Peri-MENTALpause!!

blowry · 06-17-2009, 07:40 AM

How old were you when you were totally done!! This is DRIVING ME MAD!! I am 52 and STILL have my monthly...Sometimes I know when it's going to happen...sometimes I don't! Sometimes is bad...sometimes it isn't!!! Some months I have one...some months I dont! I would think at 52 I would be DONE WITH THE CURSE!!

Tiramisu · 06-17-2009, 07:53 AM

Can't help with an answer. I had a hysterectomy at 36. Hang in there.

DianaB · 06-17-2009, 08:23 AM

I'm 52 too. I started to stop a few years ago and was put on Prempro for the mood swings and started back up but when I went off of it I quit completely. I haven't had a period for 2 years. Everyone is different and I guess your body just isn't ready yet. I will tell you that it's nice that I don't have to worry about that any more.

gja1000 · 06-17-2009, 09:35 AM

I'm sorry! I was done at 48 - that was 9 years ago!!! YIKES - has it been THAT long - yep, I guess so!

It's GREAT to be done.

Janet · 06-17-2009, 11:06 AM

I'm 54 but had a complete hysterectomy in 2001. I take Premarin to help with the hot flashes. I tried going off of them and it was hell. So I'm taking them again, but the lowest dose possible.

Shada · 06-17-2009, 01:42 PM

You don't want to hear my answer..
I was done -Totally done- at 42 or 43... took me two years from beginning to end.. pretty smooth it was. I don't take any hormone therapy.

I heard years ago that the sooner you start (monthly) the longer you go, and the later you start (monthly), the sooner you stop.

Good luck! Hope it ends for you soon!!

blowry · 06-17-2009, 06:46 PM

Shada...I have heard the same thing...I started at 13 yrs old...would that be early or late!! LOL...This is just driving me INSANE!! I never know when I am going to have Aunt "Flow" over for a visit!! This is one Aunt I would like to never see again!

Marilyn · 06-17-2009, 07:28 PM

Oh, Brenda, wish I could help. I'm 55, but I had a complete hysterectomy in 1995, so never went through menopause. So hope that this all stops for you very, very soon!!!

Tiramisu · 06-18-2009, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Oh, Brenda, wish I could help. I'm 55, but I had a complete hysterectomy in 1995, so never went through menopause. So hope that this all stops for you very, very soon!!!

Marilyn, lucky you - I still had menopause!

Blueyes · 06-18-2009, 06:00 AM

I had a complete hysterectomy at 44. It was GREAT!!! I still take a very low dose of estrogen. Menopause is MENTAL...makes you crazy!!

Janet · 06-18-2009, 06:56 AM

Hope you get through this soon....it can't be fun!

highlans · 06-19-2009, 02:22 PM

I started at 17 remember my mum takeing me to the doctors as I had not started but came on shortly after. Am now 54 and have not seen any thing for two years,messed about on and off for a few months then nowt

. Apart from hot flushes happy to say no real problems, I do take herbal tablets so may be that has helped the flushes ect.

Gina · 06-19-2009, 04:10 PM

Brenda I am in your shoes .. If you search threads about three weeks ago I was having a very heavy period. I am 52 also and my period comes and goes for a few mts. and then resumes again. Like I mention last mt. it was very bad I was bleeding heavily, I thought that I was going to have to go to the gyno but it stopped and got lighter the next day.

I don't know how true it is but I hear that if you don't get your period after a year you can assume that it is gone... I AM WAITING!!!!

judy · 06-21-2009, 10:05 AM

I had what Gina is having, but because of fibroid cysts. I remember never knowing when I was going to be "flowing." It was awful. I bled so much. I think it took 2 or 3 years and then it gradually stopped. Gina is right. After a year of not having it, you're pretty much there. I did get it after almost a year, but it was light and only once.

I am so glad to be done with that! I do take hormone therapy 3 times/week.
It's a very low dose too.

Hang in there. It will stop, and then you can never worry about keeping all that equipment in your bag.

Janet · 06-21-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highlans

I started at 17 remember my mum takeing me to the doctors as I had not started but came on shortly after. Am now 54 and have not seen any thing for two years,messed about on and off for a few months then nowt

. Apart from hot flushes happy to say no real problems, I do take herbal tablets so may be that has helped the flushes ect.

What herbal tablets do you take if you don't mind me asking?

Quote:

Originally Posted by judy

I had what Gina is having, but because of fibroid cysts. I remember never knowing when I was going to be "flowing." It was awful. I bled so much. I think it took 2 or 3 years and then it gradually stopped. Gina is right. After a year of not having it, you're pretty much there. I did get it after almost a year, but it was light and only once.

