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Perimenopausal Signs and Symptoms
Q: What are some of the signs and symptoms of perimenopause?
A: The average age of menopause is 51 years old, but the gradual transition until your body reaches menopause, known as perimenopause, can last as long as 10 years. Even if you are a 40 year old woman, you may still be entering this phase of your life.
The most common symptoms are:
Fatigue
Insomnia
Irregular menstrual periods
Heavy bleeding
Irritability
Hot flashes and night sweats
Memory difficulties (fuzzy thinking)
Mood swings
Unfortunately, there’s not a test that your doctor can do to definitively diagnose perimenopause; however, if you are in the appropriate age group and are having any of these symptoms, make sure to bring them up with your doctor. Many of these symptoms are vague and could be attributed to other conditions that may not have been diagnosed or managed properly.
Dr. Brent Ridge is the health expert for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You can call and ask him a question live every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern on Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 112 (1.866.675.6675). You can also follow along as he learns to grow his own food and raise goats on his farm in upstate New York by visiting www.beekman1802.com.
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Prob in this kind of stage...I have found SAGE very helpful for counteracting overheaing...i just put a few fresh leaves in a cup/pot and pour boiling water over.....and by the way our sage just grows with scant care in a pot by our kitchen door.....apparently sage is a main ingredient in some natural menopause preparations that can be bought....
The tea works really fast for me!
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With my CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) I had trouble controlling my temperature, particularly in the evenings, until I started into menopause. The hot sweats actually help keep my temperature down. Talk about a mixed blessing!
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This didn't help me at all. I want to know what's exactly happening with my 43 y.o. mate and what she can do about it. I found more info in the comments, Doc.
*Sigh* guess it's back to Wikipedia and Google...
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I don't get how a creme could help w/any of these symptoms especially PMS what am I missing here?
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Mine started in my mid 40's. took h.r.t for 9 yrs, doc put me on it too early and had to come off it when there was ahealth scareabout it. found NOVAGEN RED CLOVER, it was great, reduced all the night sweats, hot flashes etc, finally over it all in the latter half of this year age 59.
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I too have used Emerita's Pro-Gest Cream for about a year now and have gotten great relief from my PMS and Night Sweats. I highly recommend their products at this women owned company.
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I`M NOW PASSING THIS PATH..MY EDGE 49 YEARS OLD, AND I`VE HAD THESE SIGNS THAT DOCTOR SAID, MY BIG SISTER PASSED TOO, AND SHE EAT A NATURAL PILLS AND THOSE SIGNS BECOMES UNPERCEPTIBLE,(SORRY MY ELGLISH) I WILL ASK HER THE NAME AND TELL YOU THEN, BY THE WAY, I AM FEELING BETTER THAN EVER IN OTHER WAYS, THAK GOD, REALLY, LIFE`S BEAUTIFUL AND MANY DREAMS WAITS FOR US...
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If you experience problematic symptoms, please do not resort to using estrogen. It has been shown to be dangerous and it is obtained by torturing horses. See, for example: http://www.kmbc.com/health/18272920/detail.html
and http://www.equineadvocates.com/premarin.html
There are safer, humane alternatives: http://tinyurl.com/5d2unm
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Perimenopause (mostly night sweats) has lasted at least 10 years for me, but using progesterone cream (Emerita's Pro-Gest cream) has completely taken care of it! I buy this cream, which I buy from the company itself (and can be found on the web), but it is available from Health Food stores, too. Happily, this cream also solves PMS, which makes my spouse insist that I use it on time each month-the second 2 weeks of every cycle. Don't use progesterone pills; checking scientific data shown in Dr. Christiane Northrup's book "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" shows that the pills are not really used by our bodies. Each of us can have ourselves (our saliva, actually) tested to see where our hormones are at this point, so we know what to do. Labs for this (usable by mail) are also listed in Northrup's book.
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