, was bloated, craving chocolate...bad tempered, all the usual PMT stuff.   A few cramps too.    I waited expectantly for my period - but absolutely nothing.   No bleeding, no spotting nothing.  Today the sore boobs have gone, I feel great again.

Is this normal in meno?

Thanks x

Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: Taz2 on October 26, 2013, 11:29:52 AM

I would think so sweet pea. Your bleed once you came off HRT would have been due to you stopping the progesterone. This usually causes a bleed. Now you are back into your normal cycle - or what is left of it - and so you are going through normal peri-meno where the hormones tend to fluctuate so you can get symptoms of leading up to a period but then the lining hasn't built up enough to shed or the hormones needed for a period to begin aren't released by your body. Sorry I'm a bit rushed so it might sound rather muddled!!

Taz x

Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: lesley998 on October 26, 2013, 11:32:35 AM

Not muddled at all Taz... makes perfect sense now you explain it. 

I have also noticed that I have not had any sweats or flushes for about a month too...they were terrible for a while, about 20 a day I was dripping  :-[

This hormonal stuff is so weird...

Thanks for taking the time x

Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: honeybun on October 26, 2013, 11:35:53 AM

Some women notice that the flushes stop as a period looms. Sounds to me you may still have your own natural cycle working a bit.
Enjoy the lack of flushes when you can


Honeyb
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Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: lesley998 on October 26, 2013, 01:21:07 PM

Thanks HB x

Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: CLKD on October 26, 2013, 03:17:03 PM

Yep: and yep .......... are you eating regularly?  Some of the PMT can be helped by eating every 3 hours ........ I wrote a thread here somewhere  ::)

Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: lesley998 on October 26, 2013, 08:15:38 PM

Thanks CLKD, I'll look it up

Title: Re: Pre menstrual symptoms for ages but no period?
Post by: CLKD on October 26, 2013, 08:21:28 PM

I looked for it, think I bumped the correct one  ::)