I am so glad to be done with that! I do take hormone therapy 3 times/week.
It's a very low dose too.

Hang in there. It will stop, and then you can never worry about keeping all that equipment in your bag.

Can you share your hormone therapy? I take Premarin 0.3 MG everyday. Would love to not have to take it everyday.

06-17-2009, 07:40 AM	#1
blowry Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 450	Peri-MENTALpause!! How old were you when you were totally done!! This is DRIVING ME MAD!! I am 52 and STILL have my monthly...Sometimes I know when it's going to happen...sometimes I don't! Sometimes is bad...sometimes it isn't!!! Some months I have one...some months I dont! I would think at 52 I would be DONE WITH THE CURSE!! __________________ Brenda

06-17-2009, 07:53 AM	#2
Tiramisu Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Caney, Texas (outside Houston) Posts: 1,776	Can't help with an answer. I had a hysterectomy at 36. Hang in there. __________________ SANDY

06-17-2009, 08:23 AM	#3
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I'm 52 too. I started to stop a few years ago and was put on Prempro for the mood swings and started back up but when I went off of it I quit completely. I haven't had a period for 2 years. Everyone is different and I guess your body just isn't ready yet. I will tell you that it's nice that I don't have to worry about that any more. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

06-17-2009, 09:35 AM	#4
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	I'm sorry! I was done at 48 - that was 9 years ago!!! YIKES - has it been THAT long - yep, I guess so! It's GREAT to be done. __________________ Gayle

06-17-2009, 11:06 AM	#5
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	I'm 54 but had a complete hysterectomy in 2001. I take Premarin to help with the hot flashes. I tried going off of them and it was hell. So I'm taking them again, but the lowest dose possible. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

06-17-2009, 01:42 PM	#6
Shada Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,228	You don't want to hear my answer.. I was done -Totally done- at 42 or 43... took me two years from beginning to end.. pretty smooth it was. I don't take any hormone therapy. I heard years ago that the sooner you start (monthly) the longer you go, and the later you start (monthly), the sooner you stop. Good luck! Hope it ends for you soon!!

06-17-2009, 06:46 PM	#7
blowry Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 450	Shada...I have heard the same thing...I started at 13 yrs old...would that be early or late!! LOL...This is just driving me INSANE!! I never know when I am going to have Aunt "Flow" over for a visit!! This is one Aunt I would like to never see again! __________________ Brenda

06-17-2009, 07:28 PM	#8
Marilyn Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 4,907	Oh, Brenda, wish I could help. I'm 55, but I had a complete hysterectomy in 1995, so never went through menopause. So hope that this all stops for you very, very soon!!! __________________ Marilyn If anyone would like a free Bible Study CD or book entitled "Searching for Truth", PM me with your mailing address and I'll send you one. "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32

06-18-2009, 06:00 AM	#10
Blueyes Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,119	I had a complete hysterectomy at 44. It was GREAT!!! I still take a very low dose of estrogen. Menopause is MENTAL...makes you crazy!! __________________ Betsi

06-18-2009, 06:56 AM	#11
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Hope you get through this soon....it can't be fun! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

06-19-2009, 02:22 PM	#12
highlans Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: london uk Posts: 462	I started at 17 remember my mum takeing me to the doctors as I had not started but came on shortly after. Am now 54 and have not seen any thing for two years,messed about on and off for a few months then nowt . Apart from hot flushes happy to say no real problems, I do take herbal tablets so may be that has helped the flushes ect. __________________

06-19-2009, 04:10 PM	#13
Gina Donating 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,025	Brenda I am in your shoes .. If you search threads about three weeks ago I was having a very heavy period. I am 52 also and my period comes and goes for a few mts. and then resumes again. Like I mention last mt. it was very bad I was bleeding heavily, I thought that I was going to have to go to the gyno but it stopped and got lighter the next day. I don't know how true it is but I hear that if you don't get your period after a year you can assume that it is gone... I AM WAITING!!!!

06-21-2009, 10:05 AM	#14
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	I had what Gina is having, but because of fibroid cysts. I remember never knowing when I was going to be "flowing." It was awful. I bled so much. I think it took 2 or 3 years and then it gradually stopped. Gina is right. After a year of not having it, you're pretty much there. I did get it after almost a year, but it was light and only once. I am so glad to be done with that! I do take hormone therapy 3 times/week. It's a very low dose too. Hang in there. It will stop, and then you can never worry about keeping all that equipment in your bag. __________________ *Judy*

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