I think I'm starting menopause

I think it can vary hugely 😊 You’re in your 40s?

Hugs. I went through all that random stuff too, then I got to 7 months without one, then BAM. Lockdown and calendar reset both at the same time. Pfft.

I will say though that sage and evening primrose oil really seem to help my hot flushes (thank you gar!). Make sure that they're OK to take with your meds though.

Don't let it drive you nuts yet! This is a marathon not a sprint I'm afraid 

Peri-menopause took me 11 years!  At age 45 I started having extremely painful periods again, the kind where I was curled up on the couch crying.  My periods went from every 31 days all my menstruating life to every 23 days by the end. they gradually got closer and closer together starting at 45, and they got heavier and heavier.  Last few years I had three days of excruciating pain and ridiculous amount of bleeding followed by 3 days of lighter flow. It seemed it just ended, I blinked, and it started up again.  It's been 3+ years since  my last period and I am soooo relieved!  

Hang in there.  You can do this!

Dh and I were talking about this ten min ago. He feels like I have my period all the time now. My cycles used to be 32-33 days long and now they are more like 22-25. I had a fourteen day cycle a few months ago.

It’s the pits.

Since January of 2019, here’s the days between the start of each of my periods:
25, 169, 20, 19, 25, 27, 49, 48 and 107 and counting ...

Ya know? I'd be happy with some screwing of the schedule. My hot flashes are out of control, especially at night.

But my damn period? Every 26-28 days like clockwork!! AAAHHHHH!!!!

I've been 11 days late ONCE in the last year.

I'm so over this shit lol.

No you’re not too young. I’m 51 and by the time I was your age I was already through menopause and completely finished having periods. Peri menopause was confirmed from a blood test when I was only 39 and having symptoms already. Menopause was the worst thing ever for me. I’d rather go through puberty again or have 10 pregnancies before menopause. The symptoms were horrible and I could go through the list and tick every one of them off.

I just had that last month. Menstrual cramps that had me in bed with a heating pad, crying. I knew it was probably coming, since I started perimenopause a few years ago, but I wasn't expecting it to be that bad.

Well I’m 34 days late and my last cycle lasted 85 days. So I’m on my way. No crazy hot flashes though. I’ve had face flushes too from time to time. Is that a thing? Also it maybe explains some hot mess moments. I’m 52.

I'm 52 and I texted my BF yesterday, "I don't even remember when I had my last period" (He texted that he had to do an emergency run to get tampons for his daughter). I had to do a search of our texts to find when I typed, "Well, good new, no Jr..." and it was a year ago.

When I first started menopause, I had crazy cycles -- once where my period lasted 3 weeks and was heavy. Then nothing for two months.

Wait til you hot flashes!

I'm hoping I'm going into menopause. I was 9 days late last month, and so far this time around am 14 days late.

I had my last period 15 months ago when I was 44. My cycle had been insane before that. Not having periods has been friggin’ miraculous. I use a progesterone cream for hot flashes (got it on amazon) that helps a ton.