WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2002: Re: At what age does peri-menopause start?

Re: At what age does peri-menopause start?

From: M.K. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:17:52 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks, I'm going to be 36 in a few months. Pretty much the last few cycles have been out of whack. Blood-work didn't show anything unusual except a somewhat lower estrogen level. I've had night sweats for year & 1/2 now. The pms symptoms vary from month to month. My mother had a hysterectomy at age 49 due to endometriosis. She had a ton of crazy symptoms for ten years before that. So we don't know at what age she would have "naturally" gone through menopause. I was diagnosed w/stage 1 endo about a year ago via laproscopy.

I'm trying to figure out if there's anything I can do, other than suffer. At this age, I could be in for 20 more years of crazy symptoms! My gyn has given me new bc patches to try for 2 months. I should be starting them this weekend. I'm apprehensive about the side-effects. I've had problems w/bcps in the past.

M.K

At Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Another wrote: >
>At Wed, 19 Jun 2002, M.K. wrote:
>>
>>And what are the usual symptoms?
>
>Hello,
>
>The ages vary depending on when your mother entered menopause, but late
>30's, early to mid 40's seems to be average. Seems to be where I am
>right now, cycles are wacko, but not so much mood swings or hot flashes.
>I think at first you can expect cycles to become irregular. But that
>could be a lot of things and happens to a lot of women who are no where
>near peri. Blood work will be of little use though, things are still in
>flux. The tests are more useful as the ovaries become less responsive
>to FSH, causing it to rise significantly.
>Here's a great website that has tons of info:
>
>http://www.dearest.com/intro.htm
>
>Good Luck and hope this helps.
>
>AA
>
>--
>AA
>
>A Licensed Medical Professional in transit to a Computer Professional.
>

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