For me, it was the always being tired no matter what, no brain fog. But when the “flashes” started and I was hot out of nowhere, that made me stop and go, “Okay, this isn’t just stress.” I thought I was losing my mind until I realized it was perimenopause.
Am I the only one who’s felt tired for years? What was your first sign that something deeper was happening with your hormones? Let’s compare notes — maybe we’ll all feel a little less crazy together. 💛
In Western Europe, the MEDIAN age for menaupose is 51, and perimenaupose has a MEDIAN length of 7 years.
She’s not too young. She’s very close to the median.
Oh, that’s useful to know.
I wonder if it’s miscommunication in some form. ‘Too young’ for menopause, bang on for perimenopause onset.
Yes, some doctor’s only look at menopause and don’t treat peri because they don’t understand it. She should definitely see another physician.
Agreed. I hope she see’s another Dr. a soon as possible. MarieMarion, what part of Western Europe are you in? What country has a MEDIAN age?
I’m in France, but I don’t think I understand your question :)
Oh, by MEDIAN do you mean the general consensus or the “standard”? I think that’s what you meant.
It means the age when 50% people are in menopause, and 50% aren’t yet. It’s often a better metric than the more common average, which is skewed by outliers.
Like, in a country with 10 million people, 10 billionaires make the average income out of synch for the 9,999,9990 normal people. The average income in that country could be 100,000, but the mean income is 70,000. Much more representative of what life actually is for the population.
Got it! Flawless breakdown by the way. If you have anything you want to talk about you’re more than welcome to post you thoughts and questions in this community! I may not have all the answers, but I’ll definitely do my research and try to help!