What is PeriMenopause and Symptoms

Peri-menopause

Peri-menopause is often confusing for women because the onset age and symptoms vary with each woman. During the pre or peri-menopause stage, menstrual periods may be become irregular, some coming shorter or widely spaced, but women are still producing eggs.

Menopause is a term used when menstrual periods have ceased for one full year. Your doctor can take a blood test for hormones to determine whether you are in peri-menopause or have reached menopause. Until that point is reached, a peri-menopause pregnancy is still a possibility.

Dr. John Lee used a natural progesterone cream with his patients for over 20 years to help with peri-menopause and menopause. This information is based on Dr. John Lee's clinical research with Natural progesterone cream. Symptoms of peri-menopause can begin as early as 10-15 years before menstrual periods completely stop. Women in their late 30's, 40's and early 50's may transition in and out of a perimenopausal state many times before they finally enter menopause. If you are currently experiencing symptoms such as irregular periods, heavy bleeding, hot flashes, sleep disruption, headaches, dry eyes, hair loss, fuzzy thinking, brain fog, and weight gain, or extreme emotional distress, these are all common signs of peri-menopause.

Symptoms Increase and Decrease Due to Age Stress and Diet.

Common peri-menopause symptoms include:

Changes in length of menstrual cycles
Hot flashes
Mood swings and generally unstable or erratic behavior
Irritability, anxiety, depression, frustration
Fatigue
Fuzzy thinking
Heavy bleeding
Increasing vaginal dryness, itching, discomfort
Breast tenderness
Painful sexual intercourse
Decreased libido
Urinary tract changes
Increase in Fibroids or Cysts

A new set of peri-menopause symptoms can occur each month and change each month. One month women might sleep great, the next month not at all. These mild changes increase as women enter their 40s, with women typically entering menopause in their mid-40s and early 50s.

These early peri-menopause symptoms occur because the body's estrogen and progestin producing abilities decline as women leave the childbearing years. This decline and fluctuating hormone levels are the cause of most of the peri-menopause symptoms, as well as menopause symptoms.

The cognitive effects of hormonal imbalance are frequently overlooked in mainstream discussions about peri-menopause. Yet fuzzy thinking and an inability to multitask can definitely be traced to your physical state, as can increase anxiety, fatigue, depression and drastic mood swings.

The hormonal changes during peri-menopause or menopause and depression can cause depression and feelings of sadness. Some women are clinically depressed, and need medical help, but for those who aren't clinically depressed, a COMBINED natural approach with of natural options, herbal options, diet, and exercise may provide them with the help they need.

Please note that there can be other causes. This is for education only. It is not intended to treat, prevent or cure a medical disease. If you have a medical condition, please consult a health care professional.