perimenopause?

**ladykemma2** · 12-22-2010, 08:31 AM

it's decemeber 22 and i am having a third period for this month.

1st 3 days (normal flow)
15th 3 day (normal flow)
22nd today

what gives?

have to pee all the time too.

**Darlene** · 12-22-2010, 09:04 AM

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**stinkbug** · 12-22-2010, 09:48 AM

No idea.....

I am almost 52 and my body has a complete mind of it's own at this point!!! I never know what/when it's going to happen and I'm tired of it!! I just want it to be OVER!!!

**Jellybeanz** · 12-22-2010, 10:12 AM

same here... have them every two or three weeks, no warnings, except the normal ill moods which since they come so often now, appears to be more of personality disorder I'm sure to others LOL

I do and have used biodentical progesterone cream for a few years and it does help with some of the usual premenstrual stuff.. the cramps, I'm not in a RAGE now, just a snappy sort of mood, it's more or less toned down the symtoms.. only thing it hasn't helped is the acne I get on my chin several times a month..

I feel like a hormonal teenager again except it wasn't this bad the first go round. I'm 46 now and I just say whatever... I try to learn how to deal with it, cuz I have seen several doctors about this and nobodys got an answer... just expensive tests they run which amount to nothing..

Sorry you are going thru this.. It would be nice to be normal like I was in my twenties and thirties again in this area, but I know that precious time has come and gone. I just try to deal now and I imagine you probably do too.

But don't feel like the lone ranger, nope, I've heard a lot of my real life gf's complain of some of these symptoms though not as bad as mine.

Oh ya, I forgot , I get the migraines too around that time, so three times a month is a you know what for that LOL

Do you get symptoms with yours? Or just the aggravation of it showing up without rhyme or reason?

**ladykemma2** · 12-22-2010, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Jellybeanz

same here... have them every two or three weeks, no warnings, except the normal ill moods which since they come so often now, appears to be more of personality disorder I'm sure to others LOL

I do and have used biodentical progesterone cream for a few years and it does help with some of the usual premenstrual stuff.. the cramps, I'm not in a RAGE now, just a snappy sort of mood, it's more or less toned down the symtoms.. only thing it hasn't helped is the acne I get on my chin several times a month..

I feel like a hormonal teenager again except it wasn't this bad the first go round. I'm 46 now and I just say whatever... I try to learn how to deal with it, cuz I have seen several doctors about this and nobodys got an answer... just expensive tests they run which amount to nothing..

Sorry you are going thru this.. It would be nice to be normal like I was in my twenties and thirties again in this area, but I know that precious time has come and gone. I just try to deal now and I imagine you probably do too.

But don't feel like the lone ranger, nope, I've heard a lot of my real life gf's complain of some of these symptoms though not as bad as mine.

Oh ya, I forgot , I get the migraines too around that time, so three times a month is a you know what for that LOL

Do you get symptoms with yours? Or just the aggravation of it showing up without rhyme or reason?

i'm 47. just showing up with no notice.

feel hormonally and spiritually terrific. no rages or weird moods, although last night felt sorry for myself and lonely for about 30 mintes. attributed it to low blood sugar, because i ate a protein meal and it stopped immediately.

i do get sinus like headaches during my period. i do have PCOS treated with glucophage. regular like a clock.

i am hairier on my lip and nose hairs

gaining weight around my waist, but i am eating like a pig and exercising less lately.

the need to pee every hour is annoying.

my thyroid and health was checked in october. mamogram clear.
i have a swollen lymph node in my armipt. doctor said if it doesn't go down in 2 weeks to come in.

**stinkbug** · 12-22-2010, 01:35 PM

I feel exactly like Jellybeanz.......

+ brain fog and anxiety.

**savvy_sniper** · 12-22-2010, 03:07 PM

Sounds like your "whore moans" are all out of wack!

**brenda67** · 12-22-2010, 04:07 PM

[QUOTE=ladykemma2;1454665]i'm 47. just showing up with no notice.

feel hormonally and spiritually terrific. no rages or weird moods, although last night felt sorry for myself and lonely for about 30 mintes. attributed it to low blood sugar, because i ate a protein meal and it stopped immediately.

i do get sinus like headaches during my period. i do have PCOS treated with glucophage. regular like a clock.

i am hairier on my lip and nose hairs

gaining weight around my waist, but i am eating like a pig and exercising less lately.

the need to pee every hour is annoying.

I have the same things going on with myself.. I have periods a couple of times a month however it doesn't happen every month..alot more facial & nose hair...including a swollen lump that is painful in my armpit that now has made itself to my (1) breast that is also painful/tender( I do have fibro disease of the breast....no I didn't get checked yet..I will take the antibiotic I have for infections and see if that takes it away..if not I will get a full checkup in a couple of weeks..BTW I will turn 44 in a few months...

**zakity** · 12-22-2010, 04:40 PM

Ugh... Perimenopause... It sucks. I hit it early. I am taking amberen (found it on the net) and that helps a ton. I am no longer irrational. I also take evening primrose oil, a multi B, vit E, and flax seed oil to help. I also take a multi vitamin and then there is the ginkgo biloba to help keep me from being an idiot (helps with the brain fog).

I was taking something with black cohosh in it until it quit working for me.

**Momto5RN** · 12-22-2010, 04:53 PM

the peeing alot.... have you done a pregnancy test ?
i just skipped my second month not sure if its perimenopause or stress - first skip was right after very stressful work weekend where i quit my second job -
but i do know its not pregnancy - did pregnancy tests to be safe lol !! mainly because i take OTC sinus stuff and sometimes a pain pill here and there for my fibro.

**ladykemma2** · 12-22-2010, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Momto5RN

the peeing alot.... have you done a pregnancy test ?
i just skipped my second month not sure if its perimenopause or stress - first skip was right after very stressful work weekend where i quit my second job -
but i do know its not pregnancy - did pregnancy tests to be safe lol !! mainly because i take OTC sinus stuff and sometimes a pain pill here and there for my fibro.

snort! not unless I'm the virgin mary!

**krbshappy71** · 12-22-2010, 05:20 PM

Hm. I dunno what would cause that. I found a birth control that finally doesn't send me on a roller coaster of moods. Supposedly I can stay on it up till menopause so looking forward to having some years of feeling stable.

**zakity** · 12-22-2010, 08:18 PM

They won't let me have BC pills any more. They caused a clot.

**krbshappy71** · 12-22-2010, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by zakity

They won't let me have BC pills any more. They caused a clot.

Yikes, sorry to hear.

**frugalfranny** · 12-23-2010, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by ladykemma2

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have to pee all the time too.

I would go have an FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)test done.......that will tell you what is going on..........if you are starting into it........already in it...or what.

The having to pee could be the start of a UTI............are you prone to those?

I would for sure have that test.........

Would try the herbs and vitamins before the birth control as have friends that have said that when they went off them they THEN went into the same symptoms..........UGH.........menopause symptoms at 70??? NOT!!!

I can't take BC either............had a clot and almost lost a leg.