Question for the ladies who've gone past menopause/finished having periods

Eliza_2

One month before my 52nd birthday. No other symptoms, no hot flushes, nothing. Felt (and now in my 60s) feel the same as I ever did. I would never have expected to finish at 42, lots of women have babies after that age - in fact some just start their childbearing in their 40s.

shazzablue

I,am 49 this month and my cycle is haywire,peroids are stopping and starting,none for 2 months then they appear,i was regular as clockwork every 28 days till last year.The night sweats are horrendous.gp basically said it will sort itself out.

donnac2558

My periods disappeared in my late 40s it had been getting lighter and lighter, but it turns out its because of my dodgy thyroid and I wasn't going through the menopause. My doctor did a hormone test on me in my early 50s and I was only heading towards it then. I sort of swanned through it, when it started around 54, my hot flushes lasted around 30 seconds and then back to normal. Again it seems it was my thyroid which made the symptoms so mild.

I didn't take HRT or even the herbal stuff many swear by as I just did not need it.:T

tarzanette

I've had irregular periods all my life. The first at 10 (and I had no idea what was happening as it had never been discussed - I thought I was dying!), then nothing until about 12 when the cursed things would happen every month, or week, or year, always sudden and agonizing. My mother simply would not discuss it, other to look at me sadly and sigh that I'd never be able to have children...

I'm 47 now and my son is almost 6.

Erm, sorry getting back to the point... menopause happens generally late
40's - early 50's. I can't remember when I last had one, but the tampons are getting dusty.

Flossie.

Thanks ladies. So it looks like I'm looking at potentially another five years then? (Roughly.) Not really much past that though. Thankfully. I'll be so glad when they're finished! I am so annoyed and sick to death of them.

I don't know why, but they have just been getting to me this past year or so. Always inconvenient, sometimes painful, they make me tired and weary, I get headaches sometimes, and I get leakages (no matter how big the ST,) and I have to put a newspaper down when I drive the car. Also, I sometimes leak in bed, and I can't wear tampons as I got TSS once which made me very poorly.

Sorry for the whine and the moan, but I am on right now, I feel grisly, I feel a bit weak, I was supposed to go out tonight and felt so crappy and headachey, that I had to cancel, and I can't stop having to go to the loo to wipe. I just yelled out to myself earlier, 'OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE, I AM NEARLY FIFTY, HOW MUCH BLOODY LONGER DO I HAVE TO TOLERATE THIS?!!!' And I started yelling at God, for cursing us women with periods! I mean, we have them for about FORTY YEARS?! So unfair. No wonder it's called the curse.

Oh and to Eliza; I know that some women have babies into their mid 40s, but any older than that is rare, and if they do have babies past 46/47, it's often through IVF. That is why I thought the periods would start to dry up by early to mid 40s. To be honest, I don't know of anyone who had a baby past 43-44 naturally. I'm sure other posters will know some women who have, but I honestly don't, and that is why I am irked to still be having periods at 48! :mad:

Thanks for your posts everyone.

And thanks for the advice, particularly for the advice about things to look out for in the future, but I don't think I need to go to the docs at the moment, as they are just normal periods really (albeit they are heavy at times,) but I am just getting soooooo p*ssed of with them.

puppypants

54 here, after about 4 nightmarish years of hot flushes, very heavy periods and all the other delights that come along with the menopause!! Good luck! xx

faerielight

38 for me with premature menopause

gb61

hi,
I was 44, I had been having flushes for a few years, then had a flood in the feb (not good I was working in the community, walking as the snow was really thick and flooded!!!!! ) and nothing since, had a few flushes and tears, 9 years on and I so do not miss them!!!, bb

Februarycat

I was 48, I'm now 53, but I put it down to going through a divorce and the stress of that as they had been irregular for about a year before. Glad they have as they were a pain and nice not to have to worry about them.

tanith

Mine was around 48 but hot flushes went on and on I'm now 66 and still get the occasional flush but they were regular for a good 12 yrs.