Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: daisysareyellow on July 28, 2017, 08:07:30 AM
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Hi ladies,
I know they say that the average age of menopause is 52, but I would like to do a little survey here to see what age women had their last period. I'm 52 in October and still going.
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Not your average case but think it was about 27/28 xxx
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I was 50 and can say my 50's have been my worst decade. Hoping my 60's will be better !
Love Lanzalover x
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I was 46 I'm now 52
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Can't really answer as I had a hysterectomy just before my 55th birthday, but at that time my periods were still regular as clockwork. Goodness knows what age I would have been if I'd gone into menopause naturally.....!
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I have officially reached menopause at 54, this week. Last period was July 2016 at 53. And what a one it was too!
Now, do I get anything? A certificate, a medal, box of chocolates? ;D
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Mine were still going when I started sequential hrt at 51, so I am not sure I will ever know now.
I have no idea when they would have stopped, but according to the literature, I was at 'late reproductive' ie not menopausal at all. ??? and we don't seem to have late meno in the family (grandmothers were 51 and 50).
I have decided I can live with the uncertainty ;D
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I have officially reached menopause at 54, this week. Last period was July 2016 at 53. And what a one it was too!
Now, do I get anything? A certificate, a medal, box of chocolates? ;D
Haha congrats xx
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Thank you for the congrats, Lil22!
Though, looking at other threads on here, maybe I need to get my hormone levels taken to make sure I am in menopause. Maybe the certificate comes with those results?!!
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Yes and also a bottle of wine, a box of calms and lots of tissues. Hehe, only kidding, I'd get them checked as they can see exactly where your at xx
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I had one in April aged 57 and one month and don't think it will be the last!
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I don't know. I switched from the pill to HRT. I'm now stopping to,get my hormones checked as the gynae doesn't think I'm menopausal. I have all the symptoms ::)
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I was 48 and periods were erratic, don't think I'll ever know when I became truly menopausal as I went on hrt then to cope with the awfullness of peri menopause x
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My dr said I would be in full meno within the next year. I've just started HRT so I'm guessing that means I'll never know? I'm 39.
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Hello daisysareyellow.
I had some minor menopausal symptoms begin at 51 but my periods remained regular and heavy until 54 when they stopped suddenly never to reappear. I am 60 now and the intervening years have been eventful. I am taking Tibolone atm and my attitude towards HRT changes according to my moods!
Wishing you well ladies.
K.
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I'm in peri, 52 and there still coming every 3 to 4 months >:(
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Glad you posted this Daisys.A.Y,
I was thinking the same thing this week and was wondering if the age that you start has any bearing on when you finish... ???
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Sooby, don't know if it's an old wives tale but I remember being told (by the health visitor who explained the facts of life to us at school) that the later you start the earlier you finish. This has been born out for me as I didn't start my period until I was nearly 16 but finished by late forties, while my younger sister started before me (embarrassing) at 13 and is still going strong in her early 50's x
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I was 48 and periods were erratic, don't think I'll ever know when I became truly menopausal as I went on hrt then to cope with the awfullness of peri menopause x
Hi Peri
What were the symptoms that made you go on HRT?
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Oh dear,
Well I started on my 13th birthday and had one every 3 wks after that. :-\ Now they come every 12 days sometimes ::) I had this idea in my head that mine would stop in my mid 50s so I have a few years to go yet but but I'm hoping my surgery this week will bring them to an end prematurely. ???
I wonder what the common average number of menstruating years is? I guessed at 40 maybe? And I wonder if if its different for different races?
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Hi daisysareyellow
I had a difficult peri menopause I believe. My symptoms were mood swings which were cyclical, severe pmt, crying spells, lack of confidence and foggy thinking. Hot flushes were the least of it, I could cope with those. Some women need a certain level of oestrogen to feel good and I'm definitely one of them, hrt resolved all of the above for me x
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Hi daisysareyellow
I had a difficult peri menopause I believe. My symptoms were mood swings which were cyclical, severe pmt, crying spells, lack of confidence and foggy thinking. Hot flushes were the least of it, I could cope with those. Some women need a certain level of oestrogen to feel good and I'm definitely one of them, hrt resolved all of the above for me x
When I think back on my medical history, I am wondering now whether my peri began in my early 40's. I had a prolactinoma in my late 20's that went into remission 15 years later, but around the time that it went into remission, I developed menstrual migraine that was so severe that I was eventually put on Topamax daily. I also developed Interstitial Cystitis which is under control, but usually feels worse in the lead up to a period. I know my hormones affect my IBS and IC. I also know that my migraines are caused by the drop in estrogen you get mid cycle and the beginning of your period. However, it was around the time I turned 40 that all of this cropped up.
When I had my prolactinoma which is a small tumour on the pituitary gland, my ovaries effectively shut down. I was 26 when I was diagnosed, but in the few years prior to diagnosis, I experienced all the symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes that lasted most of the day, fine hair all over my body and a general feeling of being unwell. As soon as I was put on medication, I felt normal again. Prolactinomas make you secrete prolactin and the drug they use to treat it is the same one they give to new mothers who want to dry up their breast milk. It is called Cabergoline and I took it for 15 years. The really funny thing is that I am definitely in peri and I do not get hot flashes. The only indication that I am in peri is my age (51) and the fact that my periods are so erratic. Maybe because I have 3 chronic medical conditions, I have learned to cope pretty well. I have been told that it is a miracle I function with IBS, IC and migraine, but I live a pretty normal life with only the very odd day being uncomfortable for me. In fact, the last period I had which was really heavy was more difficult to deal with that any of my medical conditions. I am curious to see how everything settles down once I am menopausal.
Can I just say that you ladies are a fantastic source of information. Every other website on peri and menopause would have you running for the doctor every 5 minutes. Now I can sit and read everyone's posts and realise that everything I am experiencing is common and some people have it much worse than I do.
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I'm 50 and still going