what are the signs of perimenapause?

Question

Is getting dry during sex with my husband a sign of perimenopause?

Answer 1

See below : Like hot flushing, moon swing, irregular period, tire, etc.

Answer 2

Many: Often the first symptom of perimenopause is sleep disruption. Women wake up around 2 am and cant go back to sleep. Anxiety is often present - much like PMS but not cyclic. Irregular menses are common due to lack of ovulation. Breast tenderness is common due to estrogen dominance.Hot flashes can occur usually at night but this varies. Bloating and swelling of feet and legs is common.

Answer 3

Perimenopause: That period of time between normal female menstrual cycles and menopause. During this period of time hormone balance may change causing numerous symptom in women. This can be from early 30s to early 50s.

Answer 4

Symptyoms: Symptoms which occur around the time of menopause.

Answer 5

Time of menopause: Peri "meaning around", is the period of time just prior or "around" the time of menopause when women start developing menopausal symptoms.

Answer 6

Transition period: Perimenopause, also called the menopausal transition, is the interval in which a woman's body makes a natural shift from more-or-less regular cycles of ovulation and menstruation toward permanent infertility, or menopause.

Answer 7

Timearound menapause: Perimenopause is the menopause transition years in a woman;s life. That is to say, it is the time in a woman's life where her periods are starting to change and will eventually stop.

Answer 8

Hormone balance: Basically, the ovary becomes dysfunctional past a certain age, which is why women are less fertile at 35 than they are at 25. Most hormones affect one another so that as we age, we become imbalanced. This can lead to the symptoms commonly referred to as perimenopause. They are treatable and reversible. While depression may be present, it almost never is the sole culprit of these symptoms.

Answer 9

Everyone different: Average age 45+/-, signaled by irregular periods. Early perimenopause cycles different by 7 days or more, late perimenopause(pm) starts with no period more than 60 days. Starts and stops. Most symptoms(sx) in late pm, but symptoms like night sweats and hot flashes and sleep disturbance in days before eriod can start when periods still regular.

Answer 10

Unpredictable: Some women will have symptoms for only a few months and others will have them for 20-40 years.

Answer 11

Depends: Until the ovary can no longer function to adequately make hormones. This can vary in women.

Answer 12

No: The tests for menopause are very unreliable for perimenopause, perimenopause is better defined by the symptoms, which can last for months or years before periods stop completely. Sometimes, perimenopausal symptoms will come and go for a number of years before their final time.Especially, with this type of course, tests will be unreliable.

Answer 13

Your gyn can do: An fsh and lh test to see if those are becoming elevated but you usually go by your symptoms, please discuss with your gyn.

Answer 14

Several: Rx options are based primarily on the patient's symptoms such as "hot flashes", vaginal dryness, inability to concentrate, insomnia, etc. Hormone replacement therapy, clonidine, an anti-depressants all have a place in treatment. Some women do not require any forms of treatment if they are asymptomatic.

Answer 15

Many options: Birth control hormone methods, low dose hormone replacement therapy, over the counter Progesterone creams, and various herbal products can help with the symptoms. Best to discuss the options with your physician to see what would work best for you.

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