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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:41 PM
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Don't read this if you are squeamish. Especially men. Female hygeine involved.
I'm 46, certainly in perimenopause. For the past 6+ months my periods are as regular as usual but a little lighter and maybe a day less lengthy. This current period is unusually heavy though. I use ultra absorbant tampons and had to change 4 times so far today. I am not crampy at all or anything.

Has this happened to other women in this phase of life? Being erratic?
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:49 PM
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1. Very normal to be erratic.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:50 PM
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2. Same exact thing happened to me.
Lighten up on your dairy.
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Karenca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:53 PM
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3. Expect ANYTHING
during this horrible transition period.

Could be lighter, could be like a freaking' hemorrhage - all is normal.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:55 PM
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4. So are the crying spells, murderous rampages and urges to slam your head into a concrete wall.
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:22 PM
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5. LOL tell me about it!
I'm in the midst of a major bipolar disorder. I've lost count of the number of med adjustments we've made in 4 months.

The first major problem was 6 years ago and lasted a year. But I ws quite depressed by Bush's ascension too. This time is bad but not nearly as bad.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:25 PM
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6. Bi-polar does add to menstrual problems and visa versa
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Karenca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:31 PM
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8. And what feels like alzheimer's
Me: "where the FUCK are my FUCKING keys?"

My spawn (shaking and hiding): "In your hand, mom".
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:36 PM
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10. Bwahahahahahaha! Oh how true!
:rofl:
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:22 PM
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18. Is that all? If you didn't puke green and make your head spin
360 degrees, you didn't get all you could out of your menopausal experience.

And yes, it's common for periods, flow, etc to become erratic. However, check with your MD to make sure things aren't going completely haywire.
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:26 PM
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7. Welcome, my sister
Won't you have some chocolate? :hurries around to set out the chocolate, dusts off a chair, plumps some cushions:.

I'm thinking that chocolate (hell, anything that makes us feel better,) during the menopausal years should be tax deductible.

Julie
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:34 PM
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9. Thanks Julie!
I'm not really craving chocolate right now. I did have 3 pieces of toast with margarine and apricot jam, though. I had to fight very hard not to make it 4. Or 6...
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:37 PM
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11. Heh. On my heaviest days
usually the first couple of days. I have to change tampons every couple of hours. The ultra size. And yeah, it feels like the ocean is draining out of me. :crazy:
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:51 PM
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12. not so much the erratic part, i'm consistently heavy
it's quite the nuisance, on the other hand, supposedly all this bleeding reduces your risk of heart disease

but it does get fuckin' old
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:53 PM
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13. so THAT is what I can expect in about 5 years?
:scared:

:hide:

:D

:hi:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:13 PM
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16. First clue for you: there is no predictable schedule. It could happen tomorrow.
My mother was perimenopausal at 38. It can happen at 35 or so. There's no fucking warning. One night you'll go to sleep next to Mrs. Matcom and the next morning there will be a tired,short-tempered woman who can't remember who the hell you are or why you're in her bed.

Enjoy.

:hi:













:rofl:

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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:24 PM
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19. ummmm SHE has already been through this
i'm concerned about ME
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:33 PM
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20. Oh no. She better have her bag packed.
matcom enters menopause....opening the first seal of the Apocalypse.
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 01:20 AM
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28. You're forgetting the silver lining in the menopausal cloud
>the next morning there will be a tired,short-tempered woman who can't remember who the hell you are or why you're in her bed.<

I have two words for the men in this thread: Hormone surge. Without getting the thread locked, there are benefits. :blush: Unless it's just my friends, it's interesting to watch a woman in her 40's turn into an eighteen-year-old young man.

Julie
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:14 PM
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17. my husband said there was an upside
when the hot flashes would hit, I'd be naked in 2.3 seconds

the down side was I was too hot to touch "It was like trying to handle a blast furnace"

:rofl:
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:31 PM
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22. Am I the only woman whose never had a problem with hot flashes?
I get icy cold flashes where I can't get warm. My skin is cold and I'm shivering while everyone else in the room is sweating.
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:56 PM
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14. OK
My girlfriends who have been through menopause all said one thing
their last period was heavy very heavy....
I am having a 4 day period with the second day so bad I can't go out
I'm 48.....


lost
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 08:10 PM
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15. Veeerrrry interesting!
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:28 PM
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21. Wait till you have to change extra super tampons every half hour and still
bleed through!

I wore black skirts and black panty hose for nearly a year... *~*

But when it's finally done, it's done! and (Aretha riff here) FREEEEEEDOOOMMMM OOOO FREEEEEEEDDDOOOOOOMMMM!!!!! :D
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:32 PM
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23. Oy.
BTW I just got my mail and the job approved another month sick pay, only half pay this time but better than nothing. I know I seem OK online but every new med change is an adventure.
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S n o w b a l l Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:44 PM
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24. I just turned 51...
...and I have nary a sign of menopause. Regular as when I was 25 with no symptoms.

I wish I would cause I just want to get the damned thing over with!!
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:45 PM
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25. I know my Mum had that
and her dr didn't seem worried. That's about all I know.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:03 PM
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26. (okay I'm glad I caught this)
whew, okay that happened to me two months in a row lately and it scared me. Like the whole 3-4 days happened in one day, I was afraid to even leave the house.
I felt great otherwise so I tried not to worry but it's good to see y'all talk about it.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 11:55 PM
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27. If you're concerned, please consult an OB/GYN.
In my early 30's, I went through a "very heavy" phase, which was horrible. But I just put up with it, and took more tylenol. A few years later, I had a ruptured ovary and ended up in emergency surgery. It turned out that I had endometreosis. Now I'm on estrogen to control the flow, and it's working much, much better for me.
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 03:31 PM
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30. Well I'm not in the least bit of pain
And it's lightened up a bit but if it becomes a trend I'll take your advice. I should go to the gynecologist anyway.

Sorry you had so many complicatiuons, though : (
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Saphire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 06:32 AM
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29. welcome to my world......e/m
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 03:40 PM
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31. Oh the joys of womanhood...
I'm wondering if/when my mother is/will be going through this...


As for me I've got a ways to go, dreading and anticipating it. I'm feeling better today, but Sunday and Monday I was SO fatigued, and have to make sure I changed every couple of hours or so. Didn't get much sleep despite the fatigue. But now I'm through the worst (til next month, sigh...it's going to fall on my b-day, isn't it? FUCK.), and enjoying not being tired/in pain/bitchy...
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 03:47 PM
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32. Hell, I'm just starting, and I am extremely irregular.
A month between, 3 months between, 8 months between, 5 months between--it doesn't matter. There is no pattern to it, it just falls the way it does. There are almost no signs of its coming, either, just full-on bleeding from nowhere. I too go through ultra absorbents like mad--every 2 to 3 hours, and one time it was every hour--for the first couple of days. Still go to school and everything. Annoying as all fuck, but what're ya gonna do? It's common to be so effed up when you're beginning and leaving the menstrual years, I guess.
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