Could I be experiencing perimenopause/menopause at 21?
I'm only 21, and I've always sort of had irregular periods. But, in 2007 I had gotten sick with a really bad flu (it was the worse one I ever had). 2 months after that, I started getting strange symptoms (affecting EVERY part of my body). Anyway, last year I started getting extremely painful periods. It felt like knives were being twisted inside of me (almost similar to the pain that women with endometriosis experience). Sometimes I couldn't even have have a bowel movement while on my period. Now, my period is either very heavy or very light that it's not even worth wearing a pad. I also have been spotting more recently. When I spot, it's usually a brownish discharge or just a brown stain on my underwear or pad. I usually spot like a week or a few days before I actually get my period. It's been 2 months since I've had my period (that's happened before when I was younger), but I'm more worried cause I've also been experiencing hot flashes for almost 2 years now, my mood swings are through the roof, my pmsing is worse, and I've just started getting mild night sweats. Sometimes I'll wake up, and the back of my neck and my shoulders will feel really moist and I can wipe the sweat off. I'm going to make an appointment for the OBGYN (have never been before) when I finally have time in my schedule. I'm not pregnant because I've never had sex. What do you all think it could be? Thanks!
How do perimenopause and menopause differ?
Menopause is officially declared after one year goes by without having a period. Peri menopause is the months or years before that when your period tends to come once every few months.Peri can also bring with it typical menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and memory loss.I began bioidentical hormone replacement in peri menopause because of my memory. Works great—-been on for 12 years.
Menopausal females often experience unpleasant symptoms such as hot flashes as a result of what?
choices: a: an increase in gonadotropin concentration and a decreases in estrogen concentration b: an increase in gonadotropin concentration and an increase in estrogen concentration c: a decreases in gonadotropin concentration and an increase in estrogen concentration d: a decrease in gonadotropin concentration and a decreases in estrogen concentration
Do women enjoy sex after menopause?
Well, it really depends on who I’m having sex with…Just kidding.I’m 47, and I have had menopause for about four years. I take HRT, which stands for Hormone Replacement Therapy, and I have found it extremely helpful with a number of the undesirable side effects of menopause… There are also some creams and lotions and potions available, many of which are made specifically to ensure that intercourse, for menopausal women, does not become too painful. I am married to a man, and I have sex with him regularly.When a woman goes into menopause, the vagina begins to atrophy… Which is a nice way of saying that it starts to turn from a moist, flexible, accordion-like structure, into a hard, lead, PVC pipe, with the internal consistency of crushed, dry cornflakes…Nobody wants to get it on with that. And, if you've got that going on, sex can be very painful. But, again… HRT, lotions, potions and creams exist, so we can do something about it!!!If having sex is painful, (and you're not into that sort of thing) you are less likely to enjoy sex… So, many women, under those circumstances, might not enjoy sex.But, it doesn't have to be painful… Because, as I said, there are solutions available… And, not every menopausal woman experiences pain during sex… Menopause is different for every woman…So, sex is possible after menopause, but is sex desired after menopause?Again, every woman is different!Some women DO lose their sex drive after menopause.I’m not sure about what can or cannot be done about that, because I haven't had to cross that bridge, thankfully.I can tell you that before I went on the HRT, nobody could even be in a room with me long enough to hand me a cup of coffee, never mind be around me long enough to have sex with me…But, now I take my HRT… Which is literally made from pregnant horse piss, and everything is a lot better.Well, except for the fact that my anti-aging ‘beauty secret’ literally consists of pregnant horse piss… Which is super weird, gross, and creepy… But I try not to think about that!
Do transgender women experience menstruation and menopause?
Do transgender women experience menstruation and menopause?This is a more complicated question than you probably realize. Menstruation is a combination of many things that we lump together, including but not limited to the shedding of the uterine lining, lower abdominal cramping, and mood swings. These take place roughly once every 28 days, though for some folks their cycle may be longer or shorter.Trans women, just like cis women, may experience some or all or none of the symptoms associated with menstruation. While many trans women lack a uterus to shed a lining from, a few do have one, and do experience that symptom. For all of the other symptoms, there has been no study done on how many trans women experience them, but I have heard of enough trans women having such an experience that it seems likely to be a significant percentage.There is nothing significantly different about the experience of a trans woman’s cycle from that of a cis woman who experiences the same symptoms. Cramps can range from insignificant to severe, and other symptoms also have a similar range.In my own experience, I had some menstrual symptoms even before I began to transition, however I have not known that to be the norm. I am also intersex (though I was unaware of this for most of my life), and that may compound my personal experience. After beginning HRT, my symptoms became more pronounced within the first three months, and I began having occasionally debilitating symptoms after six months on HRT. I do not experience discharge or shed any kind of uterine lining, but I experience pretty much every other kind of symptom - cramps, sometimes severe; mood swings; bloating; nausea; diarreah; constipation; aching breasts; etc…Now, as far as menopause is concerned, menopause is simply the cessation of some hormone production within a body, usually due to age. Since most trans women are on an HRT regimen, they wouldn't experience a cessation of hormones in their endocrine system. If a trans woman were to stop HRT, she may find herself experiencing something very similar to menopause, though.
Is it true that menopausal babies are either genius or retarded?What are the behaviors of menopausal children?
The only true statement that I can proclaim from your question is that the older the mother the increased risk of deformities with the child. These can come in the form of neural / mental deformities or manifest themselves as physical ones. Any mother over the age of 35 should maintain regular visits with her doctor and closely monitor their child development.
Menopause at 43?
Surprisingly, early menopause is considered any time before 40, or 37, depending on which doctor you’re talking to or who or what you consult. Therefore, menopause at 43 is entirely possible and not within the realm of the bizarre.However, other factors need to be ruled out. I have a thyroid condition, for instance, and have been told it’s impossible to have thyroid issues and not have menstrual upsets. Also, as others have written, one can go through years of peri-menopausal symptoms before the onset of on menopause, so there is no rule as ‘how much of this equals that.’ Some people think that experiencing peri-menopause means they’re three years away from the Big Pause. Not necessarily.As your hormones start changing, you may worry as you lose control over your body shape, experience symptoms such as night sweats and hot flashes and find out that for the first time in your life, you have high cholesterol, for instance. Changing hormones are responsible for many things you may not have been aware of before.Unlike men, who lose testosterone very slowly over a period of many years, women lose estrogen in sharp, steep drops and the changes that result are instantaneous. You may wake up one day to find that your favorite pair of jeans no longer fits around your waist when there is nothing you have ‘done.’ Well, your body did it for you, without consulting you in advance.Once you settle into menopause, it’s really ok. Again, it may be very worrisome at first, because you’re not in control of what’s happening to your body. And the last time you experienced this was when you went through puberty, and you’ve forgotten how it feels, or think you should have learned with age, or whatever. There are rewarding aspects to going through menopause, and a sense of freedom. If you try to fight it, you’ll be miserable. You cannot compete with Mother Nature. If you learn to accept this change as a natural part of your life cycle, you will achieve wisdom and serenity.