peri menopause periods

[Junkjournal1]

Hi to all you fellow sufferers of peri menopause 😩😤. So my periods have been all over the place for about 5years I am 52 now before this time I was pretty regular. Last year I only had 2 periods which were 9 months apart. This year so far I’ve had 1 at the beginning of May and now at the end of this month August. How long can this go on for most women I’m sure just miss a couple or have a couple a bit apart. Is anyone else experiencing this. I’ve so many other symptoms too anxiety, brain fog, head aches ,hot flashes the list goes on and on and on. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond to my post. 😭☺️

[sungirl55]

Hi there, sorry you're suffering so much. I'm in a similar boat here but I don't have irregular or missed periods. I have had really bad anxiety for the past three to five years. I also have vaginal atrophy pretty bad. I take vaginal estrogen for the atrophy and I've noticed some of the estrogen gets into my system and so I've looked into taking progesterone as well as the vaginal estrogen. I've been reading that progesterone taken in perimenopause can really ease anxiety because our fluctuating estrogen levels don't coincide with our progesterone levels and that can cause pretty bad headaches and anxiety. You might do some research on progesterone and see if that might help you. The doctors usually don't want to give women in perimenopause any systemic estrogen. I'm not sure why, but they might give progesterone by itself. I'm not sure. I'm still researching myself. Wish I could be of more help.

[Junkjournal1 in reply to sungirl55]

Hi thank you so much for responding. Sorry to hear that you too are suffering I truly sympathise with you. I will look into what you have said thank you so much. 🤗