I never saw much difference. It definitely hasn't gotten better after. But then it also hasn't gotten worse.

I call it Fibropause. Can't tell one from another sometimes.

Mine maybe did, but there were other factors going on, so not 100% sure. Post menopause isn't much better....sorry!

Post menopause for me was 51 years old...that is when the Fibro hit me.

My symptoms coincided with the first symptoms of menopause -- until just recently I blamed it all on menopause . REALLY HOPE it calms down after that process. My mom said hers did settle down with age.

I just turned 41 and I am the only female in my family to not have hysterectomy by now, so I don't know what to expect from menopause.

It''s just one big "adventure"!

Hugs

An adventure, wonderful way to look at it! Being pretty much over it at 50 I do believe my worse symptoms also started with my worse symptoms of menopause and I still do not really know the difference between the 2 alot. Happily my family now allows me to hide when I get overwhelmed with it all and am not fit for human interaction. Sometimes I wish they would do the same favor for me. Yep, that is defenitly the pause kicking up now!

There are 34 symptoms of menopause and similair to fibro expect tenderpoints for one

I been post menopausal many years and as I age I am in more pain, Of course thats due to aging and fibro making all those aches and pains worse.

Got fibro a few years before an abnormal early onset menopause in my mid-forties.

Eventually opted for a hysterectomy, and after a few months felt better than I had since I'd entered puberty, really!!

And fibro went back to just being fibro.

Funny thing was how after hysterectomy I felt much more feminine (had worried I'd feel gender neutral). Being ill saps libido more than snipping out some no longer needed bits.

I thank menopause has alot to do with my Fibro. I went though memopause for the past 5 years, now I'm post menopause at age 56. I had aches and pains and most all the other symptoms of memopause. My OBGY tried my on hormones over a year ago and thats when I had my first bad flare with Fibro. Of course I didn't know at that time I had Fibro, just thought it was the side effect off the hormones. Just took them for 1 month, put the pain never did go away, it just got worse. After several trips to the doctor and all kind of tests and CT's they couldn't find the cause of the pain, thats when I was told it was Fibro. I sure was hoping that the fibro pain would decrease too, but it hasn't. I just think the older we get we just can't handle it like we use too.

Have yet to hit the magic age for that, but am eagerly looking forward b/c my endometriosis makes EVERYTHING flare, FM, injury, you name it.....

I will say it WILL get better in hoipes this will convince the universe to go along with me....

So far it hasn't seemed to be any worse, and I'm right smack in the middle of it! But it isn't any better either.. you just get to add hot flashes to the list.

My urologist gave me a hormone cream to help with the thinning of my vagina tissues. It does make me more comfortable. He's got me on a regime to cure all these uti's I've been having.

He seems to think that there is no end to menapause, and yes, I am still having hot flashes in my 70's. It certainly doesn't help with fibro pain.

For me, the fibro got much worse past menopause, but it followed several injuries as well in the last 2 years. I never took alot of medication before menopause, but I do take alot now for daily pain. Hope it does get better as I age, as all of us do. Take care, and have a good Thanksgiving, fibrohyg