Sorry to hear that Polarbaby. I can't help you from experience, but my aunt actually had her periods regularly till she turned 60 and then they just stopped. Never slowed down, got bad or anything, just stopped.
Wish I could be that lucky. I'm guessing your near the end. You've got to be at this point I would think. I'll keep you in my prayers. Hopefully someone here can help you a little better.

Donna

Donna, may I ask your age? Has your periods start skipping any yet?

Hi Carolyn. I'll be 51 in Sept. this year. I've been very late with a bit of my periods, not by more than 2 or 3 weeks though and just last Dec. I got one at the beginning of the month and then skipped until about mid March of this year. That was the longest I'd gone so far. This all symptomatically started for me in October of 2009. Looking back I really think it actually started when I was about 35/36 with just some simple symptoms but then I had 5 children back to back and really threw things for a loop. lol

I read somewhere else you were asking about the strange feelings throughout your body. I seem to get the crawling skin mostly in my right leg from ankle to knee in the front when I lay down to go to sleep at night. Not sure what that's all about. Just another freak thing of peri-meno I guess.

I also get those flash floods you speak of. I can't even go anywhere the 1st 2 days I have it because it gets so bad. These last 2 cycles have been a tad better so I'm hoping I'm nearing the end. My mom stopped at 52 and they say that we're a lot like our mother's so I'm praying I follow in her footsteps as far as this goes.

Hope your having a better day today. I know you've been on here for a while and have had more than your fair share of problems. I think of you often and pray it's soon over for you.

Take Care, Donna

Hello Carolyn,
Sometime this will happen woman hit the postmenopause directly after the age of 60. Don't worry dear. even my grandmother hits the menopause at the age of 65. Don't be panic. Take care and live healthy.

I hope NOT 60!!! Donna, I had 3 children in my 30's had a total of 8 children I just been one HUGE HORMONE! You having 5 children back to back certainly didn't do your hormone balance any good..lol If they say you go through menopause the same time your mother did for me is a lie! My mom was completely through menopause at 49 years old. She birth 9 children. I was her 4th child born and she was 19 when I was born ! Donna, I hate to say it but 52 may just be a dream for you! I thought 52 also! Well that was 4 years ago! I hope you do get completely through it at 52. I can write down 10 symptoms that i have had to deal with! I hope it stops soon completely because after it stops for a year you have another 3 years for your body to adjust to low hormones! YUCK!

THAT was suppose to say 101 symptoms!

I hope not 60 too for your sake. I'm also not sure about this "going through it like your mother" thing because I can't imagine someone who has had like 5 girls and they're all going to go through this at the same age? Doesn't seem likely. I guess we'll see.

Although this is part of my everyday life, I try not to dwell on it. I have to much I still want to do before I go so I need to hurry. I don't have time to wait for my hormones to settle down. lol

Do you feel ANY relief since you've been going through this? I've been feeling a little more like myself the last few months but we all know that could change with a blink of the eye. Just hang on to your good days and know (hope) that one day soon "most" of your days will be like that. Try to focus or concentrate on all the good days ahead instead. You, like the rest of us, will make it through this tough time. Unfortunately, some of us are getting a little more on our plates than others. I feel that God is building me up for something BIG ! ( I hope it's a good one)

Take Care, Donna

Sorry it's giving you such a hard time of it.
I'm 31, yet thirty one, not a type-o and I've been perimenopausal (sp) for at least 4 years, probably more, so I share your frustration at the drawn out aspects of things.
And those hellish periods I get those after 4months of nothingness.
As far as hormones, hahahahahah
HORROR-MOANS!
I've known of women who've not completed menopause until 58 or so, it's not all that uncommon.
And they try to tell us all this magic number of 35...don't get me started.
And this might go on for me until I'm in my 50s (there's no way of telling) as it's not true menopause but premature ovarian failure.
Joy oh Joy.
I'll still be here when you're in your 60s thou

Xx

I had to smile when you wrote "HORROR-MOANS!" it is SO SO true lol

Hi Carolyn. I'm 55 and in October I will hit two years without periods. I was always right on schedule and for the most part had fairly light 4-6 day periods. During the last year of having them though they would come at odd times and some towards the end were very heavy with horrible cramping. I do still have symptoms such as light cramps, migraines, etc. and it seems like worsening of hot flashes. I can't do HRT because that would make my migraines unbearable. I also have Fibromyalgia and Degenerative Disk Disease so sometimes it's hard to tell what is causing what. I continue to hope for a end to the symptoms. So after all that about me, I don't think you're that abnormal, but it's always good to make sure everything is OK with a doctor especially any heavy bleeding. Hope things get better for you and soon. Take care.

I went into menopause at 50 but my oldest sister was in her late 50's before she entered it. I dont think it's abnormal. Your body will go in when it's ready.

I was postmenopausal at 50 and have leveled out somewhat since that time. Still have some symptoms but the worst is over for me. Some women can have symptoms for 10 years. We are each different in how long it lasts. It is gradual and one day you will just wake up and realize you feel better than you used to.

Every BODY is different:) My mother had a hysterectomy at age 54, I have been postmeno for a yr and a half now and I'm 52, and I have a sister 55 and still has periods. That said I don't think ist hereditary, LOL !!! I started going thru perimeno at 41 yrs old, and this transition in life has been one heck of a ride. I get hot flashes at night, though not as bad I use too. I have body aches, and the tingling feelings in my legs at night, and some fatigue at times. I have learned to just live with it, this is what the good lord above has given to me in my journey of life:)))) Stay strong !!!

how much of what we are experiencing and the late entry into menopause has to do with all the hormones in food these days?

Hi Carolynn
Try not to despair...I'm 54and still going through the period " mystery game" will I have one , or will I not? This has been going on since I was about 49... I can go all the way til 9-10 months without one, thenBAM. There it is. It is much lighter and will only last a day, but with cramps before it starts...just like when I was regular. Doc is not concerned. I was actually signing on today to ask if anyone is having boob issues, but you seem to be experiencing the same heavy feeling in both with more pain in one than the other. Guess we should just try to focus on what's good in life and it will happen when it happens, huh? You are not alone!